[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 244 (Tuesday, December 20, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78888-78889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-32552]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-807]


Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review: Ferrovanadium and 
Nitrided Vanadium From Russia

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

SUMMARY: On September 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated the third sunset review of the antidumping duty 
order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from the Russian 
Federation (Russia), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act). The Department has conducted an expedited 
(120-day) sunset review for this order pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2). As a result of this 
sunset review, the Department finds that revocation of the antidumping 
duty order would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 1, 2011, the Department published the notice of 
initiation of the third sunset review of the antidumping duty order on 
ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act. See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 76 
FR 54430 (September 1, 2011).
    The Department received notices of intent to participate from the 
following domestic parties within the deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i): AMG Vanadium Inc., and Gulf Chemical and 
Metallurgical Corporation and its wholly owned subsidiary, Bear 
Metallurgical Corporation (collectively ``the domestic interested 
parties''). The domestic interested parties claimed interested party 
status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as manufacturers or 
wholesalers of a domestic like product in the United States.
    The Department received complete substantive responses to the 
notice of initiation from the domestic interested parties within the 
30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). We received no 
response from any respondent interested parties. As a result, pursuant 
to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 
the Department conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review of the 
antidumping duty order.

Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are ferrovanadium and nitrided 
vanadium, regardless of grade, chemistry, form or size, unless 
expressly excluded from the scope of the order. Ferrovanadium includes 
alloys containing ferrovanadium as the predominant element by weight 
(i.e., more weight than any other element, except iron in some 
instances) and at least 4 percent by weight of iron. Nitrided vanadium 
includes compounds containing vanadium as the predominant element, by 
weight, and at least 5 percent, by weight, of nitrogen.
    Excluded from the scope of the order are vanadium additives other 
than ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium, such as vanadium-aluminum 
master alloys, vanadium chemicals, vanadium waste and scrap, vanadium-
bearing raw materials, such as slag, boiler residues, fly ash, and 
vanadium oxides.
    The products subject to the order are currently classifiable under 
subheadings 2850.00.20, 7202.92.00, 7202.99.5040, 8112.40.3000, and 
8112.40.6000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, our written description of the scope 
is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this review are addressed in the ``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Expedited Sunset Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium from Russia'' from 
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration (Decision Memorandum), which is hereby 
adopted by, and issued concurrently with, this notice. The issues 
discussed in the Decision Memorandum include the likelihood of 
continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude of the margins 
likely to prevail if the order were revoked. The Decision Memorandum is 
a public document and is on file electronically via Import 
Administration's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Services System (``IA ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is 
available in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. 
The signed Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the 
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    We determine that revocation of the antidumping duty order on 
ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of dumping at the following weighted-
average percentage margins:

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                                                                Margin
                   Exporter/Manufacturer                      Percentage
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Galt Alloys, Inc...........................................         3.75
Gesellschaft f[uuml]r Elektrometallurgie m.b.H. (and its           11.72
 related companies Shieldalloy Metallurgical Corporation
 and Metallurg, Inc.)......................................
Odermet....................................................        10.10
All Other Russian Manufacturers and Exporters\1\...........       108.00
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\1\ Prior to Russia's graduation to market-economy status, this rate was
  referred to as the Russia-wide rate.

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We are issuing and publishing the results and notice in accordance 
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.


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    Dated: December 13, 2011.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-32552 Filed 12-19-11; 8:45 am]
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