[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 38 (Wednesday, February 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11049-11050]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-03815]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-845]


Certain Hot-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 
hot-rolled steel flat products from Brazil for the period of review 
(POR) October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019,

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based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable February 26, 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:

Background

    On October 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Brazil 
for the POR of October 1, 2018 through September 30, 2019.\1\ United 
States Steel Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and SSAB Enterprises, 
LLC (collectively, the domestic interested parties) timely filed a 
request for administrative review of the following Brazilian exporters/
producers of hot-rolled steel: AG Royce Metal Marketing; Aperam South 
America; Companhia Siderurgica Nacional; Companhia Siderurgica Suape; 
Cummins Inc.; Erico Incorporated; Gautier Steel Limited; Gerdau 
Acominas S.A.; Mahle Engine Components USA Inc.; Mahle Metal Leve S.A.; 
Marcegaglia do Brasil; Modine do Brasil Sistemas Termicos; Nvent do 
Brasil Eletrometalurgica Ltda.; Nvent Erico; Optimus Steel Inc.; 
Ternium Brasil Ltda.; Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V.; and Usinas 
Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais S.A. (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 52068 (October 1, 2019).
    \2\ See domestic interested parties' letter, ``Hot-Rolled Steel 
Flat Products from Brazil: Request for Administrative Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated October 31, 2019.
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    On December 11, 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 hot-rolled steel from 
Brazil with respect to all 18 companies for which a review was 
requested.\3\ On February 10, 2020, the domestic interested parties 
withdrew their request for an administrative review with respect to all 
of the companies for which they had requested a review.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 67712 (December 11, 2019).
    \4\ See domestic interested parties' letter, ``Hot-Rolled Steel 
Flat Products from Brazil: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated February 10, 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. 
The domestic interested parties withdrew their request for review of 
all of the Brazilian producers/exporters of hot-rolled steel for which 
they had requested an administrative review, 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 hot-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 issues and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: February 20, 2020,
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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