[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 41 (Monday, March 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12255-12256]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04227]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-351-846]


Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: Rescission of 2018 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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 (CVD) order on hot-
rolled steel flat products from Brazil for the period of review (POR) 
January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018.

DATES: Applicable March 2, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon or Adam Simons, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and

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Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-1993 or (202) 482-6172, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD 
order on hot-rolled steel flat products from Brazil for the POR.\1\ On 
October 31, 2019, Commerce received a timely request from United States 
Steel Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and SSAB Enterprises, LLC 
(collectively, domestic interested parties), in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.213(b), to conduct an administrative review of this CVD order for 
10 companies.\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 
Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated October 31, 2019.
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    On December 11, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation with respect to these companies.\3\ On February 
10, 2020, the domestic interested parties timely withdrew their request 
for an administrative review for all 10 companies.\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: Withdraw of Request for Administrative 
Review of Countervailing 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 parties that 
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted 
above, the domestic interested parties withdrew their request for 
review by the 90-day deadline, and no other party requested an 
administrative review of this order. Therefore, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the CVD order on hot-rolled steel flat 
products from Brazil 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. Because 
Commerce is rescinding this administrative review in its entirety, the 
entries to which this administrative review pertained shall be assessed 
at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing 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 directly to CBP 15 
days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice 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 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: February 26, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-04227 Filed 2-28-20; 8:45 am]
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