[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 24, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11226-11227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03779]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-845]


Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From Brazil: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 2019-2020

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 (AD) order on hot-rolled 
steel flat products from Brazil for the period of review (POR) October 
1, 2019, through September 30, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of 
the request for review.

DATES: Applicable February 24, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dusten Hom, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-5075.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the AD order on hot-rolled steel 
flat products from Brazil for the POR of October 1, 2019, through 
September 30, 2020.\1\ In accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b), Commerce 
received a timely-filed request for an administrative review from AK 
Steel Corporation, United States Steel Corporation, Steel Dynamics, 
Inc., and SSAB Enterprises,

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LLC (collectively, the Domestic Interested Parties) for the following 
producers/exporters: Aperam Inox America Do Sul S.A.; Arcelormittal 
Brasil S.A.; Companhia Siderugica Do Pec[eacute]m (CSP); Gerdau 
Acominas S.A.; Gerdau Summit Acos Fundidos e Forjados S.A.; 
L[aacute]mina Desplegada S.A. de C.V.; MAHLE Metal Leve S.A.; NVent do 
Brasil Eletrometalurgica Ltda.; Prensas Schuler S.A.; Signode 
Brasileira Ltda.; Ternium Brasil Ltda.; and Usinas Siderurgicas de 
Minas Gerais S.A. (Usiminas).\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order. Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 85 FR 61926 (October 1, 2020).
    \2\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Hot-Rolled Steel 
Flat Products from Brazil: Request for Administrative Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated October 30, 2020.
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    On December 8, 2020, pursuant to this request and in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce published a notice initiating an 
administrative review of the AD order on hot-rolled steel flat products 
from Brazil with respect to the 12 requested companies.\3\ On February 
2, 2021, the Domestic Interested Parties withdrew their request for an 
administrative review with respect to all of the companies for which it 
had requested a review.\4\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 78990 (December 8, 2020).
    \4\ See Domestic Interested Parties' Letter, ``Hot-Rolled Steel 
Flat Products from Brazil: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative 
Review of Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated February 2, 2021.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party or parties 
that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the 
publication date of the notice of initiation of the requested review. 
As noted above, the Domestic Interested Parties withdrew their request 
for review of all companies within 90 days of the publication date of 
the notice of initiation. No other parties requested an administrative 
review of the order. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding this review in its entirety.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of hot-rolled 
steel flat products from Brazil during the POR. 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 no 
earlier than 35 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 351.42(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of AD 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 AD duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled AD 
duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as the only 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(a)(3). 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 issues and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: February 18, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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