[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 151 (Friday, August 6, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47548-47549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19461]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-428-602
Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany: Notice of Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On April 27, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce (the
Department) published a notice of initiation of an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from
Germany. The review covers one producer/exporter of brass sheet and
strip from Germany, Wieland-Werke AG. Based on a withdrawal of the
request for review from Wieland-Werke AG, the respondent and German
manufacturer of brass sheet and strip, we are now
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rescinding this administrative review in full.
DATES: August 6, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or George McMahon, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973
or (202) 482-1167, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 1, 2010, the Department published
in the Federal Register the notice of opportunity to request an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and
strip from Germany for the period March 1, 2009, through February 28,
2010. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review,
75 FR 9162 (March 1, 2010). On March 30, 2010, the Department received
a request from Wieland-Werke AG, a German producer and exporter, that
the Department conduct an administrative review covering brass sheet
and strip from Germany. On April 27, 2010, the Department published in
the Federal Register the notice of initiation of the 2009-2010
administrative review of brass sheet and strip from Germany. See
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 75 FR 22107 (April 27,
2010). On June 2, 2010, the Department issued its antidumping duty
questionnaire to Wieland-Werke AG. On July 22, 2010, Wieland-Werke AG
withdrew its request for an administrative review.
Period of Review
The period of review (POR) is March 1, 2009, through February 28,
2010.
Scope of the Order
The scope of this order covers shipments of brass sheet and strip,
other than leaded and tinned, from Germany. The chemical composition of
the covered products is currently defined in the Copper Development
Association (C.D.A.) 200 Series or the Unified Numbering System
(U.N.S.) C2000; this review does not cover products the chemical
compositions of which are defined by other C.D.A. or U.N.S. series. In
physical dimensions, the products covered by this review have a solid
rectangular cross section over 0.006 inches (0.15 millimeters) through
0.188 inches (4.8 millimeters) in finished thickness or gauge,
regardless of width. Coiled, wound-on-reels (traverse wound), and cut-
to-length products are included. The merchandise is currently
classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) item numbers 7409.21.00 and 7409.29.00. Although the HTSUS item
numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
Department's written description of the scope of this order remains
dispositive.
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review
19 CFR 351.213(d)(1) of the Department's regulations provides that
the Department will rescind an administrative review if the party that
requested the review withdraws its request for review within 90 days of
the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested
review, or withdraws at a later date if the Department determines it is
reasonable to extend the time limit for withdrawing the request.
Wieland-Werke AG withdreaw its request for review within 90 days of
April 27, 2010, the date of publication of notice of initiation of the
requested review.
Assessment Instructions
The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the
company for which this review is rescinded, 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 directly to CBP 15
days after publication of this notice.
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 the Secretary's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice serves as a reminder to 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 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.
We are issuing and publishing this notice 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: August 2, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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