Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 44278-44279 [2019-18190]

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Automated Export System update Jkt 247001 [FR Doc. 2019–18223 Filed 8–22–19; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–038] 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 certain amorphous silica fabric (silica fabric) from the People’s Republic of China (China) for the period March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review. AGENCY: Closed Session 8. Discussion of matters determined to be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 §§ 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The open session will be accessible via teleconference to 25 participants on a first come, first serve basis. To join the conference, submit inquiries to Ms. 16:40 Aug 22, 2019 Yvette Springer, Committee Liaison Officer. Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the People’s Republic of China: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018–2019 Agenda VerDate Sep<11>2014 Yvette Springer at Yvette.Springer@ bis.doc.gov no later than September 10, 2019. The Assistant Secretary for Administration, with the concurrence of the delegate of the General Counsel, formally determined on May 21, 2019, pursuant to Section 10(d) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, as amended (5 U.S.C. app. 2 § 10(d)), that the portion of the meeting dealing with predecisional changes to the Commerce Control List and the U.S. export control policies shall be exempt from the provisions relating to public meetings found in 5 U.S.C. app. 2 § § 10(a)(1) and 10(a)(3). The remaining portions of the meeting will be open to the public. A limited number of seats will be available for the public session. Reservations are not accepted. To the extent that time permits, members of the public may present oral statements to the Committee. The public may submit written statements at any time before or after the meeting. However, to facilitate the distribution of public presentation materials to the Committee members, the Committee suggests that presenters forward the public presentation materials prior to the meeting to Ms. Springer via email. For more information, call Yvette Springer at (202) 482–2813. DATES: Applicable August 23, 2019. Julie Geiger, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2057. Background On March 5, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silica fabric from China for the period of review covering March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019.1 On April 1, 2019, Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. (AMI), a domestic producer of silica fabric, timely filed a 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 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 81 companies.3 On July 8, 2019, AMI timely filed a withdrawal of its request for the administrative review of all 81 companies.4 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, AMI, the only party to file a request for review, withdrew this request by the 90day deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silica fabric from China covering March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019, in its entirety. Assessment Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of silica fabric from China. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at 1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 7877 (March 5, 2019). 2 See AMI’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated April 1, 2019. 3 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 24743 (May 29, 2019). Commerce published a correction to five companies’ names in July. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 33739 (July 15, 2019). 4 See AMI’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from the People’s Republic of China: Withdrawal of Petitioners’ Request for Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated July 8, 2019. E:\FR\FM\23AUN1.SGM 23AUN1 Federal Register / Vol. 84, No. 164 / Friday, August 23, 2019 / Notices 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: August 19, 2019. James Maeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. antidumping duty (AD) order on fine denier polyester staple fiber (PSF) from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and simultaneously issuing preliminary results finding Toray Advanced Materials Korea, Inc. (TAK) to be the successor-in-interest to Toray Chemical Korea, Inc. (TCK). DATES: Applicable August 23, 2019. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Hanna, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0835. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Initiation Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.216(d), Commerce will conduct a CCR upon receipt of information or a review request showing changed circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of an order. Among other things, Commerce has conducted CCRs to consider the applicability of cash deposit rates after there have been changes in the name or structure of a company, such as a merger or spinoff (‘‘successor-in-interest,’’ or ‘‘successorship,’’ determinations). However, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.216(c), Commerce will not conduct a CCR in a proceeding within 24 months Background of publication of the notice of final determination in that proceeding On July 20, 2018, Commerce without good cause. published the AD Order on PSF from The final determination that led to the the Republic of Korea in the Federal AD Order was published on May 30, Register.1 TCK was excluded from the 7 AD Order.2 On May 23, 2019, Commerce 2018. Thus, the CCR request under consideration was filed less than 24 received a request on behalf of TAK for months after the date of publication of an expedited CCR to establish TAK as the notice of final determination in the the successor-in-interest to TCK with PSF investigation. However, pursuant to respect to the AD Order.3 On June 17, 19 CFR 351.216(c), we find that good 2019, Commerce informed TAK that it required additional information in order cause exists to initiate this CCR on the grounds of fairness and ease of to determine whether to initiate the 4 requested CCR. On June 21, 2019, TAK administration. Commerce has found good cause on the basis of fairness and provided the requested information.5 ease of administration in other CCRs Scope of the AD Order involving ‘‘successor-in-interest.’’ 8 Moreover, we find the information The merchandise covered by the order is fine denier polyester staple fiber (fine provided is sufficient to warrant a CCR of the AD Order. Specifically, the denier PSF), not carded or combed, information TAK provided regarding measuring less than 3.3 decitex (3 TCK’s merger into TAK and the fact that denier) in diameter. The scope covers TCK was excluded from the AD Order, all fine denier PSF, whether coated or uncoated. Fine denier PSF is classifiable but TAK is subject to the all-others dumping rate, demonstrates changed under the HTSUS subheading circumstances sufficient to warrant a 5503.20.0025. Although the HTSUS CCR with respect to the order. subheadings are provided for Therefore, in accordance with section convenience and customs purposes, the 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR written description of the scope of the order is dispositive.6 [FR Doc. 2019–18190 Filed 8–22–19; 8:45 am] 1 See BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–580–893] jbell on DSK3GLQ082PROD with NOTICES Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review: Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber (PSF) From the Republic of Korea Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is initiating a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the AGENCY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:40 Aug 22, 2019 Jkt 247001 44279 Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the People’s Republic of China, India, the Republic of Korea, and Taiwan: Antidumping Duty Orders, 83 FR 34545 (July 20, 2018) (AD Order). 2 Id. 3 See TAK’s Letter, ‘‘Changed Circumstances Review Request’’ (May 23, 2019) (CCR Request). 4 See Commerce’s Letter to TAK, dated June 17, 2019. 5 See TAK’s Letter, ‘‘Response Regarding Changed Circumstances Review Request’’ (June 21, 2019) (Response Regarding Changed Circumstances Review Request). 6 For a complete description of the scope of the AD Order, see Memorandum, ‘‘Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Review: Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber (PSF) from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated concurrently, with and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance’s Antidumping and PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). The signed and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content. 7 See Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber from the Republic of Korea: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 83 FR 24743, 24744 (May 30, 2018), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum. 8 See Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews: Antidumping Duty Orders on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People’s Republic of China and Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s Republic of China, 82 FR 12558 (March 6, 2017), unchanged in Antidumping Duty Orders on Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or Not Assembled Into Modules, from the People’s Republic of China and Antidumping Duty Orders on Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Products from the People’s Republic of China: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Reviews, 82 FR 17797 (April 13, 2017). 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[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 164 (Friday, August 23, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44278-44279]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-18190]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-038]


Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric 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 certain 
amorphous silica fabric (silica fabric) from the People's Republic of 
China (China) for the period March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019, 
based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Applicable August 23, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Geiger, 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) 482-2057.

Background

    On March 5, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on silica fabric from China for the period of 
review covering March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019.\1\ On April 
1, 2019, Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. (AMI), a domestic producer of 
silica fabric, timely filed a 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 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 81 companies.\3\ On July 8, 2019, AMI timely 
filed a withdrawal of its request for the administrative review of all 
81 companies.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 84 FR 7877 (March 5, 2019).
    \2\ See AMI's Letter, ``Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated April 1, 2019.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 24743 (May 29, 2019). Commerce 
published a correction to five companies' names in July. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 84 FR 33739 (July 15, 2019).
    \4\ See AMI's Letter, ``Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from the 
People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of Petitioners' Request for 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated July 8, 
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, AMI, the only party to file a request for review, withdrew 
this request by the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silica fabric 
from China covering March 1, 2018, through February 28, 2019, in its 
entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of silica fabric 
from China. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at

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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: August 19, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-18190 Filed 8-22-19; 8:45 am]
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