[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 194 (Tuesday, October 6, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63100-63101]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-22051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-851]


Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) From Japan: 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 (AD) order on certain 
small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure 
pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) from Japan for the period of review (POR) 
June 1, 2019, through May 31, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of 
the request for review.

DATES: Applicable October 6, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Konrad Ptaszynski, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade

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Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6187.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 2, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the AD order on certain small 
diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe 
(under 4\1/2\ inches) from Japan for the POR of June 1, 2019 through 
May 31, 2020.\1\ United States Steel Corporation (U.S. Steel) timely 
filed requests for an administrative review of Nippon Steel 
Corporation, Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Sumitomo Metal Industries, 
Ltd., Okaya & Co., Ltd., and Sumitomo Corporation, in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.213(b).\2\ Commerce received no other requests for 
administrative review.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 33628 (June 2, 2020).
    \2\ See U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard Line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 4 \1/2\ Inches) from Japan: 
Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated 
June 22, 2020.
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    On August 6, 2020, pursuant to these requests and in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the AD order on small diameter carbon and 
alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/2\ inches) 
from Japan.\3\ On September 1, 2020, U.S. Steel withdrew its request 
for an administrative review with respect to all of the companies for 
which it had requested a review.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 47731 (August 6, 2020).
    \4\ See U.S. Steel's Letter, ``Carbon and Alloy Seamless 
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe (Under 4.5 Inches) from Japan: 
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty 
Order,'' dated September 1, 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 party or parties 
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the 
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
U.S. Steel withdrew its request for review of all companies within 90 
days of the publication date of the notice of initiation. No other 
parties requested an administrative review of the order. Therefore, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the AD order on certain small diameter carbon 
and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/2\ 
inches) from Japan covering June 1, 2019 through May 31, 2020, its 
entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of small diameter 
carbon and alloy seamless standard, line, and pressure pipe (under 4\1/
2\ inches) from Japan during the POR. 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.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to all 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. 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issues and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: September 22, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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