[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]


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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.
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    \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.
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    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\
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    \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.
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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

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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]
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