[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 14091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06237]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-911]


Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe From the People's 
Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
circular welded carbon-quality steel pipe (CWP) from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC) for the period January 1, 2013, through 
December 31, 2013.

DATES: Effective Date: March 18, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1785.

Background

    On August 29, 2014, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the CVD order on CWP from the PRC with respect to Baoshan 
Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Beijing Jia Mei AO Trade Co., Ltd., Beijing 
Jinghua Global Trading Co., Benxi Northern Steel Pipes, Co. Ltd., CNOOC 
Kingland Pipeline Co., Ltd., ETCO (China) International Trading Co., 
Ltd., Guangzhou Juyi Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., Huludao City Steel Pipe 
Industrial, Jiangsu Changbao Steel Tube Co., Ltd., Jiangsu Yulong Steel 
Pipe Co., Ltd., Liaoning Northern Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., Pangang Chengdu 
Group Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Shanghai Zhongyou TIPO Steel Pipe Co., 
Ltd., Tianjin Haoyou Industry Trade Co., Tianjin Longshenghua Import & 
Export, Tianjin Shuangjie Steel Pipe Co., Ltd., Weifang East Steel Pipe 
Co., Ltd., WISCO & CRM Wuhan Materials & Trade., and Zhejiang Kingland 
Pipeline Industry Co., Ltd., covering the period January 1, 2013, 
through December 31, 2013, based on a request by Wheatland Tube Company 
(hereinafter, the petitioner).\1\ On November 21, 2014, the petitioner 
timely withdrew its request for an administrative review of the above-
listed companies.\2\ No other party requested a review.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 51548 (August 29, 2014); see also 
Letter from petitioner, Re: ``Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel 
Pipe From The People's Republic of China: Request For Administrative 
Review'' (July 31, 2014).
    \2\ See Letter from petitioner, Re: ``Circular Welded Carbon 
Quality Steel Pipe From The People's Republic of China: Withdrawal 
of Request For Administrative Review'' (November 21, 2014).
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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 that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of 
the notice of initiation of the requested review. In this case, the 
petitioner withdrew its request within the 90-day deadline, and no 
other party requested an administrative review of the CVD order. 
Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding 
the administrative review of CWP from the PRC covering the period 
January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013, in its entirety.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess CVDs on all entries of CWP from the PRC made during the 
period of review at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVDs 
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 in the Federal Register.

Notifications

    This notice 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 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 violation that 
is subject to sanction.
    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: March 11, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2015-06237 Filed 3-17-15; 8:45 am]
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