[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 48506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-039]


Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the People's Republic of 
China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
amorphous silica fabric (silica fabric) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) for the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 
2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable August 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasia Harrison, 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) 482-1240.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 2, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the CVD order on silica fabric from 
China for the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.\1\ On 
March 31, 2020, Commerce received a timely request, in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), from 
Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. (the petitioner), to conduct an 
administrative review of this CVD order with respect to 89 
companies.\2\ Based upon this request, on May 6, 2020, in accordance 
with section 751(a) of the Act, Commerce published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation of administrative review for this CVD 
order.\3\ On July 7, 2020, the petitioner timely withdrew its request 
for an administrative review for all of the 89 companies.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 12267 (March 2, 2020).
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric 
from the People's Republic of China,'' dated March 31, 2020.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 26931 (May 6, 2020) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Amorphous Silica Fabric from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated July 7, 2020.
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Rescission of Review

    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 the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
petitioner, the only party that requested administrative reviews, 
withdrew its requests for review for all companies within the 
applicable deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding in its entirety the 
administrative review of the CVD order on silica fabric from China 
covering the period January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019, in its 
entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess CVDs on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated CVDs required at the time of entry, or withdrawal 
from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 2019, to 
December 31, 2019, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 
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 CVDs 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 the 
CVDs occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled CVDs.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 5, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-17471 Filed 8-10-20; 8:45 am]
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