[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 15 (Tuesday, January 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4274-4275]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-01149]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-484-803]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From Greece: Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review: 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on large
diameter welded pipe (LDWP) from Greece for the period of review (POR)
May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable January 23, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Hatley, 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) 482-4886.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice
of opportunity to request an administrative review of the AD order on
LDWP from Greece.\1\ On May 30, 2023, the American Line Pipe Producers
Association Trade Committee (the petitioner) submitted a timely request
that Commerce conduct an administrative review.\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 27445 (May 2,
2023).
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated May 30, 2023.
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On July 12, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation of administrative review with respect to imports
of LDWP from Greece exported and/or produced by Corinth Pipeworks Pipe
Industry S.A. (Corinth), in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i).\3\ On July 14, 2023, we placed on the record U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data for entries
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of LDWP from Greece during the POR, showing no reviewable POR entries
and invited interested parties to comment.\4\
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\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 44262 (July 12, 2023).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Release of Customs and Border Protection
Data,'' dated July 14, 2023.
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On July 21, 2023, the petitioner filed comments with respect to the
CBP data.\5\ On July 24, 2023, Corinth submitted a no-shipment
certification, indicating that it had no exports or sales of subject
merchandise to the United States during the POR.\6\ On July 25, 2023,
Commerce issued a no-shipment inquiry to CBP.\7\ On August 14, 2023,
CBP responded that it had no record of any entries of subject
merchandise during the POR.\8\ On October 20, 2023, the petitioner
requested that Commerce conduct verification.\9\ On October 30, 2023,
Corinth requested that Commerce rescind the administrative review.\10\
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\5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Comments on U.S. Customs and
Border Protection Entry Data,'' dated July 21, 2023 (Petitioner's
CBP data Comments).
\6\ See Corinth's Letter, ``No Shipment Certification of CPW,''
dated July 24, 2023.
\7\ See CBP Message 3206404, ``No Shipment Inquiry,'' dated July
25, 2023.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``No Shipment Inquiry Results,'' dated
August 14, 2023.
\9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Verification,'' dated
October 20, 2023.
\10\ See Corinth's Letter, ``Request for Rescission of
Administrative Review,'' dated October 30, 2023.
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On January 3, 2024, Commerce notified all interested parties of its
intent to rescind the instant review in whole because there were no
reviewable, suspended entries of subject merchandise by Corinth,\11\
the sole company subject to this review during the POR, and invited
interested parties to comment.\12\ On January 10, 2024, Corinth
submitted comments in support of Commerce's intent to rescind the
instant review in whole.\13\
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\11\ Commerce does not consider non-CBP information to identify
entries of subject merchandise because this information is generally
not as reliable as information obtained from CBP. See Certain Frozen
Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2020-2021, 87 FR 55996 (September 13, 2022), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 5. Based on our
examination of record evidence, we find that the information
submitted in the petitioner's CBP Data Comments does not demonstrate
that Corinth exported subject merchandise to the United States
during the POR or otherwise undermine the results of the CBP data
query or the certified statement by Corinth that it had no entries
of subject merchandise during the POR.
\12\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind
Review,'' dated January 3, 2023.
\13\ See Corinth's Letter, ``Comments of Notice of Intent to
Rescind Review,'' dated January 10, 2024.
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an AD order when there are no
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which
liquidation is suspended.\14\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\15\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable,
suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\16\ As noted above,
there were no entries of subject merchandise for Corinth, the sole
company subject to this review during the POR. Accordingly, in the
absence of suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, we
are hereby rescinding this administrative review, in its entirety, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\14\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of
Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022,
88 FR 24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-to-Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany:
Recission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR
4154 (January 24, 2023).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries. 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
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of this rescission notice in the Federal Register.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only 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 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: January 17, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-01149 Filed 1-22-24; 8:45 am]
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