[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 4 (Thursday, January 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 758-759]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-296]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-357-804]


Silicon Metal From Argentina; Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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SUMMARY: On November 4, 1999, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register (64 FR 60161) a notice 
announcing the initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Argentina. This 
administrative review covered one Argentine manufacturer and exporter 
of silicon metal, Electrometalurgica Andina S.A.I.C. (``Andina''), for 
the period of September 1, 1998 through August 31, 1999. The Department 
has now rescinded this review as a result of the absence of Andina's 
shipments and entries into the United States of subject merchandise 
during the period of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Linda Ludwig, Office 
of AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0405 
or 482-3833, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended, are to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the 
effective date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act by the Uruguay 
Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the regulations 
codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

Scope of Review

    The product covered by this review is silicon metal. During the 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, silicon metal was described 
as containing at least 96.00 percent, but less than 99.99 percent, 
silicon by weight. In response to a request by the petitioners for 
clarification of the scope of the antidumping duty order on silicon 
metal from the People's Republic of China, the Department determined 
that material with a higher aluminum content containing between 89 and 
96 percent silicon by weight is the same class or kind of merchandise 
as silicon metal described in the LTFV investigation. See Final Scope 
Rulings--Antidumping Duty Orders on Silicon Metal From the People's 
Republic of China, Brazil and Argentina (February 3, 1993). Therefore, 
such material is within the scope of the orders on silicon metal from 
the PRC, Brazil and Argentina. Silicon metal is currently provided for 
under subheadings 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule (HTS) and is commonly referred to as a metal. Semiconductor-
grade silicon (silicon metal containing by weight not less than 99.99 
percent of silicon and provided for in subheading 2804.61.00 of the 
HTS) is not subject to this review. These HTS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and U.S. Customs purposes. Our written description of 
the scope of the proceeding is dispositive.

Background

    On September 9, 1999, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on silicon metal from Argentina (64 FR 48890). On September 30, 
1999, petitioners in this proceeding, requested a review of sales made 
by Andina during the period September 1, 1998 through August 31, 1999. 
On November 4, 1999, the Department initiated an administrative review 
(64 FR 60161).
    On November 23, 1999, Andina submitted a certification to the 
Department that it did not, directly or indirectly, enter for 
consumption, or sell, export, or ship for entry for consumption in the 
United States subject merchandise during the period of review. The 
Department performed a customs query for entries from Argentina 
classified under HTS numbers 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 during the 
period of review and found no entries during that time period. In 
response to a telephone inquiry, counsel for petitioners stated they 
had no information to the contrary. See Memorandum to the File from 
Helen M. Kramer dated November 30, 1999. Therefore, we have determined 
that Andina made no entries of the subject merchandise into the customs 
territory of the United States during the period of review.

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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department may rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or only with respect to a particular 
exporter or producer, if the Secretary concludes that, during the 
period covered by the review, there were no entries, exports, or sales 
of the subject merchandise. In light of the fact that we determined 
that Andina did not export the subject merchandise into the territory 
of the United States during the POR in question, and there were no 
entries made by any other exporter or producer in Argentina, we are 
rescinding this review. This notice is published in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: December 29, 1999.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
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