Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order, 11050-11051 [2019-05646]

Download as PDF 11050 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 57 / Monday, March 25, 2019 / Notices Administrative Protective Order margin exists for the period March 1, 2017, through August 8, 2017: Exporter/producer Sidenor Aceros Especiales, S.L Weightedaverage dumping margin (percent) 1.76 Assessment Rates Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries in this review, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of these final results of review. In accordance with Commerce’s ‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Sidenor for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective orders (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/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 subject to sanction. 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(h). Dated: March 20, 2019. Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2019–05644 Filed 3–22–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Cash Deposit Requirements In the Revocation Notice, Commerce stated that it intends to issue instructions to CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to discontinue the collection of cash deposits on entries of subject merchandise, entered or withdrawn from warehouse, on or after August 9, 2017.8 Furthermore, because the antidumping duty order on SSB from Spain has been revoked as a result of the Revocation Notice, Commerce does not intend to issue cash deposit instructions at the conclusion of this administrative review. Reimbursement of Duties This notice also 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 duties prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the Secretary’s presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties. 8 See Stainless Steel Bar from Brazil, India, Japan, and Spain: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order (India) and Revocation of Antidumping Duty Orders (Brazil, Japan, and Spain), 83 FR 49910 (October 3, 2018) (Revocation Notice). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:47 Mar 22, 2019 Jkt 247001 International Trade Administration [C–570–911] Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty order would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the ‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this notice. AGENCY: DATES: Applicable March 25, 2019. Ian Hamilton, 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) 482–4798. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Background On July 22, 2008, Commerce published its countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 pipe from China.1 On August 21, 2012, Commerce implemented its revised countervailable subsidy rates pursuant to the findings in the section 129 proceeding of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).2 On November 1, 2018, Commerce published the notice of initiation of the second sunset review of the countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the Act).3 On November 15, 2018, within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) and section 771(9)(C) of the Act, Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Zekelman Industries,4 and from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO and Wheatland Tube.5 On November 16, 2018, also within the deadline, Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Independence Tube Corporation (Independence), a Nucor company, and Southland Tube, Incorporated (Southland), a Nucor company.6 Each of the companies claimed to be a domestic interested party as producers of a domestic like product (circular welded carbon quality steel pipe) in the United States. On November 29, 2018, Commerce received complete substantive responses to the notice of initiation from the domestic interested parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i).7 We received no 1 See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (Order). 2 See Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People’s Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 2012 (Section 129 Implementation). 3 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 83 FR 54915 (November 1, 2018). 4 See Letter from Zekelman ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from The People’s Republic of China: Domestic Industry Notice Of Intent To Participate In Sunset Reviews,’’ dated November 24, 2018. 5 See Letter from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO and Wheatland Tube ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Reviews,’’ dated November 15, 2016). 6 See Letter from Independence and Southland ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People’s Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,’’ dated November 16, 2018. 7 See Letter from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO, Wheatland Tube, Zekelman Industries, Independence Tube Corporation and Southland Tube Incorporated (collectively, domestic interested parties) ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from The E:\FR\FM\25MRN1.SGM 25MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 57 / Monday, March 25, 2019 / Notices substantive responses from respondent interested parties or from the Government of China with respect to the order covered by this sunset review. On December 18, 2018, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive response from respondent interested parties.8 As a result, pursuant to 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe. Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.9 If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce’s practice, the deadline will become the next business day. The revised deadline for the expedited final results of this sunset review is now April 10, 2019. Scope of the Order The scope of this order covers certain welded carbon quality steel pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, and with an outside diameter of 0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not more than 16 inches (406.4 mm), whether or not stenciled, regardless of wall thickness, surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end finish (e.g., plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or industry specification (e.g., ASTM, proprietary, or other), generally known as standard pipe and structural pipe (they may also be referred to as circular, structural, or mechanical tubing). The pipe products that are the subject of this order are currently classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States statistical reporting numbers 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00, 7306.50.50.50, 7306.50.50.70, 7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50. For a full description of the scope of this order, see the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.10 countervailable subsidy and the net countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the order were revoked. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and to all in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at https:// enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Analysis of Comments Received Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce determines that revocation of the countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China would be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the rates listed below: 12 All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum,11 which is hereby adopted by this notice. The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a Final Results of Review Net subsidy rate (percent) Producer/exporter Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (East Pipe) ................................................................................................................................... Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co., Ltd., Kingland Group Co., Ltd, Beijing Kingland Century Technologies Co., Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd., and Shanxi Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd. (collectively, Kingland Companies) ........ Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Wa Song Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; and Tianjin Shuanglian Galvanizing Products Co., Ltd. (collectively, Shuangjie) ........................................................................... All other producers and exporters ....................................................................................................................................................... Notification to Interested Parties This notice also serves as the only 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 notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an People’s Republic of China: Domestic Industry Substantive Response,’’ dated November 29, 2018 (Domestic Industry Substantive Response). 8 See Letter to the ITC re: ‘‘Sunset Reviews Initiated on November 1, 2018,’’ dated December 18, 2018. 9 See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:47 Mar 22, 2019 Jkt 247001 11051 APO is a violation which is subject to sanction. We are issuing and publishing the final results and this notice in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218. 29.83 48.18 620.08 39.01 Dated: March 20, 2019. James Maeder, Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary, for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2019–05646 Filed 3–22–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 40 days. 10 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Second Sunset PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 11 Id. 12 See Section 129 Implementation, 77 FR at 52685. E:\FR\FM\25MRN1.SGM 25MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11050-11051]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-911]


Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset Review 
of the Countervailing Duty Order

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce 
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the countervailing duty order would 
be likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidy at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results 
of Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable March 25, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Hamilton, 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) 482-4798.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 22, 2008, Commerce published its countervailing duty order 
on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe from China.\1\ On August 
21, 2012, Commerce implemented its revised countervailable subsidy 
rates pursuant to the findings in the section 129 proceeding of the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA).\2\ On November 1, 2018, Commerce 
published the notice of initiation of the second sunset review of the 
countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe 
from China, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, (the Act).\3\ On November 15, 2018, within the deadline 
specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i) and section 771(9)(C) of the Act, 
Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Zekelman 
Industries,\4\ and from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO and 
Wheatland Tube.\5\ On November 16, 2018, also within the deadline, 
Commerce received a notice of intent to participate from Independence 
Tube Corporation (Independence), a Nucor company, and Southland Tube, 
Incorporated (Southland), a Nucor company.\6\ Each of the companies 
claimed to be a domestic interested party as producers of a domestic 
like product (circular welded carbon quality steel pipe) in the United 
States.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Amended Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Notice of Countervailing Duty 
Order, 73 FR 42545 (July 22, 2008) (Order).
    \2\ See Implementation of Determinations Under Section 129 of 
the Uruguay Round Agreements Act: Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road 
Tires; Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe; Laminated Woven 
Sacks; and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's 
Republic of China, 77 FR 52683 (August 30, 2012 (Section 129 
Implementation).
    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 83 FR 54915 
(November 1, 2018).
    \4\ See Letter from Zekelman ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality 
Steel Pipe from The People's Republic of China: Domestic Industry 
Notice Of Intent To Participate In Sunset Reviews,'' dated November 
24, 2018.
    \5\ See Letter from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO 
and Wheatland Tube ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from 
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Intent to Participate in 
Sunset Reviews,'' dated November 15, 2016).
    \6\ See Letter from Independence and Southland ``Circular Welded 
Carbon Quality Steel Pipe From the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Intent to Participate in Sunset Review,'' dated November 
16, 2018.
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    On November 29, 2018, Commerce received complete substantive 
responses to the notice of initiation from the domestic interested 
parties within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\7\ We received no

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substantive responses from respondent interested parties or from the 
Government of China with respect to the order covered by this sunset 
review.
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    \7\ See Letter from Bull Moose Tube Company, EXLTUBE, TMK IPSCO, 
Wheatland Tube, Zekelman Industries, Independence Tube Corporation 
and Southland Tube Incorporated (collectively, domestic interested 
parties) ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from The 
People's Republic of China: Domestic Industry Substantive 
Response,'' dated November 29, 2018 (Domestic Industry Substantive 
Response).
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    On December 18, 2018, Commerce notified the U.S. International 
Trade Commission (ITC) that it did not receive an adequate substantive 
response from respondent interested parties.\8\ As a result, pursuant 
to 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 
conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the countervailing 
duty order on circular welded carbon quality steel pipe.
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    \8\ See Letter to the ITC re: ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
November 1, 2018,'' dated December 18, 2018.
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through 
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\9\ If the new 
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's 
practice, the deadline will become the next business day. The revised 
deadline for the expedited final results of this sunset review is now 
April 10, 2019.
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    \9\ See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of this order covers certain welded carbon quality steel 
pipes and tubes, of circular cross-section, and with an outside 
diameter of 0.372 inches (9.45 mm) or more, but not more than 16 inches 
(406.4 mm), whether or not stenciled, regardless of wall thickness, 
surface finish (e.g., black, galvanized, or painted), end finish (e.g., 
plain end, beveled end, grooved, threaded, or threaded and coupled), or 
industry specification (e.g., ASTM, proprietary, or other), generally 
known as standard pipe and structural pipe (they may also be referred 
to as circular, structural, or mechanical tubing).
    The pipe products that are the subject of this order are currently 
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
statistical reporting numbers 7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25, 
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, 
7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.10.00, 7306.50.50.50, 7306.50.50.70, 
7306.19.10.10, 7306.19.10.50, 7306.19.51.10, and 7306.19.51.50. For a 
full description of the scope of this order, see the accompanying 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\10\
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    \10\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Expedited Second Sunset Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on 
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic 
of China,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum,\11\ which is hereby adopted by this notice. 
The issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum are the 
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy 
and the net countervailable subsidy rates likely to prevail if the 
order were revoked. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and to all in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the internet at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The signed Issues 
and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \11\ Id.
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Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(b) of the Act, Commerce 
determines that revocation of the countervailing duty order on circular 
welded carbon quality steel pipe from China would be likely to lead to 
the continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy at the 
rates listed below: \12\
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    \12\ See Section 129 Implementation, 77 FR at 52685.

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                                                            Net subsidy
                    Producer/exporter                     rate (percent)
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Weifang East Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (East Pipe)...........           29.83
Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline and Technologies Co., Ltd.,             48.18
 Kingland Group Co., Ltd, Beijing Kingland Century
 Technologies Co., Zhejiang Kingland Pipeline Industry
 Co., Ltd., and Shanxi Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd.
 (collectively, Kingland Companies).....................
Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd.; Tianjin                   620.08
 Shuangjie Steel Pipe Group Co., Ltd.; Tianjin Wa Song
 Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.; and Tianjin Shuanglian
 Galvanizing Products Co., Ltd. (collectively,
 Shuangjie).............................................
All other producers and exporters.......................           39.01
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as the only 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 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing the final results and this notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(b), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: March 20, 2019.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary, 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-05646 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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