Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Malaysia: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 34858 [2019-15403]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 139 (Friday, July 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 34858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-15403]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-557-809]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Malaysia: 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 stainless steel 
butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia for the period February 1, 2018, 
through January 31, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the 
requests for review.

DATES: Applicable July 19, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua A. DeMoss, 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) 482-3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 8, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from 
Malaysia for the period February 1, 2018, through January 31, 2019.\1\ 
On February 28, 2019, Core Pipe Products, Inc., Shaw Alloy Piping 
Products, LLC, and Taylor Forge Stainless Inc. (the petitioners), 
domestic producers of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings, and 
Pantech Stainless & Alloy Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Pantech), an exporter 
of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings, filed a timely request for 
review, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b).\2\ Pursuant to these requests 
and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of three 
companies.\3\ On May 6, 2019, the petitioners filed a timely withdrawal 
of request for the administrative review with respect to Pantech.\4\ On 
May 9, 2019, Pantech also filed a timely withdrawal of its request for 
the administrative review.\5\ On June 14, 2019, the petitioners filed a 
timely withdrawal of request for the administrative review with respect 
to the remaining companies subject to the administrative review.\6\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 2816 (February 8, 2019).
    \2\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Petitioners' Request for 2018/2019 
Administrative Review,'' dated February 28, 2019; see also See 
Letter from Pantech, ``Pantech Request for Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
Fittings from Malaysia,'' dated February 28, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 18777 (May 2, 2019).
    \4\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Partial Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated May 6, 2019.
    \5\ Letter from Pantech, ``Withdrawal of Administrative Review & 
Request for Rescission of Administrative Review: Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Malaysia,'' dated May 9, 2019.
    \6\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Stainless Steel Butt-Weld 
Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated June 14, 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 and Pantech, the only parties to file a 
request for review, withdrew their requests by the 90-day deadline. 
Accordingly, we are rescinding antidumping duty review on stainless 
steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia for the period February 1, 
2018, through January 31, 2019, in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of stainless steel 
butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia. 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: July 15, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-15403 Filed 7-18-19; 8:45 am]
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