[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 231 (Friday, December 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 69550]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-351-806


Silicon Metal From Brazil: Notice of Intent to Rescind 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:  In response to a request from Globe Metallurgical Inc. 
(Globe), a domestic producer of silicon metal, the Department of 
Commerce initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on silicon metal from Brazil. The period of review covers July 1, 
2005, through June 30, 2006. Because the respondents reported that they 
had no sales or shipments to the United States during the period of 
review, we intend to rescind the review of these companies.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janis Kalnins at (202) 482-1392 or 
Minoo Hatten at (202) 482-1690, AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an 
antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Brazil on July 31, 1991. 
See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Silicon Metal from Brazil 56 FR 
36135 (July 31, 1991). On July 3, 2006, the Department published a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order for the period of review covering July 1, 2005, 
through June 30, 2006. See Notice of Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 
Finding, or Suspended Investigation, 71 FR 37890 (July 3, 2006). In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), Globe requested an administrative 
review of this order with respect to the following respondents: 
Camarago Correa Metais S.A., Companhia Ferroligas de Minas Gerais-
minasligas, Italmagnesio Nordeste S.A., and Ligas de Aluminio S.A.
    The Department published the initiation of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from Brazil on 
August 8, 2006. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 51573 
(August 30, 2006).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by this order is silicon metal from Brazil 
containing at least 96.00 percent but less than 99.99 percent silicon 
by weight. Also covered by this order is silicon metal from Brazil 
containing between 89.00 and 96.00 percent silicon by weight but which 
contains more aluminum than the silicon metal containing at least 96.00 
percent but less than 99.99 percent silicon by weight. Silicon metal is 
currently provided for under subheadings 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 of 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule (HTS) as a chemical product but is 
commonly referred to as a metal. Semiconductor grade silicon (silicon 
metal containing by weight not less than 99.99 percent silicon and 
provided for in subheading 2804.61.00 of the HTS) is not subject to the 
order. Although the HTS item numbers are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description remains dispositive.

Intent to Rescind 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 to the United 
States during the period of review. See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). In 
response to the Department's questionnaire, the respondents notified 
the Department that they had no entries, exports, or sales of the 
subject merchandise to the United States during the period of review. 
Globe submitted no information rebutting the respondent's responses.
    The Department conducted a customs data query to ascertain whether 
there were suspended entries of subject merchandise. See November 22, 
2006, Memorandum to File entitled ``Silicon Metal from Brazil: Customs 
Data Query.'' Based on the data query, there is no evidence of entries 
or shipments of the subject merchandise by the respondents during the 
period of review. Therefore, we intend to rescind the 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 these 
respondents, the Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries 
at the all-others rate in effect on the date of entry.

Public Comment

    An interested party may request a hearing within 15 days of 
publication of this notice of intent to rescind. See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 
Any hearing, if requested, will be held 30 days after the date of 
publication, or the first working day thereafter. Interested parties 
may submit case briefs no later than 15 days after the date of 
publication of this notice of intent to rescind. See 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(ii). Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the time limit for 
filing the case brief. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit 
arguments are requested to submit with the argument (1) a statement of 
the issue, (2) a brief summary of the argument, and (3) a table of 
authorities. Further, parties submitting written comments should 
provide the Department with an additional copy of the public version of 
any such comments on diskette. The Department will issue the final 
notice, which will include the results of its analysis of issues raised 
in any such comments, or at a hearing, if requested, within 120 days of 
publication of this notice of intent to rescind.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 
CFR 351.213(d).

    Dated: November 27, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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