[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 18 (Wednesday, January 28, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4538-4539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-01597]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-704]


Brass Sheet and Strip From Japan: Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and 
strip from Japan for the period of review August 1, 2013, through July 
31, 2014, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES: Effective January 28, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration,

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U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1785.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 1, 2014, the Department published the notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on brass sheet and strip from Japan for the period of review 
August 1, 2013, through July 31, 2014.\1\ On August 27, 2014, Global 
Brass and Copper Holdings, Inc., dba Olin Brass, Heyco Metals, Inc., 
Aurubis Buffalo, Inc., PMX Industries, Inc., and Revere Copper 
Products, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners) requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of the following 22 
exporters/producers: (1) Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.; (2) Fujisawa 
Co., Ltd.; (3) Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.; (4) Harada Metal Industry; 
(5) Hitachi Alloy, Ltd., (6) Hitachi Cable, Ltd.; (7) JX Nippon Mining 
& Metals Corp.; (8) Kicho Shindosho Co., Ltd.; (9) Kitz Metal Works 
Corp.; (10) Kobe Steel, Ltd.; (11) Mitsubishi Electric Metecs Co., 
Ltd.; (12) Mitsubishi Materials Corp.; (13) Mitsubishi Shindoh Co., 
Ltd.; (14) Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (Mitsui Kinzoku); (15) 
Mitsui Sumitomo Metal Mining Brass & Copper Co., Ltd.; (16) NGK 
Insulators (NGK Metals); (17) Ohki Brass & Copper Co., Ltd.; (18) Sambo 
Copper Alloy Co., Ld.; (19) Sugino Metal Industry Co., Ltd.; (20) 
Sumitomo Metal Mining Brass & Copper Co., Ltd.; (21) Uji Copper & Alloy 
Co., Ltd.; and (22) YKK Corporation.\2\ Pursuant to this request, and 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department published a 
notice initiating an administrative review of the above-mentioned 
companies.\3\ The petitioners withdrew their request for an 
administrative review of all 22 exporters/producers on December 16, 
2014.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 79 FR 44740 (August 1, 2014).
    \2\ See Letter from the petitioners to the Department, dated 
August 27, 2014, at 1-2.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 58729 (September 30, 2014).
    \4\ See Letter from the petitioners, dated December 16, 2014, at 
2.
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department 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 petitioners withdrew their request for review of 
the 22 exporters/producers 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

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of brass 
sheet and strip from Japan. 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 rescission of 
administrative review.

Notifications

    This notice also serves as a final 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 double antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 
written notification of the return or 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 sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

     Dated: January 22, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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