[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 59 (Tuesday, March 29, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15837]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-6185]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-819]


Magnesium Metal From the Russian Federation: Notice of Amended 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 29, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley or Kimberely Hunt, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4733 or (202) 482-1272.

Amendment to Final Determination

    In accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended, (the Act), on February 24, 2005, the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) published its notice of final determination 
of sales at less-than-fair value (LTFV) in the investigation of 
magnesium metal from the Russian Federation. See Magnesium Metal from 
the Russian Federation: Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, 70 FR 9041 (February 24, 2005) and accompanying Issues 
and Decision Memorandum, dated February 16, 2005. On March 1, 2005, JSC 
AVISMA Titanium-Magnesium Works (Avisma) and U.S. Magnesium 
Corporation, LLC, United Steelworkers of America, Local 8319, and 
Glass, Molders, Pottery, Plastics and Allied Workers International, 
Local 374 (collectively, petitioners) filed timely allegations stating 
that the Department made ministerial errors in the final determination. 
On March 7, 2005, petitioners and Alcoa, Inc. and Northwest Alloys, 
Inc. (collectively, Alcoa) filed comments on Avisma's allegations, and 
Avisma filed comments on petitioners' allegations.
    After analyzing parties' comments, we have determined, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), that we made the following 
ministerial errors in our calculations performed for the final 
determination: (1) We used incorrect values for Avisma's international 
freight and U.S. brokerage and handling expenses; and (2) we 
incorrectly applied U.S. duties to certain U.S. sales by Avisma.
    For a detailed discussion of the ministerial errors listed above, 
as well as the Department's analysis, see Memorandum from Mark Hoadley, 
Senior Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, to Maria MacKay, Program 
Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office 6, concerning Magnesium Metal from 
the Russian Federation: Analysis of Ministerial Error Allegations for 
JSC AVISMA Titanium--Magnesium Works (Avisma), dated March 21, 2005, on 
file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce 
Building.
    Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(e), we are amending 
the final determination of sales at LTFV in the antidumping duty 
investigation of magnesium metal from the Russian Federation. The 
revised dumping margins for the period January 1, 2003, through 
December 31, 2003 are as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                   Manufacturer/exporter                        margin
                                                              (percent)
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JSC AVISMA Titanium-Magnesium Works........................        21.71
Solikamsk Magnesium Works..................................        18.65
All Others.................................................        21.01
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Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation

    Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to suspend liquidation 
of all entries of magnesium from the Russian Federation that are 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
October 4, 2004, the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination in the Federal Register. We will instruct CBP to require, 
for each entry, a cash deposit or the posting of a bond equal to the 
weighted-average dumping margins indicated above. These instructions 
suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
753(d) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: March 24, 2005.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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