[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 48 (Monday, March 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 14313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-602-809]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Australia: 
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 certain hot-
rolled steel flat products (HR Steel) from Australia covering the 
period of review (POR) October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020, 
based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable March 15, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Williams, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5166.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on HR 
Steel from Australia for the period October 1, 2019, through September 
30, 2020.\1\ On November 2, 2020, AK Steel Corporation, Steel Dynamics 
Inc., SSAB Enterprises, LLC, Nucor Corporation, and United States Steel 
Corporation (the petitioners) timely requested an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order with respect to BlueScope Steel, Ltd.\2\ 
Commerce received no other requests for an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 61926 (October 1, 2020).
    \2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 
from Australia: Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping 
Duty Order,'' dated October 30, 2020.
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    On December 8, 2020, pursuant to section 751(a) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on HR Steel from 
Australia with respect to BlueScope Steel, Ltd.\3\ On March 3, 2021, 
the petitioners timely withdrew their administrative review request for 
BlueScope Steel, Ltd.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 78990 (December 8, 2020) (Initiation 
Notice). Commerce found that BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd and 
BlueScope Steel Distribution Pty Ltd are affiliated with BlueScope 
Steel, Ltd, the company for which a review was requested, as such, 
Commerce initiated this review with respect to all three companies. 
See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia: 
Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Postponement of Final Determination, 81 FR 15241 (March 22, 2016), 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8; unchanged in 
Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81FR 53406, 53407 
(August 12, 2016), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products 
from Australia: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated March 3, 2021.
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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 a party that requested a 
review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication 
of notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioners 
withdrew their request for review within 90 days of the publication 
date of the Initiation Notice. No other parties requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order. Therefore, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping order on HR Steel from 
Australia for the period October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020, 
in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries of HR Steel from Australia during the POR at rates 
equal to the cash deposit rate 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 no earlier than 35 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 Order

    This notice also serves as a 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.

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: March 10, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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