[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17310-17311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06397]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-859]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Taiwan: Rescission of 
Antidumping 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 antidumping duty order on steel concrete 
reinforcing bar from Taiwan for

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the period of review (POR): October 1, 2018, through September 30, 
2019.

DATES: Applicable March 27, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo Ayala or Kathryn Wallace, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; Telephone: (202) 482-3945 or (202) 482-6251, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel 
concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Taiwan for the period October 1, 
2018, through September 30, 2019.\1\ On October 31, 2019, the 
petitioner \2\ filed a timely request for review with respect to Power 
Steel Co., Ltd. (Power Steel).\3\ No other review requests were 
submitted. Based on the petitioner's request, on December 11, 2019, in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), Commerce published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of Power 
Steel for the October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019 POR.\4\ On 
March 10, 2020, the petitioner submitted a timely withdrawal of its 
review request of Power Steel in this administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on rebar from Taiwan.\5\
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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\ The petitioner is Rebar Trade Action Coalition (RTAC), and 
its individual members Byer Steel Group, Inc., Commercial Metals 
Company, Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc., Nucor Corporation, and Steel 
Dynamics, Inc.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar 
from Taiwan: Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 31, 
2019.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 67712 (December 11, 2019) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar 
from Taiwan: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' 
dated March 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 the review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted 
above, the petitioner fully withdrew its review request by the 90-day 
deadline, and no other party requested an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order. As such, Commerce is in receipt of a timely 
request for withdrawal of this administrative review with respect to 
the sole company for which a review was requested and for which this 
review was initiated, Power Steel.\6\ Accordingly, we are rescinding 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on rebar from 
Taiwan for the period October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, in 
its entirety.
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    \6\ See Initiation Notice.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of rebar from 
Taiwan 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 publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 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 the antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping 
duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final 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, which continues 
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 23, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-06397 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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