[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6508-6509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-02260]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-843]


Certain Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on certain 
cold-rolled steel flat products from Brazil for the period of review 
(POR) September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019, based on the timely 
withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable February 5, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Langley, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3861.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

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Background

    On September 3, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain cold-rolled steel flat products (cold-rolled steel) from Brazil 
for the POR of September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019.\1\ United 
States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) timely filed requests for 
administrative review of Aperam Inox America do Sul S.A. (Aperam Inox); 
Armco do Brasil S.A. (Armco); Arvedi Metalfer do Brasil (Arvedi 
Metalfer); Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN); NVent do Brasil 
Eletrometalurgica (NVent); Signode Brasileira Ltda. (Signode 
Brasileira); and Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas), in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b).\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 45949 (September 3, 2019).
    \2\ See U.S. Steel's letter, ``Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products 
from Brazil: Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order,'' dated September 30, 2019.
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    On November 12, 2019, pursuant to these requests and in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the antidumping order on cold-rolled steel 
from Brazil with respect to Aperam Inox, Armco, Arvedi Metalfer, CSN, 
NVent, Signode Brasileira, and Usiminas.\3\ On January 8, 2020, U.S. 
Steel withdrew its request for an administrative review with respect to 
all of the companies for which it had requested a review.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 61011 (November 12, 2019).
    \4\ See U.S. Steel's letter, ``Cold-Rolled Steel Flat Products 
from Brazil: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated January 8, 2020.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties 
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the 
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
U.S. Steel withdrew its request within 90 days of the publication date 
of the notice of initiation. No other parties requested an 
administrative review of the order. Therefore, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of cold-rolled 
steel from Brazil. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal 
to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the 
time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.42(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of AD duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of AD duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled AD 
duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to all parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 30, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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