[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 94 (Thursday, May 14, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28931-28932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10350]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From Mexico: 
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 its 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain circular 
welded non-alloy steel pipe from Mexico for the period of review (POR) 
November 1, 2018, through October 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable May 14, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order \1\ on certain circular welded non-alloy steel 
pipe from Mexico for the POR.\2\ On November 26, 2019, Commerce 
received a timely request from domestic interested parties Independence 
Tube Corporation, and Southland Tube, Incorporated (collectively, Nucor 
Tubular \3\), 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 the Order for 36 companies.\4\ On November 27, 
2019, Commerce received a timely request from petitioner Wheatland Tube 
(Wheatland), in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(b), to conduct an administrative review of the Order for 24 
companies.\5\ No other party requested an administrative review.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Certain Circular 
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Brazil, the Republic of Korea 
(Korea), Mexico, and Venezuela and Amendment to Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Certain Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe from Korea, 57 FR 49453 (November 2, 1992) (the Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 58690 (November 1, 2019).
    \3\ Subsequent to their joint filing of this request for review, 
these companies merged and are now known as Nucor Tubular Products 
Inc.
    \4\ See Nucor Tubular's Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe from Mexico: Request for Administrative Review,'' 
dated November 26, 2019.
    \5\ See Wheatland's Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Request for Administrative 
Review,'' dated November 27, 2019. Each of these 24 companies had 
already been requested by Nucor Tubular.
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    On January 17, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation with respect to 36 companies.\6\ On March 5, 2020, 
Wheatland timely withdrew its request for an administrative review for 
all 24 companies it had requested.\7\ On March 10, 2020, Nucor Tubulars 
timely withdrew its request for an administrative review for all 36 
companies it had requested.\8\ These withdrawals covered all 36 
companies listed in the Initiation Notice.\9\
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    \6\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 3014 (January 17, 2020) (Initiation 
Notice) for a list of the 36 companies.
    \7\ See Wheatland's Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-Alloy 
Steel Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated March 5, 2020.
    \8\ See Nucor Tubular's Letter, ``Certain Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated March 10, 2020.
    \9\ See Initiation Notice, 85 FR 3015-3016.
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    On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative 
reviews by 50 days, thereby extending the deadline for these results 
until September 21, 2020.\10\
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    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
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Rescission of Administrative 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 the notice of initiation of the requested review. All 
parties which requested an administrative review withdrew their 
requests for review for all companies 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 
antidumping duty order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe 
from Mexico covering the period November 1, 2018, through October 31, 
2019, in its entirety.

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 41 days after 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 antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement may result in the presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

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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 disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its 
requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary 
information, until May 19, 2020, unless extended.\11\
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    \11\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020).
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    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: May 8, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-10350 Filed 5-13-20; 8:45 am]
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