[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 12 (Wednesday, January 19, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3084-3086]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-1051]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-806]


Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China: Final Results 
and Partial Rescission of the 2008-2009 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: On July 15, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published Silicon Metal from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results and Preliminary Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 41143 (July 15, 2010) (``Preliminary 
Results''). The period of review (``POR'') is June 1, 2008, through May 
31, 2009.
    The Department received a timely request from Petitioner, Globe 
Metallurgical Inc. (``Globe''), in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), 
for an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon 
metal from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for three 
companies: Datong Jinneng Industrial Silicon Co., Ltd. (``Datong 
Jinneng''),\1\ Jiangxi Gangyuan Silicon Industry Co., Ltd. (``Jiangxi 
Gangyuan''),\2\ and Shanghai Jinneng International Trade Co., Ltd. 
(``Shanghai Jinneng''). The Department also received a timely request 
from Shanghai Jinneng and Datong Jinneng (Shanghai Jinneng's affiliated 
producer of subject merchandise) for an administrative review of 
Shanghai Jinneng. On July 29, 2009, the Department published a notice 
of initiation of an antidumping duty administrative review on silicon 
metal from the PRC, in which we initiated a review of Datong Jinneng, 
Jiangxi Gangyuan, and Shanghai Jinneng.\3\ In the Preliminary Results, 
the Department preliminarily rescinded this review with respect to 
Jiangxi Gangyuan and Datong Jinneng \4\ because they certified that 
they had no shipments and we found no indication through our 
examination of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data that there 
were any shipments of subject merchandise by these parties during the 
POR. The Department has not obtained any evidence to contradict this 
preliminary finding, and no interested parties commented on the 
finding. Accordingly, we are rescinding the review with respect to 
Datong Jinneng and Jiangxi Gangyuan. Consequently, the administrative 
review covers one respondent, Shanghai Jinneng.
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    \1\ The abbreviation ``Inc.'' incorrectly appeared after 
``Datong Jinneng Industrial Silicon Co.'' in the Initiation Notice. 
The abbreviation ``Ltd.'' should have been used.
    \2\ We have used the abbreviation ``Co.'' rather than 
``Company'', which was used in the Initiation Notice, because 
``Co.'' is used in the Automated Customs System Module.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Review, 74 FR 
37690 (July 29, 2009) (``Initiation Notice'').
    \4\ Datong Jinneng was Shanghai Jinneng's affiliated producer of 
subject merchandise during the POR and is involved in the instant 
administrative review as such (see Shanghai Jinneng's Response to 
Section A (October 16, 2009) at 14). However, we are rescinding the 
review with respect to Datong Jinneng (as an exporter of subject 
merchandise), based on its no shipments certification, which we 
confirmed using CBP data.
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    We invited interested parties to comment on our Preliminary 
Results. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we made 
certain changes to our margin calculation for Shanghai Jinneng. The 
final dumping margin for this review is listed in the ``Final Results 
Margins'' section below.

DATES: Effective Date: January 19, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demitri Kalogeropoulos or Andrew 
Medley, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2623 and (202) 482-4987, respectively.

Background

    On July 15, 2010, the Department published its Preliminary Results 
in the antidumping duty administrative review of silicon metal from the 
PRC.
    For the final results, Globe requested a hearing with the 
Department on August 16, 2010. Shanghai Jinneng and Globe submitted 
briefs and rebuttal briefs on August 23, 2010, and September 6, 2010, 
respectively. We returned Globe's August 23, 2010, case brief because 
it included untimely filed, new factual information. We allowed Globe 
to redact the new information and resubmit. Globe submitted its 
redacted case brief on September 3, 2010. On October 13, 2010, the 
Department published a notice extending the deadline for the final 
results of the 2008-2009 administrative review to January 11, 2011. See 
Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China; Extension of Time 
Limit for the Final Results of the 2008-2009 Administrative Review of 
the Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 62765 (October 13, 2010). The 
Department released industry-specific wage rate information on November 
18, 2010, and revised data on November 23, 2010. Shanghai Jinneng 
submitted comments for wage rate issues on November 30, 2010. Globe 
submitted rebuttal comments for wage rate issues on December 6, 2010. 
On December 9, 2010, the Department conducted a hearing with interested 
parties.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case briefs, rebuttal briefs, and wage 
rate comments filed by parties in this review are addressed in the 
Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to, Ronald K. 
Lorentzen, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
regarding Silicon Metal from the People's Republic of China: Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2008-2009 
Administrative Review, dated concurrently with this notice, (``Issues 
and Decision Memorandum''), which is hereby adopted by this notice. A 
list of the issues that parties raised and to which we responded in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum follows as an appendix to this notice. 
The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
in the Central Records Unit (``CRU''), Main Commerce Building, Room 
7046, and is also accessible on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. 
The paper copy and electronic version of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.

Period of Review

    The POR is June 1, 2008, through May 31, 2009.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the order is silicon metal containing at 
least 96.00 but less than 99.99 percent of silicon by weight, and 
silicon metal with a higher aluminum content containing between 89 and 
96 percent silicon by weight. The subject merchandise is currently 
classifiable under item numbers 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 of the

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Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') 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 of silicon and provided for in subheading 
2804.61.00 of the HTSUS) is not subject to this order. This order is 
not limited to silicon metal used only as an alloy agent or in the 
chemical industry. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise is dispositive.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on an analysis of the comments received, the Department has 
made certain changes in the margin calculation. For the final results, 
the Department has made the following changes:

 Valuation of Wage Rate

    For the Preliminary Results, the Department revised the calculation 
of wage rate pursuant to a recent decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals 
for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'').\5\ For the final results, we have 
calculated a revised hourly wage rate to use in valuing reported labor. 
The revised wage rate is calculated by averaging earnings and/or wages 
for ISIC Rev.3 Sub-Classification 27 (Manufacture of basic metals) in 
countries that are economically comparable to the PRC and that are also 
significant producers of comparable merchandise. See Comment 8 of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum. See also Memorandum titled 
``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Silicon Metal from the 
People's Republic of China: Selection of Surrogate Values'' 
(``Surrogate Value Memorandum'').
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    \5\ See Dorbest v. United States, 604 F.3d 1363 (Fed. Cir. 
2010).
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 Valuation of Silica Fume

    For the final results, we have valued the byproduct, silica fume, 
using the silica fume value from the previous review of this 
proceeding, after adjusting for inflation. See Comment 5 of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum. See also Surrogate Value Memorandum.

 Selection of Financial Ratios

    For the final results, we have included the financial statements of 
Vipra Ferro Alloys Private Ltd. and Lalwani Ferro Alloys Ltd. in our 
calculation of surrogate financial ratios. See Comment 9 of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum. See also Surrogate Value Memorandum.

 Adjustments to Financial Statements

    We made a correction to the financial ratios of Saturn Ferro Alloys 
Private Ltd. See Comment 10 of the Issues and Decision Memorandum. See 
also Surrogate Value Memorandum.

Final Results Margin

    We determine the weighted-average dumping margin for Shanghai 
Jinneng for the period June 1, 2008, through May 31, 2009, to be 3.14 
percent.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department will 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review. For assessment purposes, we calculated importer (or 
customer)-specific assessment rates for merchandise subject to this 
review. Where appropriate, we calculated an ad valorem rate for each 
importer (or customer) by dividing the total dumping margins for 
reviewed sales to that party by the total entered values associated 
with those transactions. For duty-assessment rates calculated on this 
basis, we will direct CBP to assess the resulting ad valorem rate 
against the entered customs values for the subject merchandise. Where 
appropriate, we calculated a per-unit rate for each importer (or 
customer) by dividing the total dumping margins for reviewed sales to 
that party by the total sales quantity associated with those 
transactions. For duty-assessment rates calculated on this basis, we 
will direct CBP to assess the resulting per-unit rate against the 
entered quantity of the subject merchandise. Where an importer (or 
customer)-specific assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent), the Department will instruct CBP to assess that importer (or 
customer's) entries of subject merchandise without regard to 
antidumping duties, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2). We intend 
to instruct CBP to liquidate entries containing subject merchandise 
exported by the PRC-wide entity at the PRC-wide rate. The Department 
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date 
of publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For Shanghai 
Jinneng, the cash deposit rate will be the rate as listed above in the 
``Final Results Margins'' section of this notice; (2) for previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that have separate rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
exporter-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) for 
all PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not been found to 
be entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-
wide rate of 139.49 percent; and (4) for all non-PRC exporters of 
subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to the PRC exporter that 
supplied that non-PRC exporter. The deposit requirements shall remain 
in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/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 violation which is subject to sanction.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    We are issuing and publishing the final results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: January 11, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

Comment 1: VAT and Export Taxes
Comment 2: Use of Entries Versus Sales
Comment 3: Whether To Adjust Datong Jinneng's Electricity Consumption
Comment 4: Whether To Adjust Datong Jinneng's Labor Hours
Comment 5: Valuation and Treatment of Silica Fume
Comment 6: Valuation of Coal
Comment 7: Valuation of Electricity
Comment 8: Valuation of Labor
Comment 9: Selection of Financial Statements
Comment 10: Adjustments to Financial Ratios

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