[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 56 (Monday, March 23, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 16328]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06053]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-910]


Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China: 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 circular 
welded carbon quality steel pipe (circular welded pipes) from the 
People's Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) July 
1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the 
request for review.

DATES: Applicable March 23, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order 
for the POR.\1\ In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), on July 31, 2019, 
Independence Tube Corporation, a Nucor Company, and Southland Tube, 
Incorporated, a Nucor Company (Nucor) requested a review of the Order 
with respect to 121 companies.\2\ On September 9, 2019, in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 
initiated an administrative review of the AD order on circular welded 
pipes from China with respect to the 121 companies named by Nucor.\3\ 
On October 17, 2019, Nucor timely withdrew its July 31, 2019, review 
request for all 121 companies.\4\
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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) (Order).
    \2\ See Nucor's letter ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe from The People's Republic of China: Request for Administrative 
Review'' dated July 31, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 47242 (September 9, 2019).
    \4\ See Nucor's letter ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe from The People's Republic of China: Withdraw of Request for 
Administrative Review'' dated October 17, 2019.
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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 that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication date 
of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioner 
withdrew its request for review within the 90-day deadline. Because 
Commerce received no other requests for review, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the AD order on circular welded pipes from 
China covering the POR July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, in full, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess AD duties on all appropriate entries of circular welded pipes 
from China during the period July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, at 
rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated AD 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 the only reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(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 the presumption that reimbursement of AD 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled AD duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO 
materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    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: March 17, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-06053 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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