81_FR_56745 81 FR 56583 - Silicomanganese From India: Final Results No Shipment Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

81 FR 56583 - Silicomanganese From India: Final Results No Shipment Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 162 (August 22, 2016)

Page Range56583-56584
FR Document2016-20009

On May 10, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published the Preliminary Results of the 2014-2015 administrative review (AR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on silicomanganese from India. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015. We received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, the Department continues to find that Universal Ferro and Allied Chemicals Ltd. (Universal) had no reviewable transactions of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-823]


Silicomanganese From India: Final Results No Shipment 
Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On May 10, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the Preliminary Results of the 2014-2015 administrative 
review (AR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on silicomanganese from 
India. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2014, through April 30, 
2015. We received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, the 
Department continues to find that Universal Ferro and Allied Chemicals 
Ltd. (Universal) had no reviewable transactions of subject merchandise 
to the United States during the POR.

DATES: Effective August 22, 2016.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 10, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the AR of the AD order on silicomanganese from India.\1\ We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No party 
provided comments. The Department has conducted this AR in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 28826 (May 
10, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The products subject to the order are all forms, sizes and 
compositions of silicomanganese, except low-carbon silicomanganese, 
including silicomanganese briquettes, fines and slag. Silicomanganese 
is a ferroalloy composed principally of manganese, silicon and iron, 
and normally contains much smaller proportions of minor elements, such 
as carbon, phosphorous and sulfur. Silicomanganese is sometimes 
referred to as ferrosilicon manganese. Silicomanganese is used 
primarily in steel production as a source of both silicon and 
manganese. Silicomanganese generally contains by weight not less than 4 
percent iron, more than 30 percent manganese, more than 8 percent 
silicon and not more than 3 percent phosphorous. Silicomanganese is 
properly classifiable under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Some silicomanganese may 
also be classified under HTSUS subheading. This scope covers all 
silicomanganese, regardless of its tariff classification. Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) purposes, our written description of the scope 
remains dispositive.
    The low-carbon silicomanganese excluded from this scope is a 
ferroalloy with the following chemical specifications: minimum 55 
percent manganese, minimum 27 percent silicon, minimum 4 percent iron, 
maximum 0.10 percent phosphorus, maximum 0.10 percent carbon and 
maximum 0.05 percent sulfur. Low-carbon silicomanganese is used in the 
manufacture of stainless steel and special carbon steel grades, such as 
motor lamination grade steel, requiring a very low carbon content. It 
is sometimes referred to as ferromanganese-silicon. Low-carbon 
silicomanganese is classifiable under HTSUS subheading 7202.99.8040.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    As explained above, in the Preliminary Results, the Department 
found that Universal did not have reviewable entries during the POR. 
Also in the Preliminary Results, the Department stated that it is not 
appropriate to rescind the review with respect to Universal, but rather 
complete the review with respect to Universal and issue appropriate 
instructions to CBP based on the final results.\2\
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    \2\ See Preliminary Results, 81 FR at 28826.
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    After issuing the Preliminary Results, the Department received no 
comments from interested parties, and has not received any information 
that would cause it to alter its preliminary determination. Therefore, 
for these final results, the Department continues to find that 
Universal did not have any reviewable entries during the POR. As the 
Department received no comments or new information for consideration in 
these final results, the Department has not prepared an Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for this AR.

Assessment

    The Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review.\3\ The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of these final results of review. Additionally, because the 
Department determined that Universal had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that entered under 
Universal's AD case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be 
liquidated at the all-other rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this AR for all shipments of the 
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Universal, which claimed no shipments, 
the cash deposit rate will remain unchanged from the rate assigned to 
Universal in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; 
(2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which that 
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the manufacturer of subject merchandise; and, (4) if 
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or 
any previous segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be 
the all-others rate of 17.74 percent, as established in the 
investigation.\5\ These deposit

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requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \5\ See Silicomanganese from India: Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative 
Critical Circumstances Determination, 67 FR 15531 (April 2, 2002), 
as corrected in Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Silicomanganese 
from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (May 23, 2002).
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Notifications

    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 the Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as 
a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO, 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 sanctionable violation.
    These final results of this AR and notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h).

    Dated: August 15, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2016 / Notices 56583 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE manganese. Silicomanganese is used Assessment primarily in steel production as a source International Trade Administration of both silicon and manganese. The Department has determined, and Silicomanganese generally contains by CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on [A–533–823] all appropriate entries of subject weight not less than 4 percent iron, Silicomanganese From India: Final more than 30 percent manganese, more merchandise in accordance with the Results No Shipment Determination of than 8 percent silicon and not more final results of this review.3 The Antidumping Duty Administrative than 3 percent phosphorous. Department intends to issue assessment Review; 2014–2015 Silicomanganese is properly classifiable instructions to CBP 15 days after the under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the date of publication of these final results AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the of review. Additionally, because the International Trade Administration, United States (HTSUS). Some Department determined that Universal U.S. Department of Commerce. silicomanganese may also be classified had no shipments of subject SUMMARY: On May 10, 2016, the under HTSUS subheading. This scope merchandise during the POR, any Department of Commerce (the covers all silicomanganese, regardless of suspended entries that entered under Department) published the Preliminary its tariff classification. Although the Universal’s AD case number (i.e., at that Results of the 2014–2015 administrative HTSUS subheadings are provided for exporter’s rate) will be liquidated at the review (AR) of the antidumping duty convenience and U.S. Customs and all-other rate if there is no rate for the (AD) order on silicomanganese from Border Protection (CBP) purposes, our intermediate company(ies) involved in India. The period of review (POR) is written description of the scope remains the transaction.4 May 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015. dispositive. We received no comments from The low-carbon silicomanganese Cash Deposit Requirements interested parties. Therefore, the excluded from this scope is a ferroalloy The following cash deposit Department continues to find that with the following chemical requirements will be effective upon Universal Ferro and Allied Chemicals specifications: minimum 55 percent publication of the final results of this Ltd. (Universal) had no reviewable manganese, minimum 27 percent silicon, minimum 4 percent iron, AR for all shipments of the subject transactions of subject merchandise to merchandise entered, or withdrawn the United States during the POR. maximum 0.10 percent phosphorus, maximum 0.10 percent carbon and from warehouse, for consumption on or DATES: Effective August 22, 2016. after the publication date, as provided FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: maximum 0.05 percent sulfur. Low- carbon silicomanganese is used in the by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) David Lindgren at (202) 482–3870; AD/ For Universal, which claimed no CVD Operations, Office VII, manufacture of stainless steel and special carbon steel grades, such as shipments, the cash deposit rate will Enforcement and Compliance, remain unchanged from the rate motor lamination grade steel, requiring International Trade Administration, assigned to Universal in the most a very low carbon content. It is U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th recently completed segment of this sometimes referred to as Street and Constitution Avenue NW., proceeding; (2) for previously reviewed ferromanganese-silicon. Low-carbon Washington, DC 20230. or investigated companies, the cash silicomanganese is classifiable under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: HTSUS subheading 7202.99.8040. deposit rate will continue to be the Background company-specific rate published in the Final Determination of No Shipments most recently completed segment of this On May 10, 2016, the Department As explained above, in the proceeding in which that manufacturer published the Preliminary Results of the Preliminary Results, the Department or exporter participated; (3) if the AR of the AD order on silicomanganese found that Universal did not have exporter is not a firm covered in this from India.1 We invited interested reviewable entries during the POR. Also review, a prior review, or the original parties to comment on the Preliminary in the Preliminary Results, the investigation, but the manufacturer is, Results. No party provided comments. Department stated that it is not the cash deposit rate will be the rate The Department has conducted this AR appropriate to rescind the review with established for the most recently in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of respect to Universal, but rather completed segment of this proceeding the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the complete the review with respect to for the manufacturer of subject Act). Universal and issue appropriate merchandise; and, (4) if neither the Scope of the Order instructions to CBP based on the final exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm results.2 covered in this or any previous segment The products subject to the order are After issuing the Preliminary Results, of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate all forms, sizes and compositions of the Department received no comments will be the all-others rate of 17.74 silicomanganese, except low-carbon from interested parties, and has not percent, as established in the silicomanganese, including received any information that would investigation.5 These deposit silicomanganese briquettes, fines and cause it to alter its preliminary slag. Silicomanganese is a ferroalloy determination. Therefore, for these final 3 See 19 CFR 351.212(b). composed principally of manganese, results, the Department continues to 4 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty silicon and iron, and normally contains find that Universal did not have any Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES much smaller proportions of minor reviewable entries during the POR. As FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). elements, such as carbon, phosphorous the Department received no comments 5 See Silicomanganese from India: Notice of Final and sulfur. Silicomanganese is Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and or new information for consideration in Final Negative Critical Circumstances sometimes referred to as ferrosilicon these final results, the Department has Determination, 67 FR 15531 (April 2, 2002), as not prepared an Issues and Decision corrected in Notice of Amended Final 1 See Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value and Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Memorandum for this AR. Antidumping Duty Orders: Silicomanganese from Review; 2014–2015, 81 FR 28826 (May 10, 2016) India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (Preliminary Results). 2 See Preliminary Results, 81 FR at 28826. (May 23, 2002). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Aug 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1

56584 Federal Register / Vol. 81, No. 162 / Monday, August 22, 2016 / Notices requirements, when imposed, shall (‘‘LTFV’’). The period of investigation Scope of the Investigation remain in effect until further notice. (‘‘POI’’) is July 1, 2015, through The product covered by this December 31, 2015. The estimated investigation is geogrids from the PRC. Notifications weighted-average dumping margins are For a full description of the scope of this This notice serves as a final reminder shown in the ‘‘Preliminary investigation, see the ‘‘Scope of the to importers of their responsibility Determination’’ section of this notice. Investigation,’’ in Appendix I. under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a Interested parties are invited to certificate regarding the reimbursement comment on this preliminary Scope Comments of antidumping duties prior to determination. In accordance with the preamble to liquidation of the relevant entries the Department’s regulations,3 the during this review period. Failure to DATES: Effective August 22, 2016. Initiation Notice set aside a period of comply with this requirement could time for parties to raise issues regarding FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: result in the Department’s presumption product coverage (i.e., scope).4 Certain Susan Pulongbarit or Julia Hancock, that reimbursement of antidumping interested parties commented on the AD/CVD Operations, Office V, duties occurred and the subsequent scope of the investigation as it appeared Enforcement and Compliance, assessment of doubled antidumping in the Initiation Notice, as well as International Trade Administration, duties. additional language proposed by the In accordance with 19 CFR U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Department. For a summary of the 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as Street and Constitution Avenue NW., product coverage comments and a reminder to parties subject to Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) rebuttal responses submitted to the administrative protective order (APO) of 482–4031 or (202) 482–1394, record for this preliminary their responsibility concerning the respectively. determination, and accompanying return or destruction of proprietary SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: discussion and analysis of all comments information disclosed under APO, timely received, see the Preliminary which continues to govern business Background Decision Memorandum.5 The proprietary information in this segment Department is preliminarily modifying of the proceeding. Timely written The Department published the notice the scope language as it appeared in the notification of the return or destruction of initiation of this investigation on Initiation Notice to clarify the definition of APO materials, or conversion to February 16, 2016.1 For a complete of the term ‘‘molecular orientation’’ as it judicial protective order, is hereby description of the events that followed relates to geogrids covered by the scope requested. Failure to comply with the the initiation of this investigation, see of this investigation. See ‘‘Scope of the regulations and terms of an APO is a the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Investigation,’’ in Appendix I, which sanctionable violation. which is dated concurrently with this includes the additional clarifying These final results of this AR and determination and hereby adopted by language. notice are published in accordance with this notice.2 A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum Methodology sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h). is included as Appendix II to this The Department is conducting this notice. The Preliminary Decision investigation in accordance with section Dated: August 15, 2016. Memorandum is a public document and 731 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as Paul Piquado, is on file electronically via Enforcement amended (‘‘the Act’’). We calculated Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and and Compliance’s Antidumping and export prices in accordance with section Compliance. Countervailing Duty Centralized 772(a) of the Act. Because the PRC is a [FR Doc. 2016–20009 Filed 8–19–16; 8:45 am] Electronic Service System (ACCESS). non-market economy within the BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P ACCESS is available to registered users meaning of section 771(18) of the Act, at https://access.trade.gov, and to all we calculated normal value (‘‘NV’’) in parties in the Central Records Unit, accordance with section 773(c) of the DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE room B8024 of the main Department of Act. For a full description of the International Trade Administration Commerce building. In addition, a methodology underlying our complete version of the Preliminary preliminary conclusions, see the [A–570–036] Decision Memorandum can be found at Preliminary Decision Memorandum. http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Preliminary Affirmative Determination signed Preliminary Decision Products From the People’s Republic of Critical Circumstances, in Part Memorandum and the electronic of China: Affirmative Preliminary version of the Preliminary Decision On May 2, 2016, Petitioner timely Determination of Sales at Less Than Memorandum are identical in content. filed an amendment to the Petition, Fair Value, Affirmative Determination pursuant to section 733(e)(1) of the Act of Critical Circumstances, in Part, and 1 See Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(2)(i), alleging Postponement of Final Determination From the People’s Republic of China: Initiation of that critical circumstances exist with Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 81 FR 7755 respect to imports of the merchandise AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, (February 16, 2016) (‘‘Initiation Notice’’). under consideration.6 We preliminarily International Trade Administration, asabaliauskas on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 2 See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Department of Commerce. Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 3 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and (‘‘Department’’) preliminarily Compliance ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the 4 See Initiation Notice, 80 FR at 37229. determines that certain biaxial integral Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping 5 See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. geogrid products (‘‘geogrids’’) from the Duty Investigation of Certain Biaxial Integral 6 See Letter from Petitioner, ‘‘Amendment to Geogrid Products from the People’s Republic of Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and People’s Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) are China,’’ dated concurrently with and hereby Countervailing Duties: Biaxial Integral Geogrid being, or are likely to be, sold in the adopted by this notice (‘‘Preliminary Decision Products from the People’s Republic of China’’ United States at less than fair value Memorandum’’). (May 2, 2016) (‘‘CC Allegation’’). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:13 Aug 19, 2016 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\22AUN1.SGM 22AUN1


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DatesEffective August 22, 2016.
ContactDavid Lindgren at (202) 482-3870; AD/ CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
FR Citation81 FR 56583 
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