[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4125-4126]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-01045]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-943]


Oil Country Tubular Goods From the People's Republic of China: 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012

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

SUMMARY: In response to requests from the United States Steel 
Corporation (``U.S. Steel'' or ``Petitioner''), a domestic producer and 
Petitioner in the underlying investigation of this case, and Wuxi 
Seamless Oil Pipe Co., Ltd. (``WSP''), a producer of subject 
merchandise from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), the 
Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') initiated

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an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on oil country 
tubular goods (``OCTG'') from the PRC. The period of review is May 1, 
2011 through April 30, 2012. Based on the timely withdrawal of the 
request for review submitted by both U.S. Steel and WSP, we are now 
rescinding this administrative review.

DATES: Effective Date: January 18, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn or Eugene Degnan, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5848 or (202) 482-0414, respectively.

Background

    On May 1, 2012, the Department published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on OCTG 
from the PRC for the period May 1, 2011 through April 30, 2012.\1\ On 
May 31, 2012, the Department received a timely request from U.S. Steel 
to conduct an administrative review of 247 PRC companies in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.213(b).\2\ In addition, WSP requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of its company.\3\ Pursuant 
to these requests, on July 10, 2012, in accordance with section 751(a) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the Department 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this 
antidumping duty administrative review.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 77 FR 25679 (May 1, 2012).
    \2\ See Petitioner's submission entitled, ``Oil Country Tubular 
Goods from the People's Republic of China: Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated May 31, 2012.
    \3\ See WSP's submission entitled, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods 
from China: Request for Administrative Review,'' dated May 31, 2012.
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 77 FR 
40565 (July 10, 2012).
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Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. In 
this case, on July 10 and September 20, 2012, WSP and Petitioner timely 
withdrew each of their requests for a review, respectively.\5\ 
Therefore, the Department is rescinding the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on OCTG from the PRC covering the period May 
1, 2011 through April 30, 2012, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).
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    \5\ See WSP's submission entitled, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods 
from China: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,'' dated 
July 10, 2012; and Petitioner's submission entitled, ``Certain Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
September 20, 2012.
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Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit 
or bonding rate 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 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 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 also 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 and as explained in the APO 
itself. 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 the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 10, 2013.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-01045 Filed 1-17-13; 8:45 am]
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