[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 223 (Friday, November 19, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67702-67703]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-806]


Silicon Metal From Brazil; Notice of Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of partial rescission of antidumping duty administrative 
review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 19, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maisha Cryor or Steve Ryan, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, Room 1870, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
5831 or (202) 482-0065, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce (Department) published 
in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal 
from Brazil for the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. See 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review, 69 FR 
39903 (July 1, 2004).
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), on July 30, 2004, the 
petitioner (i.e., Globe Metallurgical Inc.) requested a review of this 
order with respect to the following producers/ exporters: Ligas de 
Aluminio S.A. (LIASA), Companhia Ferroligas de Minas Gerais S.A. 
(Minasligas) and Camargo Correa Metais S.A. (CCM).
    The Department initiated an administrative review for LIASA, 
Minasligas and CCM in August 2004 and September 2004. See Initiation of

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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 52857 (August 30, 2004); see also 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 56745 (September 22, 
2004). The Department issued questionnaires to these companies in 
September 2004.
    In response to our questionnaires, LIASA and Minasligas notified 
the Department that they had no sales or exports of subject merchandise 
during the period of review (POR). See Letters from LIASA and 
Minasligas, regarding the ``Thirteenth Administrative Review of Silicon 
Metal from Brazil'' (September 24, 2004). The Department confirmed 
these companies' statements with U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP). Accordingly, we notified the petitioner that we intended to 
rescind this administrative review with respect to LIASA and 
Minasligas. See Memorandum from Maisha Cryor, Analyst, to the file, 
``Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Silicon Metal from Brazil for the Period of Review July 1, 2003, 
through June 30, 2004,'' dated October 14, 2004. The petitioner did not 
object. See Memorandum from Steve Ryan, Analyst, to the file, ``Silicon 
Metal from Brazil: Petitioner's Phone Call and Submission of Comments 
on Partial Rescission,'' dated October 25, 2004.

Rescission of Review

    Because LIASA and Minasligas had no sales or exports of subject 
merchandise during the POR, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), 
and consistent with our practice, we are rescinding this review of the 
antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Brazil for the period of 
July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004, with respect to LIASA and 
Minasligas. This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: November 5, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-3263 Filed 11-18-04; 8:45 am]
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