1. Commerce has rescinded the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on brass sheet and strip from Japan (A-588-704) covering the period 08/01/2013 through 07/31/2014 for the firms listed below. You are to assess antidumping duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 08/01/2013 through 07/31/2014 at the cash deposit or bonding rate required at the time of entry.

Liquidate all entries for the following firms:

Dowa Metals & Mining Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Fujisawa Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Harada Metal Industry
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Hitachi Alloy, Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Hitachi Cable, Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

JX Nippon Mining & Metals Corp.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Kicho Shindosho Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Kitz Metal Works Corp.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Kobe Steel, Ltd.
Case number: A-588-704-004

Mitsubishi Electric Metecs Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Mitsubishi Materials Corp.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Mitsubishi Shindoh Co, Ltd.
Case number: A-588-704-003

Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd. (Mitsui Kinzoku)
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Mitsui Sumitomo Metal Mining Brass & Copper Co.,Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

NGK Insulators (NGK Metals)
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Ohki Brass & Copper Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Sambo Copper Alloy Co., Ltd.
Case number: A-588-704-002

Sugino Metal Industry Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Sumitomo Metal Mining Brass & Copper Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

Uji Copper & Alloy Co., Ltd.
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

YKK Corporation
Case number: No case number was in place for this company during the period of review.

For the companies listed above without listed case numbers, entries may have been made under
A-588-704-000 or other company-specific case numbers.

2. Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by paragraph 1 occurred with publication of the notice of rescission of administrative review (80 FR 4538, 01/28/2015). Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of brass sheet and strip from Japan, you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated antidumping duties for the merchandise at the current rates.

3. There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.

4. The assessment of antidumping duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated antidumping duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash or bonds posted as estimated antidumping duties before the date of publication of the antidumping duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated antidumping duties is required through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.

5. Upon assessment of antidumping duties, CBP shall require that the importer provide a reimbursement statement, as described in section 351.402(f)(2) of Commerce's regulations. The importer should provide the reimbursement statement prior to liquidation of the entry. If the importer certifies that it has an agreement with the producer, seller, or exporter, to be reimbursed antidumping duties, CBP shall double the antidumping duties in accordance with the above-referenced regulation. Additionally, if the importer does not provide the reimbursement statement prior to liquidation, reimbursement shall be presumed and CBP shall double the antidumping duties due. If an importer timely files a protest challenging the presumption of reimbursement and doubling of duties, consistent with CBP's protest process, CBP may accept the reimbursement statement filed with the protest to rebut the presumption of reimbursement.

6. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OI: MJK.)

7. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Michael B. Walsh