[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 10 (Wednesday, January 15, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2399-2400]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00491]
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-030]
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the People's
Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain cold-
rolled steel flat products from the People's Republic of China (China)
for the period of review (POR) January 1, 2018, through December 31,
2018.
DATES: Applicable January 15, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John C. McGowan or Glenn T. Bass Jr.,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3019 or (202)
482-8338, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
countervailing duty order on certain cold-rolled steel flat products
from China.\1\ On July 31, 2019, Commerce received a timely request for
review from ArcelorMittal USA LLC, California Steel Industries, Inc.,
Nucor Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and United States Steel
Corporation (collectively, the petitioners) and Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A)
Inc. (Mitsui) (an interested party). \2\ The petitioners and Mitsui
each filed their request for review in accordance with section 751(a)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b).
No other interested party requested an administrative review of any
company for this segment of the proceeding.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 84 FR 31295 (July 1, 2019).
\2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products
from the People's Republic of China: Request for Administrative
Review of Countervailing Duty Order,'' July 31, 2019; and Letter
from Mitsui, ``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from China:
Request for Administrative Review,'' dated July 31, 2019. We note
that Mitsui, as the petitioners, requested review of Hoa Sen Group
and Tong Dong A Corporation.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
On September 9, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation with respect to the 12 companies.\3\ On December 4
and 6, 2019, the petitioners and Mitsui timely withdrew their requests
for an administrative review for all companies for which each had
initially requested a review.\4\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 47242, 47252 (September 9, 2019).
\4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat
Products from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review of Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated
December 6, 2019; Letter from Mitsui, ``Certain Corrosion-Resistant
Steel Products from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of
Review Request of Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated December 6,
2019; and Memorandum, ``Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of
Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products from the People's Republic
of China: Clarification of Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.) Inc.'s December 6,
2019 Withdrawal of Review Request,'' dated December 20, 2019.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the parties that
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As
noted above, the petitioners and Mitsui withdrew their requests for
review for all companies by the 90-day deadline, and no other party
requested an administrative review of this order. Accordingly, Commerce
is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order
on certain cold-rolled steel flat products from China covering the
period January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018, in its entirety.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal
to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the
time of entry, or
[[Page 2400]]
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January
1, 2018 to December 1, 2018, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice
in the Federal Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as the only reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of countervailing duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure
to comply with this requirement could result in the presumption that
reimbursement of the countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled countervailing duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is
subject to sanction. This notice is issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: January 9, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-00491 Filed 1-14-20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P