2019-15403. Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Malaysia: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

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 stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia for the period February 1, 2018, through January 31, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the requests for review.

DATES:

Applicable July 19, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 8, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia for the period February 1, 2018, through January 31, 2019.^[1] On February 28, 2019, Core Pipe Products, Inc., Shaw Alloy Piping Products, LLC, and Taylor Forge Stainless Inc. (the petitioners), domestic producers of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings, and Pantech Stainless & Alloy Industries Sdn. Bhd. (Pantech), an exporter of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings, filed a timely request for review, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(b).^[2] Pursuant to these requests and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of three companies.^[3] On May 6, 2019, the petitioners filed a timely withdrawal of request for the administrative review with respect to Pantech.^[4] On May 9, 2019, Pantech also filed a timely withdrawal of its request for the administrative review.^[5] On June 14, 2019, the petitioners filed a timely withdrawal of request for the administrative review with respect to the remaining companies subject to the administrative review.^[6]

Rescission of 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. As noted above, the petitioners and Pantech, the only parties to file a request for review, withdrew their requests by the 90-day deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding antidumping duty review on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia for the period February 1, 2018, through January 31, 2019, in its entirety.

Assessment

Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Malaysia. 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). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.

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 Commerce's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

This notice also serves as a reminder to all 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. 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 violation which is subject to sanction.

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: July 15, 2019.

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, 84 FR 2816 (February 8, 2019).

2.  See Letter from the petitioners, “Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Petitioners' Request for 2018/2019 Administrative Review,” dated February 28, 2019; see also See Letter from Pantech, “Pantech Request for Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia,” dated February 28, 2019.

3.  See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 18777 (May 2, 2019).

4.  See Letter from the petitioners, “Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,” dated May 6, 2019.

5.  Letter from Pantech, “Withdrawal of Administrative Review & Request for Rescission of Administrative Review: Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia,” dated May 9, 2019.

6.  See Letter from the petitioners, “Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Malaysia: Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,” dated June 14, 2019.