[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 60 (Friday, March 27, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17310-17311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06397]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-583-859]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Taiwan: Rescission of
Antidumping 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 antidumping duty order on steel concrete
reinforcing bar from Taiwan for
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the period of review (POR): October 1, 2018, through September 30,
2019.
DATES: Applicable March 27, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Leo Ayala or Kathryn Wallace, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; Telephone: (202) 482-3945 or (202) 482-6251,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 1, 2019, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on steel
concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Taiwan for the period October 1,
2018, through September 30, 2019.\1\ On October 31, 2019, the
petitioner \2\ filed a timely request for review with respect to Power
Steel Co., Ltd. (Power Steel).\3\ No other review requests were
submitted. Based on the petitioner's request, on December 11, 2019, in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), Commerce published in the Federal
Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of Power
Steel for the October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019 POR.\4\ On
March 10, 2020, the petitioner submitted a timely withdrawal of its
review request of Power Steel in this administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on rebar from Taiwan.\5\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 84 FR 52068 (October 1, 2019).
\2\ The petitioner is Rebar Trade Action Coalition (RTAC), and
its individual members Byer Steel Group, Inc., Commercial Metals
Company, Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc., Nucor Corporation, and Steel
Dynamics, Inc.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar
from Taiwan: Request for Administrative Review,'' dated October 31,
2019.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 67712 (December 11, 2019) (Initiation
Notice).
\5\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar
from Taiwan: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,''
dated March 10, 2020.
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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 the review withdraw the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted
above, the petitioner fully withdrew its review request by the 90-day
deadline, and no other party requested an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order. As such, Commerce is in receipt of a timely
request for withdrawal of this administrative review with respect to
the sole company for which a review was requested and for which this
review was initiated, Power Steel.\6\ Accordingly, we are rescinding
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on rebar from
Taiwan for the period October 1, 2018, through September 30, 2019, in
its entirety.
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\6\ See Initiation Notice.
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Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of rebar from
Taiwan 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 appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days
after the 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 and/or countervailing 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 the antidumping and/or countervailing
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order
This notice 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, which continues
to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the
proceeding. 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 the terms of an
APO is a sanctionable violation.
This notice is issued and published in accordance with section
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: March 23, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2020-06397 Filed 3-26-20; 8:45 am]
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