[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 178 (Monday, September 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53962-53963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-23459]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-122-815]


Pure Magnesium and Alloy Magnesium from Canada: Final Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of final results of countervailing duty administrative 
reviews.

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SUMMARY: On May 12, 2003, the Department of Commerce published in the 
Federal Register the preliminary results of the administrative reviews 
of the countervailing duty orders on pure magnesium and alloy magnesium 
from Canada for the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001. 
We gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on the preliminary 
results.
    Our analysis of the comments received on the preliminary results 
did not lead to any changes of the net subsidy rate. Therefore, the 
final results do not differ from the preliminary results. The final net 
subsidy rate for the reviewed company is listed below in the section 
entitled ``Final Results of Reviews.''

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 15, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Brown, AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Office 1, Group 1, Import Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; 
telephone (202) 482-4987.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 12, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of these administrative reviews (see 
Pure Magnesium and Alloy Magnesium From Canada: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 68 FR 25339 (May 12, 2003) 
(``Preliminary Results''). The respondent, Norsk Hydro Canada, Inc. 
(``NHCI''), submitted a case brief on June 11, 2003. On June 16, 2003, 
U.S. Magnesium, LLC., (``the petitioner'') filed a rebuttal brief.

Scope of the Reviews

    The products covered by these reviews are shipments of pure and 
alloy magnesium from Canada. Pure magnesium contains at least 99.8 
percent magnesium by weight and is sold in various slab and ingot forms 
and sizes. Magnesium alloys contain less than 99.8 percent magnesium by 
weight with magnesium being the largest metallic element in the alloy 
by weight, and are sold in various ingot and billet forms and sizes.
    The pure and alloy magnesium subject to review is currently 
classifiable under items 8104.11.0000 and 8104.19.0000, respectively, 
of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written descriptions of the merchandise subject to the 
orders are dispositive.
    Secondary and granular magnesium are not included in the scope of 
these orders. Our reasons for excluding granular magnesium are 
summarized in Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Pure and Alloy Magnesium From Canada, 57 FR 6094 (February 20, 
1992).

Period of Review

    The period of review for which we are measuring subsidies is from 
January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
these administrative reviews are addressed in the September 9, 2003, 
Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Tenth 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews of Pure and Alloy Magnesium 
from Canada (``Decision Memorandum'') from Jeffrey May, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, to James J. Jochum, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, which is hereby adopted 
by this notice. Attached to this notice as Appendix I is a list of the 
issues which parties have raised and to which we have responded in the 
Decision Memorandum. Parties can find a complete discussion of this 
issue raised in these reviews and the corresponding recommendations in 
this public memorandum which is on file in the Central Records Unit, 
Room B-099 of the Department. In addition, a complete version of the 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://www.ia.ita.doc.gov/frn/index.html. The paper copy and electronic 
version of the Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the record and comments received, we have 
made no changes to the preliminary results net subsidy rate.

Final Results of Reviews

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 
individual subsidy rate for each producer/exporter subject to these 
reviews. For the period January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2001, we 
determine the net subsidy rate for the reviewed company to be as 
follows:

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                            Net Subsidy Rate
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                  Manufacturer/Exporter                       Percent
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Norsk Hydro Canada, Inc.................................            1.68
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Assessment Rates

    We will instruct the U.S. Bureau of Customs and Border Protection 
(``BCBP'') to assess countervailing duties as indicated above. As 
requested by NHCI, pursuant to 19 U.S.C. Sec.  1516a(g)(5)(c)(i), the 
Department will not order the liquidation of entries of pure magnesium 
from Canada exported by NHCI on or after August 1, 2000, pending final 
disposition of the NAFTA panel review of this case. Liquidation will 
occur at the rates described in these final results of review, if 
appropriate, following the final judgment in the NAFTA panel dispute.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department will instruct the BCBP to collect cash deposits of 
estimated countervailing duties in the percentage detailed above of the 
f.o.b. invoice value on all shipments of the subject merchandise from 
NHCI, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
the date of publication of the final results of these administrative 
reviews.
    We will instruct BCBP to continue to collect cash deposits for non-
reviewed companies at the most recent company-specific or country-wide 
rate applicable to the company (except Timminco Limited, which was 
excluded from the orders in the original investigations). Accordingly, 
the cash deposit rate that will be applied to non-reviewed companies 
covered by these orders is that established in Pure and Alloy Magnesium 
From Canada: Final Results of the Second (1993) Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 62 FR 48607 (September 16, 1997) or the 
company-specific rate published in the most recent final results of an 
administrative review in which a company participated. These rates 
shall apply to all non-reviewed companies until a review of a company 
assigned these rates is requested.
    This notice serves as a reminder to 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(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    These administrative reviews and notice are in accordance with 
section 751(a)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 9, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

APPENDIX I

List of Comments and Issues in the Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Adjusting Current Assessment Rates to Compensate for Over-
assessment on Prior Entries
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