[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 97 (Wednesday, May 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21750-21751]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-09118]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-475-828]
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Italy: Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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 stainless
steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Italy for the period of review (POR)
February 1, 2024, through January 31, 2025.
DATES: Applicable May 21, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasia Harrison, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC, 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1240.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 3, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the AD
order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Italy.\1\
Commerce received a timely request for review of the Order from Core
Pipe Products, Inc. (the petitioner).\2\ We received no other requests
for review.
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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, 90 FR 8785 (February 3,
2025); see also Antidumping Duty Orders: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from Italy, Malaysia, and the Philippines, 66 FR 11257
(February 23, 2001) (Order).
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Request for 2024/
2025 Administrative Review,'' dated February 27, 2025.
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On March 28, 2025, Commerce initiated an administrative review of
the Order covering the period from February 1, 2024, through January
31, 2025, 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 March 27,
2025, the petitioner withdrew its request for review with respect to
Tectubi Raccordi SpA (including its affiliates, Raccordi Forgiati
S.r.l. and Allied International S.r.l.); however, the initiation notice
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was already set to publish on March 28, 2025.\4\ This review,
therefore, covers subject merchandise exported and/or produced by the
following company: Filmag Italia, SpA.\5\
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\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 14081 (March 28, 2025) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Partial Withdrawal
of Request for 2024/2025 Administrative Review,'' dated March 27,
2025.
\5\ See Initiation Notice, 90 FR at 14081.
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On April 3, 2025, we placed on the record U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) data for entries of stainless steel butt-weld pipe
fittings from Italy during the POR, showing no reviewable POR
entries.\6\ We invited interested parties to comment, and received no
comments. Also on April 3, 2025, Commerce notified all interested
parties of its intent to rescind the administrative review because
there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise made by the one
company subject to this administrative review, Filmag Italia, SpA, and
invited interested partes to comment.\7\ Commerce did not receive
comments from any interested parties on its notice of intent to rescind
the administrative review with respect to the sole remaining company
subject to this administrative review, Filmag Italia, SpA.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Import Data,'' dated April 3, 2025.
\7\ Id.
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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 the notice of initiation. Commerce received a request
from the petitioner for an administrative review of: (1) Filmag Italia,
SpA (Filmag) and (2) Tectubi Raccordi SpA (including its affiliates,
Raccordi Forgiati S.r.l. and Allied International S.r.l.).\8\ The
petitioner withdrew its request for review with respect to Tectubi
Raccordi SpA (including its affiliates, Raccordi Forgiati S.r.l. and
Allied International S.r.l.).\9\ Because the request for review was
timely withdrawn for Tectubi Raccordi SpA (including its affiliates,
Raccordi Forgiati S.r.l. and Allied International S.r.l.), and because
no other party requested a review of Tectubi Raccordi SpA (including
its affiliates, Raccordi Forgiati S.r.l. and Allied International
S.r.l.) in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding
this review for Tectubi Raccordi SpA (including its affiliates,
Raccordi Forgiati S.r.l. and Allied International S.r.l.).
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\8\ Id., 90 FR at 14081.
\9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Partial Withdrawal
of Request for 2024/2025 Administrative Review,'' dated March 27,
2025.
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Further, 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 entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which
liquidation is suspended.\10\ Normally, upon completion of an
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\11\ Therefore, for an
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a suspended entry
that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the AD assessment rate
calculated for the review period.\12\ As noted above, there were no
suspended entries of subject merchandise for Filmag Italia, SpA 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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\10\ 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).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
As Commerce has proceeded to a final rescission of this
administrative review, no cash deposit rates will change. Accordingly,
the current cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from
Italy. ADs shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate of
estimated ADs 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 rescission
notice in the Federal Register.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to an 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 the APO materials, or
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with regulations and terms of an APO is a violation, which is
subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: May 14, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025-09118 Filed 5-20-25; 8:45 am]
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