[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16060-16061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05812]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-880]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Korea: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2018-2019, in Part
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 12, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated an administrative review on heavy walled rectangular welded
carbon steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Korea (Korea) for the
period September 1, 2018 through August 31, 2019, for 22 companies.
Because interested parties timely withdrew their requests for
administrative review for certain companies, we are rescinding this
administrative review with respect to those companies. For a list of
the companies for which we are rescinding this review, see Appendix I
to this notice. For a list of the companies for which the review is
continuing, see Appendix II to this notice.
DATES: Applicable March 20, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado or Whitley Herndon,
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) 482-4682 or (202)
482-6274, respectively.
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Background
On September 3, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from Korea for the period September 1, 2018 through
August 31, 2019.\1\ In September 2019, Commerce received timely
requests, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), to conduct an administrative review of this
antidumping duty order from Independence Tube Corporation and Southland
Tube Incorporated, collectively Nucor Pipe Mills (the petitioner),
HiSteel Co., Ltd., Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd., and Kukje Steel Co., Ltd..
Based upon these requests, on November 12, 2019, in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Act, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
notice of initiation listing 22 companies for which Commerce received
timely requests for review.\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review, 84 FR 45949 (September 3, 2019).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 61011 (November 12, 2019) (Initiation
Notice).
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In February 2020, all interested parties timely withdrew their
request for an administrative review of certain companies.\3\ These
companies are listed in Appendix I.
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\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Korea: Partial
Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated February
10, 2020.
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Partial Rescission
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. As noted
above, certain parties withdrew their requests for review by the 90-day
deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding this administrative review
with respect to the companies listed in Appendix I.\4\
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\4\ We note that although we are rescinding on the companies
listed in Appendix I, these companies may still be subject to this
administrative review if we find them to be an affiliate of any of
the mandatory respondents in this review listed in Appendix II.
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Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (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 appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after 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 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. 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with section
751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: March 16, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
Appendix I
Ahshin Pipe & Tube Company
Bookook Steel Co., Ltd.
Dongbu Steel Co., Ltd.
G.S. ACE Industry Co., Ltd.
Ganungol Industries Co., Ltd.
Hanjin Steel Pipe
Husteel Co., Ltd.
Hyosung Corporation
Hyundai Steel Co.
Hyundai Steel Pipe Company
K Steel Co., Ltd.
Miju Steel Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
NEXTEEL Co., Ltd.
POSCO DAEWOO
Sam Kang Industrial Co., Ltd.
Samson Controls Ltd., Co.
SeAH Steel Corporation
Shin Steel Co., Ltd.
Yujin Steel Industry Co. Ltd.
Appendix II
Dong-A Steel Co., Ltd.
HiSteel Co., Ltd.
Kukje Steel Co., Ltd.
[FR Doc. 2020-05812 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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