Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012

Christian Marsh
Department of Commerce
January 17, 2014

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 12 (Friday, January 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3177-3178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00908]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-913]


Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From the People's 
Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2012

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: January 17, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren, Enforcement and 
Compliance, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3870.

Background

    On September 3, 2013, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain new pneumatic off-
the-road tires (OTR Tires) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) 
covering the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2013.\1\ The 
Department received a timely request from Guizhou Tyre Co. Ltd. (GTC) 
for a CVD administrative review of itself.\2\ No other interested party 
submitted a request for review. On November 8, 2013, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the CVD 
order on OTR Tires from the PRC with respect to GTC.\3\ On December 30, 
2013, GTC timely withdrew its request for a review.\4\
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 78 FR 54235 (September 3, 2013).
    \2\ See Letter to the Department from GTC regarding ``Request 
for Administrative Review: Countervailing Duty Order on Certain New 
Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the People's Republic of China 
(Case No: C-570-913) (POR: January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012),'' 
dated September 30, 2013.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
67104 (November 8, 2013).
    \4\ See Letter to the Department from GTC regarding ``GTC 
Withdrawal of Review Request: Countervailing Duty Order on Certain 
New Pneumatic Off-The-Road Tires from the People's Republic of China 
(Case No: C-570-913) (POR: January 1, 2012-December 31, 2012),'' 
dated December 30, 2013.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a 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. GTC 
timely submitted a withdrawal request within the 90-day period (i.e., 
before February 6, 2014). Because the review request filed by GTC was 
the only request filed, we are rescinding this administrative review of 
the CVD order on OTR Tires from the PRC, consistent with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1).

Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess CVDs on all appropriate entries. GTC shall be assessed 
CVDs at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVDs required at 
the time of entry, or

[[Page 3178]]

withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 
1, 2012, through December 31, 2013, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department intends to issue appropriate 
assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of this 
notice.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to 
govern business proprietary information in this segment of the 
proceeding. 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 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 Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: January 13, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2014-00908 Filed 1-16-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P