[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 173 (Thursday, September 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54897-54898]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-22019]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-807]


Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium from the Russian Federation: 
Revocation of Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of the determination by the International Trade 
Commission (ITC), that revocation of the antidumping duty order on 
ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from the Russian Federation 
(Russia) would not be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
material injury to an industry in the United

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States within a reasonably foreseeable time,\1\ the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) is publishing this notice of revocation of 
the antidumping duty order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from 
Russia.
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    \1\ See Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From Russia, 77 FR 
51825 (August 27, 2012) (ITC Final).

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DATES: Effective Date: October 13, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Rebecca Trainor, 
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 and (202) 482-4007, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 10, 1995, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia.\2\ On 
September 1, 2011, the Department initiated and the ITC instituted the 
third sunset review of the antidumping duty order on ferrovanadium and 
nitrided vanadium from Russia, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\
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    \2\ See Notice of Antidumping Order: Ferrovanadium and Nitrided 
Vanadium from the Russian Federation, 60 FR 35550 (July 10, 1995).
    \3\ See Initiation, and Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From 
Russia; Institution of a Five-Year Review Concerning the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From Russia, 76 FR 
54490 (September 1, 2011).
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    The Department expedited the third sunset review of the antidumping 
duty order on nitrided vanadium from Russia. As a result of its review, 
the Department found that revocation of the antidumping duty order 
would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail were 
the order to be revoked.\4\
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    \4\ See Final Results of Expedited Sunset Review: Ferrovanadium 
and Nitrided Vanadium From Russia, 76 FR 78888 (December 20, 2011).
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    On August 22, 2012, the ITC notified the Department that, pursuant 
to section 751(c) of the Act, revocation of this order would not be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an 
industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\5\
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    \5\ See ITC Final and Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From 
Russia: Investigation No. 731-TA-702 (Third Review), USITC 
Publication 4345 (August 2012).
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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.

Revocation

    As a result of the determination by the ITC that revocation of the 
order is not likely to lead to the continuation or recurrence of 
material injury to an industry in the United States, the Department, 
pursuant to section 751(d) of the Act, is revoking the antidumping duty 
order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia. Pursuant to 
section 751(d)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2)(i), the effective 
date of revocation is October 13, 2011 (i.e., the fifth anniversary of 
the date of publication in the Federal Register of the most recent 
notice of continuation of the antidumping duty order).\6\ The 
Department intends to notify U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), 
15 days after publication of this notice, to discontinue suspension of 
liquidation and collection of cash deposits on entries of ferrovanadium 
and nitrided vanadium from Russia entered or withdrawn from warehouse 
on or after October 13, 2011, the effective date of revocation of the 
antidumping duty order. The Department will further instruct CBP to 
refund with interest any cash deposits on entries made on or after 
October 13, 2011. Entries of subject merchandise prior to the effective 
date of revocation will continue to be subject to suspension of 
liquidation and antidumping deposit requirements. The Department will 
complete any pending administrative reviews of this order.
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    \6\ See Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From Russia: Notice 
of Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order, 71 FR 60475 (October 13, 
2006).
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    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return/destruction or conversion to judicial protective 
order of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Failure to comply is a violation of the APO which 
may be subject to sanctions.
    This revocation and notice are issued in accordance with section 
751(d)(2) of the Act and published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.222(i)(2).

    Dated: August 30, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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