[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7813-7814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-3139]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-832]


Amended Final Results of the 2008-2009 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of 
China

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

SUMMARY: On December 23, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register the Final Results of 
the 2008-2009 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ The 
period of review (``POR'') covers May 1, 2008, through April 30, 2009. 
We are amending our Final Results to correct ministerial errors made in 
the calculation of the antidumping duty margin for Tianjin Magnesium 
International Co., Ltd. (``TMI''), pursuant to section 751(h) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``Act'').
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    \1\ See Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: 
Final Results of the 2008-2009 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 80791 (December 23, 
2010) (``Final Results''), and accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

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DATES: Effective Date: (December 23, 2010).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita, 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) 482-4243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On December 23, 2010, the Department published the Final Results of 
the 2008-2009 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
pure magnesium from the PRC. In accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b), the 
Department disclosed the details of its calculations in the Final 
Results to all interested parties on December 20, 2010.\2\ On December 
23 and 27, 2010, respectively, US Magnesium LLC (``Petitioner'') and 
TMI filed timely ministerial error allegations with respect to the 
Department's antidumping duty margin calculations for TMI in the Final 
Results. Petitioner provided rebuttal comments concerning TMI's 
ministerial error allegation on January 3, 2011. No other party 
provided ministerial error comments regarding the Final Results of this 
review.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the File, ``Pure Magnesium from the 
People's Republic of China: Release of the Business-Proprietary 
Version of TMI's Final Analysis Memorandum,'' dated December 20, 
2010.
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Scope of the Order

    Merchandise covered by this order is pure magnesium regardless of 
chemistry, form or size, unless expressly excluded from the scope of 
this order. Pure magnesium is a metal or alloy containing by weight 
primarily the element magnesium and produced by decomposing raw 
materials into magnesium metal. Pure primary magnesium is used 
primarily as a chemical in the aluminum alloying, desulfurization, and 
chemical reduction industries. In addition, pure magnesium is used as 
an input in producing magnesium alloy. Pure magnesium encompasses 
products (including, but not limited to, butt ends, stubs, crowns and 
crystals) with the following primary magnesium contents:
    (1) Products that contain at least 99.95% primary magnesium, by 
weight (generally referred to as ``ultra pure'' magnesium);
    (2) Products that contain less than 99.95% but not less than 99.8% 
primary magnesium, by weight (generally referred to as ``pure'' 
magnesium); and
    (3) Products that contain 50% or greater, but less than 99.8% 
primary magnesium, by weight, and that do not conform to ASTM 
specifications for alloy magnesium (generally referred to as ``off-
specification pure'' magnesium).
    ``Off-specification pure'' magnesium is pure primary magnesium 
containing magnesium scrap, secondary magnesium, oxidized magnesium or 
impurities (whether or not intentionally added) that cause the primary 
magnesium content to fall below 99.8% by weight. It generally does not 
contain, individually or in combination, 1.5% or more, by weight, of 
the following alloying elements: Aluminum, manganese, zinc, silicon, 
thorium, zirconium and rare earths.
    Excluded from the scope of this order are alloy primary magnesium 
(that meets specifications for alloy magnesium), primary magnesium 
anodes, granular primary magnesium (including turnings, chips and 
powder) having a maximum physical dimension (i.e., length or diameter) 
of one inch or less, secondary magnesium (which has pure primary 
magnesium content of less than 50% by weight), and remelted magnesium 
whose pure primary magnesium content is less than 50% by weight.
    Pure magnesium products covered by this order are currently 
classifiable

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under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings 8104.11.00, 8104.19.00, 8104.20.00, 8104.30.00, 8104.90.00, 
3824.90.11, 3824.90.19 and 9817.00.90. Although the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written 
description of the scope is dispositive.

Ministerial Errors

    A ministerial error is defined in section 751(h) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), and further clarified in 19 CFR 
351.224(f) as ``an error in addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic 
function, clerical error resulting from inaccurate copying, 
duplication, or the like, and any other type of unintentional error 
which the {Secretary{time}  considers ministerial.''
    After analyzing all interested parties' allegations and rebuttals, 
in accordance with section 735(e) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), we 
have determined that we made ministerial errors in the normal value and 
net U.S. price calculations for TMI in the Final Results. For a 
detailed discussion of these ministerial errors, as well as the 
Department's analysis of the errors and allegations, see the Memorandum 
to the File, ``Ministerial Error Memorandum for the Final Results of 
the 2008-2009 Administrative Review of Pure Magnesium From the People's 
Republic of China, dated February 4, 2011, on file in the Central 
Records Unit, room 7047 in the main Department building.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.224(e), we are amending the Final Results of the administrative 
review of pure magnesium from the PRC. The revised weighted-average 
dumping margin TMI is as follows:

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                                                  Original     Amended
                                                 weighted-    weighted-
                   Exporter                       average      average
                                                  percent      percent
                                                   margin       margin
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Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd......         0.73         0.80
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Notification of Interested Parties

    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.
    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APOs'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under 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 that is subject to sanction.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed for these amended final 
results within five days of the date of publication of this notice to 
interested parties in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (``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 
exporter/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. We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries 
containing subject merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity at the 
PRC-wide rate we determined in the Final Results of this review. The 
Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the amended final results 
of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective on any 
entries made on or after December 23, 2010, the date of publication of 
the Final Results, 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 the exporters listed above, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate shown for those companies (except if the rate is de minimis, i.e., 
less than 0.50 percent, a zero cash deposit will be required for that 
company); (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 111.73 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 exporters that supplied that non-PRC exporter. These deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.
    These amended final results are published in accordance with 
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: February 3, 2011.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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