2021-05297. Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products From the Australia: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

AGENCY:

Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY:

The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain hot-rolled steel flat products (HR Steel) from Australia covering the period of review (POR) October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review.

DATES:

Applicable March 15, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christopher Williams, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: [phone].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On October 1, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on HR Steel from Australia for the period October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020.^[1] On November 2, 2020, AK Steel Corporation, Steel Dynamics Inc., SSAB Enterprises, LLC, Nucor Corporation, and United States Steel Corporation (the petitioners) timely requested an administrative review of the antidumping duty order with respect to BlueScope Steel, Ltd.^[2] Commerce received no other requests for an administrative review of the antidumping duty order.

On December 8, 2020, pursuant to section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on HR Steel from Australia with respect to BlueScope Steel, Ltd.^[3] On March 3, 2021, the petitioners timely withdrew their administrative review request for BlueScope Steel, Ltd.^[4]

Rescission of Administrative Review

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioners withdrew their request for review within 90 days of the publication date of the Initiation Notice. No other parties requested an administrative review of the antidumping duty order. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), we are rescinding the administrative review of the antidumping order on HR Steel from Australia for the period October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020, in its entirety.

Assessment

Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of HR Steel from Australia during the POR at rates equal to the cash deposit 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). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

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 review period. Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 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(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 the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

Dated: March 10, 2021.

James Maeder,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.

Footnotes

1. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 85 FR 61926 (October 1, 2020).

2. See Petitioners' Letter, “Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia: Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,” dated October 30, 2020.

3. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 78990 (December 8, 2020) (Initiation Notice). Commerce found that BlueScope Steel (AIS) Pty Ltd and BlueScope Steel Distribution Pty Ltd are affiliated with BlueScope Steel, Ltd, the company for which a review was requested, as such, Commerce initiated this review with respect to all three companies. See Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 81 FR 15241 (March 22, 2016), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 8; unchanged in Certain Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81FR 53406, 53407 (August 12, 2016), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum.

4. See Petitioners' Letter, “Hot-Rolled Steel Flat Products from Australia: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order,” dated March 3, 2021.