[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 23, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52636-52637]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-21393]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Effective Date: August 23, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro or Jennifer Meek, at 
(202) 482-0238 or (202) 482-2778, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 1, 2010, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on certain circular welded non-alloy steel pipe (``circular 
welded pipe'') from the Republic of Korea (``Korea'') for the period 
November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2010. See Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 75 FR 67079 (November 1, 
2010).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), on November 30, 2010, 
Wheatland Tube Company (``Wheatland'') and United States Steel 
Corporation (``U.S. Steel''), manufacturers of the domestic like 
product, timely requested an administrative review. Wheatland requested 
that the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') conduct an 
administrative review of the following producers and/or exporters of 
the subject merchandise: SeAH Steel Corporation (``SeAH''); Hyundai 
HYSCO (``HYSCO''); Husteel Co., Ltd. (``Husteel''); Nexteel Co., Ltd. 
(``Nexteel''); Kumkang Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Kumkang''); and Dongbu 
Steel Co., Ltd (``Dongbu''). U.S. Steel requested the Department 
conduct an administrative review of the following producers of subject 
merchandise: SeAH; HYSCO; Husteel; Nexteel; Kumkang; and A-JU Besteel 
Co., Ltd. (``Besteel''). On the same day, SeAH and HYSCO both 
separately requested the Department conduct an administrative review of 
their respective companies.
    On December 28, 2010, the Department initiated an administrative 
review covering the period November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2010. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 81565 (December 28, 
2010).
    Wheatland withdrew its request for a review of Husteel, Nexteel, 
Kumkang, and Dongbu on July 13, 2011. U.S. Steel also withdrew its 
request for a review of Husteel, Nexteel, Kumkang, and Besteel on July 
13, 2011. Wheatland and U.S.

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Steel are the only parties to have requested reviews of Husteel, 
Nexteel, and Kumkang; Wheatland is the only party to have requested a 
review of Dongbu, and U.S. Steel is the only party to have requested a 
review of Besteel.

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(l), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The 
Department may extend this deadline if it determines that it is 
reasonable to do so. Although Wheatland and U.S. Steel withdrew their 
respective requests for Husteel, Nexteel, Kumkang, Dongbu, and Besteel 
after the 90-day period, the Department has not, to date, dedicated 
extensive time and resources to this review, only having recently 
issued supplemental questionnaires to SeAH and HYSCO. Therefore, in 
response to the requests by Wheatland and U.S. Steel, the Department 
hereby rescinds the administrative review for the period November 1, 
2009, through October 31, 2010, for Husteel, Nexteel, Kumkang, Dongbu, 
and Besteel.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For 
the companies for which this review is rescinded, the 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). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
this notice of partial rescission of administrative review.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR351.402(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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protectiveorder (``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 sanctionable violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: August 16, 2011.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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