[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14578-14579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05477]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-351-846]


Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: Rescission of 
the 2019 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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 
hot-rolled steel flat products (hot-rolled steel) from Brazil for the

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period of review (POR) January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable March 17, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1993.

Background

    On October 1, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD 
order on hot-rolled steel from Brazil for the POR.\1\ On October 30, 
2020, Commerce received a timely request from AK Steel Corporation, 
Nucor Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, Steel Dynamics, 
Inc., and SSAB Enterprises, LLC (collectively, domestic interested 
parties), in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), to conduct an 
administrative review of this CVD order for 12 companies.\2\
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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 Letter from Petitioners, ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products from Brazil: Request for Administrative Review of 
Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated October 30, 2020.
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    On December 8, 2020, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation with respect to these companies.\3\ On February 2, 
2021, the domestic interested parties timely withdrew their request for 
an administrative review for all 12 companies.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 78990 (December 8, 2020).
    \4\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Hot-Rolled Steel Flat 
Products from Brazil: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review of Countervailing Duty Order,'' dated February 2, 2021.
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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 that 
requested a review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted 
above, the domestic interested parties withdrew their request for 
review by the 90-day deadline, and no other party requested an 
administrative review of this order. Therefore, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the CVD order on certain hot-rolled steel flat 
products from Brazil covering the period January 1, 2019, through 
December 31, 2019, in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. Because 
Commerce is rescinding this administrative review in its entirety, the 
entries to which this administrative review pertained shall be assessed 
at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated countervailing 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 directly to CBP no 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice 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 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 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 11, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021-05477 Filed 3-16-21; 8:45 am]
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