[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 181 (Monday, September 20, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57257-57259]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-23427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-837, A-570-954]


Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From Mexico and the People's 
Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (the 
ITC), the Department is issuing antidumping duty orders on certain 
magnesia carbon bricks (MCB) from Mexico and the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). On September 8, 2010, the ITC notified the Department of 
its affirmative determinations of material injury to a U.S. industry. 
See Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from China and Mexico (Investigation 
Nos. 701-TA-468 and 731-TA-1166-1167 (Final), USITC Publication 4182, 
September 2010).

DATES: Effective Date: September 20, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger (Mexico) or Paul 
Walker (PRC), AD/CVD Operations, Offices 2 and 9 respectively, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-0413, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 2, 2010, the Department published its affirmative final 
determinations of sales at less than fair value in the antidumping duty 
investigations of MCB from Mexico and the PRC. See Certain Magnesia 
Carbon Bricks from Mexico: Notice of Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 75 FR 45097 (August 2, 2010); and Certain 
Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China: Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Critical 
Circumstances, 75 FR 45468 (August 2, 2010) (MCB from the PRC Final).
    On September 8, 2010, the ITC notified the Department of its final 
determinations pursuant to section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), that an industry in the United States is materially 
injured by reason of less-than-fair-value imports of MCB from Mexico 
and the PRC.\1\ See section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act. In addition, 
the ITC notified the Department of its final determination that 
critical circumstances do not exist with respect to imports of subject 
merchandise from the PRC that are subject to the Department's 
affirmative critical circumstances finding.\2\ Pursuant to section 
736(a) of the Act, the Department is publishing antidumping duty orders 
on the subject merchandise.
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    \1\ Because the vote of the ITC with respect to imports of MCB 
from Mexico was evenly divided between an affirmative determination 
of material injury and a negative determination, the Department is 
treating this vote, for purposes of duty assessment, as an 
affirmative finding of material injury consistent with section 
771(11) of the Act. Likewise, because the vote of the ITC with 
respect to imports of MCB from the PRC was evenly divided between a 
determination of material injury and a determination of threat of 
material injury, the Department is treating this vote, for purposes 
of duty assessment, as an affirmative finding of material injury 
consistent with section 771(11) of the Act.
    \2\ Critical circumstances were not alleged with respect to 
imports of subject merchandise from Mexico.
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Scope of the Orders

    The scope of these orders includes certain chemically-bonded (resin 
or pitch), magnesia carbon bricks with a magnesia component of at least 
70 percent magnesia (``MgO'') by weight, regardless of the source of 
raw materials for the MgO, with carbon levels ranging from trace 
amounts to 30 percent by weight, regardless of enhancements (for 
example, magnesia carbon bricks can be enhanced with coating, grinding, 
tar impregnation or coking, high temperature heat treatments, anti-slip 
treatments or metal casing) and regardless of whether or not 
antioxidants are present (for example, antioxidants can be added to the 
mix from trace amounts to 15 percent by weight as various metals, metal 
alloys, and metal carbides). Certain magnesia carbon bricks that are 
the subject of these orders are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 6902.10.1000, 6902.10.5000, 6815.91.0000, 6815.99.2000 and 
6815.99.4000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS''). While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description is dispositive.

Provisional Measures

    Section 733(d) of the Act states that suspension of liquidation 
instructions issued pursuant to an affirmative preliminary 
determination may not remain in effect for more than four months except 
where exporters representing a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise request the Department to extend that

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four-month period to no more than six months. At the request of the 
exporters that accounted for a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise in the investigations of MCB from Mexico and the 
PRC, we extended the four-month period to no more than six months. See 
Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from Mexico: Notice of Preliminary 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Postponement of 
Final Determination, 75 FR 11517 (March 11, 2010) (MCB from Mexico 
Prelim); and Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic 
of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 
and Postponement of Final Determination 75 FR 11847 (March 12, 2010) 
(MCB from the PRC Prelim).
    In these investigations, the six-month period beginning on the date 
of the publication of the preliminary determinations (i.e., March 11, 
2010, for Mexico and March 12, 2010, for the PRC) will end on September 
7, 2010, and September 8, 2010, respectively. Furthermore, section 737 
of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the date of 
publication of the ITC's final injury determination. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 733(d) of the Act, we will instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to terminate the suspension of 
liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, 
unliquidated entries of MCB from Mexico and the PRC entered, or 
withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after September 7, 
2010, for Mexico and September 8, 2010, for the PRC, and before the 
date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the 
Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation will resume on or after the 
date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the 
Federal Register.

Antidumping Duty Orders

    On September 8, 2010, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, 
the ITC notified the Department of its final determinations that an 
industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning 
of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of less-than-fair-value 
imports of MCB from Mexico and the PRC.
    In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department 
will direct CBP to assess, upon further advice by the Department, 
antidumping duties equal to the amount by which the normal value of the 
merchandise exceeds the export price or constructed export price of the 
merchandise for all relevant entries of MCB from Mexico and the PRC. 
These antidumping duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries 
of MCB entered from Mexico and the PRC, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after March 11, 2010 (Mexico), or March 12, 2010 
(PRC), the date on which the Department published its notices of 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register, but prior to 
September 7, 2010 (Mexico), or September 8, 2010 (PRC). See MCB from 
Mexico Prelim, 75 FR at 11521; and MCB from the PRC Prelim, 75 FR at 
11848.
    On or after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final 
determinations in the Federal Register, CBP, pursuant to section 
736(a)(3) of the Act, will require, at the same time as importers would 
normally deposit estimated duties on this merchandise, a cash deposit 
equal to the estimated dumping margins listed below. The estimated 
dumping margins for imports of subject merchandise from the PRC will be 
adjusted for export subsidies found in the final determination of the 
companion countervailing duty investigation of this merchandise 
imported from the PRC. See Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 
Determination, 75 FR 45472 (August 2, 2010). Specifically, for cash 
deposit purposes, we are subtracting from the applicable cash deposit 
rate that portion of the rate attributable to the export subsidies 
found in the affirmative countervailing duty determination on MCB from 
the PRC for respondent RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd. and for the 
separate-rate companies, whose rate is the calculated rate received by 
RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd. See MCB from the PRC Final, 75 FR 
at 45471.

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            Exporter                     Producer             Margin
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                                 Mexico
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RHI-Refmex S.A. de C.V.........  RHI-Refmex S.A. de C.V.           57.90
All Others.....................  .......................           57.90
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                                   PRC
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RHI Refractories Liaoning Co.,   RHI Refractories                 128.10
 Ltd.                             Liaoning Co., Ltd.
Dashiqiao City Guancheng         Dashiqiao City                   128.10
 Refractor Co., Ltd.              Guancheng Refractor
                                  Co., Ltd.
Fengchi Imp. And Exp. Co., Ltd.  Fengchi Refractories             128.10
 Of Haicheng City.                Co., of Haicheng City.
Jiangsu Sujia Group New          Jiangsu Sujia Group New          128.10
 Materials Co. Ltd.               Materials Co. Ltd.
Liaoning Fucheng Refractories    Liaoning Fucheng                 128.10
 Group Co., Ltd.                  Refractories Group
                                  Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Fucheng Special         Liaoning Fucheng                 128.10
 Refractory Co., Ltd.             Special Refractory
                                  Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Jiayi Metals &          Liaoning Jiayi Metals &          128.10
 Minerals Co., Ltd.               Minerals Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Bayuquan Refractories    Yingkou Bayuquan                 128.10
 Co., Ltd.                        Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Dalmond Refractories     Yingkou Dalmond                  128.10
 Co., Ltd.                        Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Guangyang Co., Ltd.....  Yingkou Guangyang Co.,           128.10
                                  Ltd.
Yingkou Jiahe Refractories Co.,  Yingkou Jiahe                    128.10
 Ltd.                             Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Kyushu Refractories      Yingkou Kyushu                   128.10
 Co., Ltd.                        Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou New Century              Yingkou New Century              128.10
 Refractories Ltd.                Refractories Ltd.
Yingkou Wonjin Refractory        Yingkou Wonjin                   128.10
 Material Co., Ltd.               Refractory Material
                                  Co., Ltd.
PRC-wide Entity*...............  .......................          236.00
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\*\ This rate also applies to Liaoning Mayerton Refractories Co., Ltd.
  and Dalian Mayerton Refractories Co., Ltd.

    With regard to the ITC negative critical circumstances 
determination on imports of the subject merchandise from the PRC, we 
will instruct CBP to lift suspension and to release any bond or other 
security, and refund any cash deposit made, to secure the payment of 
estimated antidumping duties with respect to entries of the merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
December 12, 2009 (i.e., 90 days prior to the date

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of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal 
Register), but before March 12, 2010.
    This notice constitutes the antidumping duty orders with respect to 
MCB from Mexico and the PRC, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. 
Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, 
Room 7046 of the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list 
of antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
    These orders are issued and published in accordance with section 
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).

     Dated: September 13, 2010.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-23427 Filed 9-17-10; 8:45 am]
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