[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 13525]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-04870]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-523-812]


Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From Oman: 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 circular welded 
carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman for the period of review December 
1, 2019, through November 30, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of 
the request for review.

DATES: Applicable March 9, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 2, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe from Oman.\1\ Domestic 
interested parties \2\ requested an administrative review for Al Samna 
Metal Manufacturing & Trading Company LLC (Al Samna); Bollore Logistics 
(Oman) LLC (Bollore Logistics); Transworld Shipping Trading & Logistics 
Services LLC (Transworld Shipping), and Al Jazeera Steel Products Co. 
SAOG (Al Jazeera). Pursuant to the domestic interested parties' 
request, Commerce initiated an administrative review with respect to Al 
Samna, Bollore Logistics, and Transworld Shipping, in accordance with 
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\ 
However, we did not initiate an administrative review for Al Jazeera 
based on its request to defer the administrative review pursuant to 19 
CFR 351.213(c), which the domestic interested parties did not 
contest.\4\ Subsequent to the initiation of the administrative review, 
the domestic interested parties timely withdrew their request for an 
administrative review of the remaining three companies, as discussed 
below. No other party requested an administrative review of these 
companies.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 77431 (December 2, 2020).
    \2\ The domestic interested parties are Wheatland Tube Company 
and Bull Moose Tube.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 8166 (February 4, 2021) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 8175.
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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 party that requested 
a review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation. The request for an 
administrative review of Al Samna, Bollore Logistics, and Transworld 
Shipping was withdrawn by the established deadline.\5\ As a result, 
Commerce is rescinding this review in its entirety, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Further, as noted in the Initiation Notice, 
Commerce deferred the administrative review for one year with respect 
to Al Jazeera.\6\
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    \5\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from Oman: Partial Withdrawal of Request 
for Administrative Review,'' dated February 23, 2021.
    \6\ See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 8175. As a result of the 
uncontested deferment request, Commerce intends to conduct its 
administrative review of Al Jazeera for the period December 1, 2019 
through November 30, 2020, within the subsequent administrative 
review covering the period December 1, 2020, through November 30, 
2021.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to 
the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties required at the time 
of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the 
period December 1, 2019, through November 30, 2020, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after 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 the 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 return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

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

    Dated: March 3, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021-04870 Filed 3-8-21; 8:45 am]
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