[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 142 (Tuesday, July 25, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11837]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-351-824


Silicomanganese From Brazil: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from Eramet Marietta Inc., a domestic 
producer of silicomanganese, the Department of Commerce initiated an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese 
from Brazil. The period of review is December 1, 2004, through November 
30, 2005. We are now rescinding this review because the sole respondent 
reported that it had no sales or shipments to the United States during 
the period of review.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 25, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun at (202) 482-5760 or 
Dmitry Vladimirov at (202) 482-0665, AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published an antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from Brazil on 
December 22, 1994. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 
Silicomanganese from Brazil, 59 FR 66003 (December 22, 1994). On 
December 1, 2005, the Department published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order for the 
period of review covering December 1, 2004, through November 30, 2005. 
See Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation, 70 FR 72109 (December 1, 2005). In accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(b)(1), the petitioner, Eramet Marietta Inc., requested an 
administrative review of this order with respect to the following 
affiliated respondents: Rio Doce Mangan[ecirc]s S.A., Companhia 
Paulista de Ferro-Ligas, and Urucum Minera[ccedil][atilde]o S.A. 
(collectively RDM/CPFL).
    The Department published the notice of the initiation of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese 
from Brazil on February 1, 2006. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 71 FR 5241 (February 1, 2006). In response to the Department's 
questionnaire, RDM/CPFL notified the Department that the company had no 
entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise during the period 
of review. The Department published the notice of its intent to rescind 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
silicomanganese from Brazil on May 19, 2006. See Silicomanganese from 
Brazil: Notice of Intent to Rescind Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 29123 (May 19, 2006) (Notice of Intent to Rescind). The 
Department based its intent to rescind the review on a customs data 
query that found no evidence of entries or shipments of the subject 
merchandise by RDM/CPFL during the period of review. See Notice of 
Intent to Rescind, at 29124.

Rescission of the Administrative Review

    The Department will rescind an administrative review with respect 
to an exporter or producer if the Department concludes that there were 
no entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise during the 
period of review. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). The Department gave 
interested parties 15 days from the date of publication of the Notice 
of Intent to Rescind to comment on its intent to rescind this review. 
No interested party has submitted comments on our intent to rescind 
this review within the given time period. Accordingly, we are 
rescinding this administrative review.
    In accordance with the Department's clarification of its assessment 
policy (see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003)), in the event any 
entries were made during the period of review through intermediaries 
under U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) case numbers for RDM/
CPFL, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the 
all-others rate in effect on the date of entry.
    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 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.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4) and section 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended.

    Dated: July 18, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-11837 Filed 7-24-06; 8:45 am]
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