[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16060-16061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05812]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-880]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
the Republic of Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2018-2019, in Part

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

SUMMARY: On November 12, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated an administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea (Korea) for the 
period September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019, for 22 companies. 
Because interested parties timely withdrew their requests for 
administrative review for certain companies, we are rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to those companies. For a list of 
the companies for which we are rescinding this review, see Appendix I 
to this notice. For a list of the companies for which the review is 
continuing, see Appendix II to this notice.

DATES: Applicable March 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado or Whitley Herndon, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4682 or (202) 
482-6274, respectively.

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Background

    On September 3, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel 
pipes and tubes from Korea for the period September 1, 2018 through 
August 31, 2019.\1\ In September 2019, Commerce received timely 
requests, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), to conduct an administrative review of this 
antidumping duty order from Independence Tube Corporation and Southland 
Tube Incorporated, collectively Nucor Pipe Mills (the petitioner), 
HiSteel Co., Ltd., Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd., and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.. 
Based upon these requests, on November 12, 2019, in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Act, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation listing 22 companies for which Commerce received 
timely requests for review.\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 Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 61011 (November 12, 2019) (Initiation 
Notice).
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    In February 2020, all interested parties timely withdrew their 
request for an administrative review of certain companies.\3\ These 
companies are listed in Appendix I.
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    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded 
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Partial 
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated February 
10, 2020.
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Partial Rescission

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted 
above, certain parties withdrew their requests for review by the 90-day 
deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding this administrative review 
with respect to the companies listed in Appendix I.\4\
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    \4\ We note that although we are rescinding on the companies 
listed in Appendix I, these companies may still be subject to this 
administrative review if we find them to be an affiliate of any of 
the mandatory respondents in this review listed in Appendix II.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 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 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 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a 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. 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 16, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

Appendix I

Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company
Bookook Steel Co., Ltd.
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
G.S. ACE Industry Co., Ltd.
Ganungol Industries Co., Ltd.
Hanjin Steel Pipe
Husteel Co., Ltd.
Hyosung Corporation
Hyundai Steel Co.
Hyundai Steel Pipe Company
K Steel Co., Ltd.
Miju Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd.
POSCO DAEWOO
Sam Kang Industrial Co., Ltd.
Samson Controls Ltd., Co.
SeAH Steel Corporation
Shin Steel Co., Ltd.
Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd.

Appendix II

Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd.
HiSteel Co., Ltd.
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.

[FR Doc. 2020-05812 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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