[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 148 (Friday, July 31, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46068-46069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-16691]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-557-809]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Rescission 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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 stainless steel 
butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia for the period February 1, 2019, 
through January 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable July 31, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preston N. Cox, 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) 482-5041.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 3, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from 
Malaysia for the period February 1, 2019, through January 31, 2020.\1\ 
On February 28, 2020, Commerce received a timely request from Core Pipe 
Products, Inc. and Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc. (the petitioners), 
domestic producers of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings, for 
administrative reviews of Pantech Stainless & Alloy Industries Sdn. 
Bhd. (Pantech) and TSS Pipes & Fittings Industry Sdn. Bhd. (TSS), 
exporters of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings.\2\ On March 2, 
2020, Pantech and TSS filed timely requests for review of their own 
respective companies.\3\ These requests were in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 
351.213(b).
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 5938 (February 3, 2020).
    \2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
Fittings from Malaysia: Petitioners' Request for 2019/2020 
Administrative Review,'' dated February 28, 2020.
    \3\ See Pantech's Letter, ``Pantech Request for Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Malaysia,'' dated March 2, 2020; and TSS's 
Letter, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: 
Request for 2019/2020 Administrative Review,'' dated March 2, 2020.
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    On April 8, 2020, pursuant to these requests and in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 
initiated an administrative review of Pantech and TSS.\4\ On June 16, 
2020, the petitioners timely withdrew the request for administrative 
review with respect to Pantech,\5\ and Pantech timely withdrew its 
request for administrative review of itself.\6\ On July 14, 2020, the 
petitioners timely withdrew the request for administrative review with 
respect to TSS.\7\ On July 15, 2020, TSS timely withdrew its request 
for administrative review of itself.\8\
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    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 19730 (April 8, 2020).
    \5\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
Fittings From Malaysia--Petitioners'
    Withdrawal of Review Request of Pantech Stainless & Alloy 
Industries Sdn. Bhd.,'' dated June 16, 2020.
    \6\ See Pantech's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Administrative Review 
Request & Request for Rescission of Administrative Review: 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia,'' dated June 16, 2020.
    \7\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
Fittings From Malaysia--Petitioners' Withdrawal of Review Request of 
TSS Pipes & Fittings Industry Sdn. Bhd.,'' dated July 14, 2020.
    \8\ See TSS's Letter, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 
(SSBWPF) From Malaysia,'' dated July 15, 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 which 
requested the review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On 
April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews 
by 50 days,\9\ extending the 90-day deadline for withdrawing requests 
for review from July 7, 2020, to August 27, 2020. Therefore, all 
parties that requested an administrative review withdrew their requests 
for review for all companies within the applicable deadline. 
Accordingly, we are rescinding in its entirety the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Malaysia covering the period February 1, 2019, through 
January 31, 2020.
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    \9\ 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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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of stainless steel 
butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia. 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 the date of 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 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 final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information

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disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 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 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: July 24, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-16691 Filed 7-30-20; 8:45 am]
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