Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 42897-42898 [2019-17772]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–814]
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
From the People’s Republic of China:
Rescission of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018
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 carbon steel
butt-weld pipe fittings (BWPF) from the
People’s Republic of China (China),
based on withdrawal of the requests for
review.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Kabir Archuletta or Hannah Falvey, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone
(202) 482–2593 or (202) 482–4889,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On July 6, 1992, Commerce published
in the Federal Register the antidumping
duty order on BWPF from China.1 On
July 31, 2018, Commerce received
separate requests to conduct an
administrative review of the Order for
Chinese producer/exporter Jinan Mech
Piping Technology Co., Ltd. (Jinan
Mech) on behalf of Jinan Mech 2 and for
Malaysian producer/exporter Pantech
Steel Industries SDN BHD (Pantech) on
behalf of Pantech and U.S. importers
Silbo Industries, Inc. (Silbo) and Allied
Group (Allied).3 Based upon these
requests, on September 10, 2018,
Commerce published in the Federal
Register a notice of initiation of an
1 See Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment
to the Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value; Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China, 57 FR
29702 (July 6, 1992) (Order).
2 See Jinan Mech’s Letter, ‘‘Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People’s
Republic of China: Request for Review,’’ dated July
31, 2018.
3 See Pantech’s Letter, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China,
A–570–814: Review Request,’’ dated July 31, 2018;
Silbo’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative Review
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic
of China (A–570–814),’’ dated July 31, 2018; and
Allied’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from China: Allied Group Request for
Administrative Review,’’ dated July 31, 2018.
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administrative review covering the
period of review (POR) July 1, 2017
through June 30, 2018 for Jinan Mech
and Pantech.4
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce 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, and
no other party requested a review of the
company for which the petitioner
requested a review. Section
351.213(d)(1) also provides that
Commerce may extend this time limit if
Commerce decides that it is reasonable
to do so. The deadline for a party to
withdraw a request for review was
December 10, 2018.5
On October 11, 2018, Jinan Mech
timely withdrew its review request 6
and, on December 28, 2018, Commerce
rescinded this administrative review in
part, with respect to Jinan Mech.7 No
party withdrew any pending review
requests for Pantech by the December
10, 2018 deadline.
On July 2, 2019, Commerce received
multiple requests to extend the time
limit for Pantech, Silbo, and Allied to
withdraw their requests for review of
Pantech.8 In their letters, the parties
explained that unique circumstances
warranted an extension of the 90-day
deadline under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). In
particular, in the preliminary
determination of the concurrent anti4 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
45596, 45601–02 (September 10, 2018).
5 See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). If the new deadline
falls on a non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce’s practice, the deadline will become the
next business day.
6 See Jinan Mech’s Letter, ‘‘Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People’s
Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for
Review,’’ dated October 11, 2018.
7 See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China; Rescission of the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, In Part;
2017–2018, 83 FR 67228 (December 28, 2018).
8 See Silbo’s Letter, ‘‘Silbo’s Request to Extend
the Time Within Which to Withdraw Its
Administrative Review Request and Withdrawal of
the Administrative Review Request in the
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China (A–570–814) (POR:
7/1/17–6/30/18),’’ dated July 2, 2019; see also
Allied’s Letter, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from the People’s Republic of China: (1)
Request to Extend the Time Within Which to
Withdraw Administrative Review Request; and (2)
Withdrawal of the Administrative Review Request,’’
dated July 2, 2019; and Pantech’s Letter, ‘‘Carbon
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People’s
Republic of China, A–570–814: Withdrawal of
Review Request and Request to Rescind
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated
July 2, 2019 (Pantech Review Request Withdrawal
Letter).
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circumvention inquiry on the Order,
Commerce found that Pantech’s BWFP
exports from Malaysia were produced
from finished or unfinished BWPF
produced in China, and therefore
subject to the Order.9 As a protective
measure, Pantech, Silbo, and Allied
requested an administrative review of
the Order with respect to Pantech as a
result of the anti-circumvention
preliminary determination because they
then faced suspended entries under the
Order.10 However, in the final
determination of the anti-circumvention
inquiry published on June 21, 2019,
Commerce found that Pantech was now
eligible for the import certification
program for BWPF from Malaysia, and
that the suspended entries of BWPF
from Malaysia that do not contain
finished or unfinished BWPF from
China will not be subject to the Order.11
Any of Pantech’s entries that do contain
finished or unfinished BWPF from
China are still subject to the Order.12
Shortly after this determination was
published, Silbo, Allied, and Pantech
each requested that Commerce extend
the deadline to withdraw a request for
review. The parties explained that the
sole reason for requesting a review—to
preserve their ability for administrative
review of Pantech’s entries in light of
the affirmative preliminary
determination in the concurrent anticircumvention inquiry—was no longer
at issue.13
The parties additionally argued that,
although Commerce had expended some
resources in the conduct of this review,
it had not yet issued the preliminary
results of review. Further, the parties
argued that rescission of the review at
this time would still conserve
substantial resources, particularly in a
review which would require
calculations of margins in a potentially
unusual circumstance of a market
economy company using an input from
a non-market economy. Moreover, the
parties explained that they are not
withdrawing their request for a review
in order to receive a more favorable rate.
Indeed, by withdrawing at this stage,
9 See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 35205 (July 25,
2018).
10 See, e.g., Pantech Review Request Withdrawal
Letter at 3.
11 See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People’s Republic of China: Final Affirmative
Determination of Circumvention of the
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 29164 (June 21,
2019).
12 Id., 84 FR at 29165, ‘‘Continuation of
Suspension of Liquidation.’’
13 See, e.g., Pantech Review Request Withdrawal
Letter at 3–4.
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Pantech’s entries that do contain
finished or unfinished BWPF from
China, if any, will be assessed at the
China-wide rate of 182.90 percent.14
After reviewing the reasons outlined
in the requests, Commerce determined
that it was reasonable to extend the
deadline for parties to withdraw a
request for review to July 29, 2019,
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).15 On
July 25, 2019, Silbo, Allied, and Pantech
separately withdrew each of their
requests for an administrative review of
the Order.16 No other parties requested
an administrative review of Pantech.
Additionally, the petitioners have not
raised any concerns regarding these
withdrawal requests, nor submitted any
further comments on the information
that Pantech submitted to the record.
Rescission of Review
As discussed above, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce
considered the interested parties’
requests to extend the deadline to
withdraw their requests for a review of
Pantech, and, based on the reasons
provided by the parties and the
circumstances presented, determined
that it was reasonable to extend the
deadline.17 Once the extension was
granted, each interested party separately
withdrew their review requests for
Pantech and requested a rescission of
administrative review of the Order.18
There are no remaining requests for an
administrative review of the Order.
14 Id.
at 5–6.
Commerce’s Letter to Silbo, ‘‘Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review of Carbon Steel ButtWeld Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of
China: Extension of Time Limit,’’ dated July 24,
2019 (Silbo—Extension of Time); Commerce’s
Letter to Allied, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China:
Extension of Time Limit,’’ dated July 24, 2019
(Allied—Extension of Time), see also Commerce’s
Letter to Pantech, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China:
Extension of Time Limit,’’ dated July 24, 2019
(Pantech—Extension of Time).
16 See Silbo’s Letter, ‘‘Silbo’s Withdrawal of Its
Administrative Review Request in the
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Order
on Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the
People’s Republic of China (A–570–814) (POR: 7/
1/17–6/30/18),’’ dated July 25, 2019 (Silbo’s
Withdrawal Request); see also Allied’s Letter
‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the
People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Review
Request,’’ dated July 25, 2019 (Allied’s Withdrawal
Request); Pantech’s Letter, ‘‘Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from the People’s Republic of China,
A–570–814: Withdrawal of Review Request,’’ dated
July 25, 2019 (Pantech’s Withdrawal Request).
17 See Silbo—Extension of Time; Allied—
Extension of Time; and Pantech—Extension of
Time.
18 See Silbo’s Withdrawal Request; Allied’s
Withdrawal Request; and Pantech’s Withdrawal
Request.
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15 See
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Accordingly, Commerce is rescinding
this review of the Order for the POR in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Assessment
[A–469–814f]
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 directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of this notice.
Chlorinated Isocyanurates From Spain:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018
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 the
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of doubled
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to 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 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) and
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: August 14, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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International Trade Administration
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that sales of chlorinated isocyanurates
(chlorinated isos) from Spain by Ercros
S.A. (Ercros) were not sold at less than
normal value during the period of
review (POR), June 1, 2017 through May
31, 2018. Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andrew Huston, 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) 482–4261.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On August 10, 2018, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of this
administrative review of chlorinated
isos from Spain covering one company,
Ercros.1 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, 2019.2 On April 10, 2019, Commerce
extended the deadline of these
preliminary results until July 10, 2019,3
and on July 8, 2019, extended the
preliminary results deadline by an
additional 30 days.4 The events that
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
39688 (August 10, 2018).
2 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.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Chlorinated Isocyanurates
from Spain: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review—2017–2018,’’ dated April 10, 2019.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Chlorinated Isocyanurates
from Spain: Second Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review—2017–2018,’’ dated July 8,
2019.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-814]
Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic
of China: Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2017-2018
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 carbon steel
butt-weld pipe fittings (BWPF) from the People's Republic of China
(China), based on withdrawal of the requests for review.
DATES: Applicable August 19, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kabir Archuletta or Hannah Falvey, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2593 or (202) 482-
4889, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 6, 1992, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty order on BWPF from China.\1\ On July 31, 2018,
Commerce received separate requests to conduct an administrative review
of the Order for Chinese producer/exporter Jinan Mech Piping Technology
Co., Ltd. (Jinan Mech) on behalf of Jinan Mech \2\ and for Malaysian
producer/exporter Pantech Steel Industries SDN BHD (Pantech) on behalf
of Pantech and U.S. importers Silbo Industries, Inc. (Silbo) and Allied
Group (Allied).\3\ Based upon these requests, on September 10, 2018,
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an
administrative review covering the period of review (POR) July 1, 2017
through June 30, 2018 for Jinan Mech and Pantech.\4\
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\1\ See Antidumping Duty Order and Amendment to the Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value; Certain Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China, 57 FR
29702 (July 6, 1992) (Order).
\2\ See Jinan Mech's Letter, ``Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People's Republic of China: Request for Review,'' dated July 31,
2018.
\3\ See Pantech's Letter, ``Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings
from the People's Republic of China, A-570-814: Review Request,''
dated July 31, 2018; Silbo's Letter, ``Request for Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe
Fittings from the People's Republic of China (A-570-814),'' dated
July 31, 2018; and Allied's Letter, ``Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld
Pipe Fittings from China: Allied Group Request for Administrative
Review,'' dated July 31, 2018.
\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 45596, 45601-02 (September 10, 2018).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce 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, and no
other party requested a review of the company for which the petitioner
requested a review. Section 351.213(d)(1) also provides that Commerce
may extend this time limit if Commerce decides that it is reasonable to
do so. The deadline for a party to withdraw a request for review was
December 10, 2018.\5\
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\5\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). If the new deadline falls on a
non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's practice, the
deadline will become the next business day.
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On October 11, 2018, Jinan Mech timely withdrew its review request
\6\ and, on December 28, 2018, Commerce rescinded this administrative
review in part, with respect to Jinan Mech.\7\ No party withdrew any
pending review requests for Pantech by the December 10, 2018 deadline.
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\6\ See Jinan Mech's Letter, ``Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Request for Review,''
dated October 11, 2018.
\7\ See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China; Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review, In Part; 2017-2018, 83 FR 67228 (December 28, 2018).
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On July 2, 2019, Commerce received multiple requests to extend the
time limit for Pantech, Silbo, and Allied to withdraw their requests
for review of Pantech.\8\ In their letters, the parties explained that
unique circumstances warranted an extension of the 90-day deadline
under 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). In particular, in the preliminary
determination of the concurrent anti-circumvention inquiry on the
Order, Commerce found that Pantech's BWFP exports from Malaysia were
produced from finished or unfinished BWPF produced in China, and
therefore subject to the Order.\9\ As a protective measure, Pantech,
Silbo, and Allied requested an administrative review of the Order with
respect to Pantech as a result of the anti-circumvention preliminary
determination because they then faced suspended entries under the
Order.\10\ However, in the final determination of the anti-
circumvention inquiry published on June 21, 2019, Commerce found that
Pantech was now eligible for the import certification program for BWPF
from Malaysia, and that the suspended entries of BWPF from Malaysia
that do not contain finished or unfinished BWPF from China will not be
subject to the Order.\11\ Any of Pantech's entries that do contain
finished or unfinished BWPF from China are still subject to the
Order.\12\ Shortly after this determination was published, Silbo,
Allied, and Pantech each requested that Commerce extend the deadline to
withdraw a request for review. The parties explained that the sole
reason for requesting a review--to preserve their ability for
administrative review of Pantech's entries in light of the affirmative
preliminary determination in the concurrent anti-circumvention
inquiry--was no longer at issue.\13\
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\8\ See Silbo's Letter, ``Silbo's Request to Extend the Time
Within Which to Withdraw Its Administrative Review Request and
Withdrawal of the Administrative Review Request in the
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China (A-570-
814) (POR: 7/1/17-6/30/18),'' dated July 2, 2019; see also Allied's
Letter, ``Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: (1) Request to Extend the Time Within Which to
Withdraw Administrative Review Request; and (2) Withdrawal of the
Administrative Review Request,'' dated July 2, 2019; and Pantech's
Letter, ``Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China, A-570-814: Withdrawal of Review Request and
Request to Rescind Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
July 2, 2019 (Pantech Review Request Withdrawal Letter).
\9\ See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 83 FR 35205 (July 25,
2018).
\10\ See, e.g., Pantech Review Request Withdrawal Letter at 3.
\11\ See Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: Final Affirmative Determination of Circumvention
of the Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 29164 (June 21, 2019).
\12\ Id., 84 FR at 29165, ``Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation.''
\13\ See, e.g., Pantech Review Request Withdrawal Letter at 3-4.
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The parties additionally argued that, although Commerce had
expended some resources in the conduct of this review, it had not yet
issued the preliminary results of review. Further, the parties argued
that rescission of the review at this time would still conserve
substantial resources, particularly in a review which would require
calculations of margins in a potentially unusual circumstance of a
market economy company using an input from a non-market economy.
Moreover, the parties explained that they are not withdrawing their
request for a review in order to receive a more favorable rate. Indeed,
by withdrawing at this stage,
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Pantech's entries that do contain finished or unfinished BWPF from
China, if any, will be assessed at the China-wide rate of 182.90
percent.\14\
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After reviewing the reasons outlined in the requests, Commerce
determined that it was reasonable to extend the deadline for parties to
withdraw a request for review to July 29, 2019, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).\15\ On July 25, 2019, Silbo, Allied, and Pantech
separately withdrew each of their requests for an administrative review
of the Order.\16\ No other parties requested an administrative review
of Pantech. Additionally, the petitioners have not raised any concerns
regarding these withdrawal requests, nor submitted any further comments
on the information that Pantech submitted to the record.
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\15\ See Commerce's Letter to Silbo, ``Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit,'' dated
July 24, 2019 (Silbo--Extension of Time); Commerce's Letter to
Allied, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China:
Extension of Time Limit,'' dated July 24, 2019 (Allied--Extension of
Time), see also Commerce's Letter to Pantech, ``Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from
the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit,'' dated
July 24, 2019 (Pantech--Extension of Time).
\16\ See Silbo's Letter, ``Silbo's Withdrawal of Its
Administrative Review Request in the Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Order on Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the
People's Republic of China (A-570-814) (POR: 7/1/17-6/30/18),''
dated July 25, 2019 (Silbo's Withdrawal Request); see also Allied's
Letter ``Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's
Republic of China: Withdrawal of Review Request,'' dated July 25,
2019 (Allied's Withdrawal Request); Pantech's Letter, ``Carbon Steel
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from the People's Republic of China, A-570-
814: Withdrawal of Review Request,'' dated July 25, 2019 (Pantech's
Withdrawal Request).
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Rescission of Review
As discussed above, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce
considered the interested parties' requests to extend the deadline to
withdraw their requests for a review of Pantech, and, based on the
reasons provided by the parties and the circumstances presented,
determined that it was reasonable to extend the deadline.\17\ Once the
extension was granted, each interested party separately withdrew their
review requests for Pantech and requested a rescission of
administrative review of the Order.\18\ There are no remaining requests
for an administrative review of the Order. Accordingly, Commerce is
rescinding this review of the Order for the POR in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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\17\ See Silbo--Extension of Time; Allied--Extension of Time;
and Pantech--Extension of Time.
\18\ See Silbo's Withdrawal Request; Allied's Withdrawal
Request; and Pantech's Withdrawal Request.
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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 directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice.
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 the presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 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 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) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19
CFR 351.213(d)(4).
Dated: August 14, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-17772 Filed 8-16-19; 8:45 am]
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