[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 218 (Tuesday, November 12, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61020-61021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-24460]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-943]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China:
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019
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 oil country
tubular goods (OCTG) from the People's Republic of China (China) for
the period May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019, based on the timely
withdrawal of the request for review.
DATES: Applicable November 12, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Olatunbosun Leigh or John Drury, 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) 482-0506 or (202)
482-0195, respectively.
Background
On May 1, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice
of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on OCTG from China for the period May 1, 2018 through April
30, 2019.\1\ On May 31, 2019, United States Steel Corporation, Maverick
Tube Corporation, Tenaris Bay City, Inc., TMK IPSCO, Vallourec Star,
L.P., and Welded Tube USA (the petitioners), filed a timely request for
review, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act),
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and 19 CFR 351.213(b).\2\ Pursuant to this request, and in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we
initiated an administrative review of 130 companies.\3\ On October 1,
2019, the petitioners filed a timely withdrawal of request for the
administrative review with respect to all 130 companies.\4\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 84 FR 18479 (May 1, 2019).
\2\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods
from the People's Republic of China: Petitioners' Request for 2018/
2019 Administrative Review,'' dated May 31, 2019.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 33739 (July 15, 2019).
\4\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods
from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated October 1, 2019.
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. As
noted above, the petitioners, the only parties to file a request for
review, withdrew their requests by the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, we
are rescinding antidumping duty order on OCTG from China for the period
May 1, 2018, through April 30, 2019, in its entirety.
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of oil country
tubular goods from China. 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
appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a 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 Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to all 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. 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 violation which is subject to
sanction.
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: November 4, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-24460 Filed 11-8-19; 8:45 am]
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