[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 24, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 71672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-29668]


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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

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

DATES: Effective Date: November 24, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Morris at (202) 482-1779; AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Background

    On July 1, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice announcing the opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on circular 
welded carbon quality steel pipe (``CWP'') from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC''). See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 38074 (July 1, 2010). On July 31, 2010, 
the Ad Hoc Coalition for Fair Pipe Imports and its individual members, 
Allied Tube & Conduit, IPSCO Tubulars, Inc., Sharon Tube Company, 
Western Tube & Conduit Corporation, and Wheatland Tube Company 
(collectively ``Petitioners''), who are domestic producers of CWP, 
timely requested that the Department conduct an administrative review 
of fourteen producers and/or exporters of the subject merchandise 
covering the period of January 1, 2009, through December 31, 2009. In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department published a 
notice initiating this administrative review. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral 
of Initiation of Administrative Review, 75 FR 53274, 53276 (August 31, 
2010).

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(l), the Secretary 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. On 
October 27, 2010, Petitioners withdrew their request for review of all 
fourteen exporters and producers within the 90-day period. Therefore, 
in response to Petitioners' timely withdrawal request, and as no other 
party requested a review, the Department is rescinding this 
administrative review.

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries. 
For the companies for which this review is rescinded, the 
countervailing duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash 
deposit of estimated countervailing 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.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a final 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/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 of rescission is issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act, as amended, 
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 17, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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