[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 17, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63787-63788]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-25456]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-864]


Pure Magnesium in Granular Form from the People's Republic of 
China: Continuation of Antidumping Duty Order

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of determinations by the Department of Commerce 
(the ``Department'') and the International Trade Commission (the 
``ITC'') that revocation of the antidumping duty (``AD'') order on pure 
magnesium in granular form from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping, 
or to a continuation or recurrence of material injury within a 
reasonably foreseeable time to an industry in the United States, the 
Department is publishing this notice of continuation of the AD order.

DATES: Effective Date: October 17, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Eugene Degnan, AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4243 and (202) 482-0414, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 1, 2012, the Department 
initiated the second sunset review of the AD order on pure magnesium in 
granular form from the PRC, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act'').\1\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 77 FR 4995 
(February 1, 2012) (``Initiation Notice'').
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    The Department conducted an expedited sunset review of the order. 
As a result of its review, the Department determined that revocation of 
the AD order on pure magnesium in granular form from the PRC 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.\2\
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    \2\ See Pure Magnesium in Granular Form from the People's 
Republic of China: Final Results of Expedited Second Sunset Review 
of Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 33165 (June 5, 2012).
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    On October 1, 2012, the ITC published its determination, pursuant 
to section 751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the AD order on pure 
magnesium in granular form from the PRC would likely lead to a 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.\3\
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    \3\ See Pure Magnesium (Granular) from China (Inv. No. 731-TA-
895 (Second Review)), 77 FR 59979 (October 1, 2012).
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Scope of the Order

    There is an existing AD order on pure magnesium from the PRC.\4\ 
The scope of this order excludes pure magnesium that is already covered 
by the existing order on pure magnesium in ingot form, and currently 
classifiable under item numbers 8104.11.00 and 8104.19.00 of the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'').
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    \4\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Pure Magnesium From 
the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation and Ukraine; 
Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Antidumping Duty Investigation of Pure Magnesium From the 
Russian Federation, 60 FR 25691 (May 12, 1995).
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    The scope of this order includes imports of pure magnesium 
products, regardless of chemistry, including, without limitation, 
raspings, granules, turnings, chips, powder, and briquettes, except as 
noted above.
    Pure magnesium includes: (1) Products that contain at least 99.95 
percent primary magnesium, by weight (generally referred to as ``ultra 
pure'' magnesium); (2) products that contain less than 99.95 percent 
but not less than 99.8 percent primary magnesium, by weight (generally 
referred to as ``pure'' magnesium); (3) chemical combinations of pure 
magnesium and other material(s) in which the pure magnesium content is 
50 percent or greater, but less than 99.8 percent, by weight, that do 
not conform to an ``ASTM Specification for Magnesium Alloy'' \5\ 
(generally referred to as ``off specification pure'' magnesium); and 
(4) physical mixtures of pure magnesium and other material(s) in which 
the pure magnesium content is 50 percent or greater, but less than 99.8 
percent, by weight. Excluded from this order are mixtures containing 90 
percent or less pure magnesium by weight and one or more of certain 
non-magnesium granular materials to make magnesium-based reagent 
mixtures. The non-magnesium granular materials of which the Department 
is aware used to make such excluded reagents are: Lime, calcium metal, 
calcium silicon, calcium carbide, calcium carbonate, carbon, slag 
coagulants, fluorspar, nephaline syenite, feldspar, aluminum, alumina 
(Al2O3), calcium aluminate, soda ash, hydrocarbons, graphite, coke, 
silicon, rare earth metals/mischmetal, cryolite, silica/fly ash, 
magnesium oxide, periclase, ferroalloys, dolomitic lime, and 
colemanite. A party importing a magnesium-based reagent which includes 
one or more materials not on this list is required to seek a scope 
clarification from the Department before such a mixture may be imported 
free of antidumping duties.
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    \5\ The meaning of this term is the same as that used by the 
American Society for Testing and Materials in its Annual Book of 
ASTM Standards: Volume 01.02 Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys.
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    The merchandise subject to this order is currently classifiable 
under item 8104.30.00 of the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheading is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of this order is dispositive.\6\
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    \6\ The Department has issued four scope rulings with respect to 
pure magnesium in granular form. See Notice of Scope Rulings and 
Anticircumvention Inquiries, 68 FR 7772, 7774 (February 18, 2003); 
Memorandum to the File ``Pure Magnesium in Granular Form from the 
People's Republic of China: Final Scope Ruling: ESM Group Inc.,'' 
dated September 18, 2006; Memorandum to Christian Marsh, ``Pure 
Magnesium in Granular Form from the People's Republic of China: 
Final Scope Ruling on Granular Magnesium Ground in Mexico,'' dated 
October 27, 2011; Memorandum to Christian Marsh, ``Pure Magnesium in 
Granular Form from the People's Republic of China: Final Scope 
Ruling for ESM Group Inc. (Atomized Magnesium),'' dated October 28, 
2011.
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Continuation of the Order

    As a result of these determinations by the Department and the ITC 
that revocation of the AD order on pure magnesium in granular form 
would likely lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping, and 
material injury to an industry in the United States, pursuant to 
section 751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders the 
continuation of the AD order on pure magnesium in granular form from 
the PRC.

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    U.S. Customs and Border Protection will continue to collect cash 
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of 
subject merchandise. The effective date of the continuation of the 
order will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this 
notice of continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) of the Act, the 
Department intends to initiate the next five-year review of the order 
not later than 30 days prior to the fifth anniversary of the effective 
date of continuation.
    This five-year (sunset) review and this notice are in accordance 
with section 751(c) of the Act and published pursuant to section 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: October 4, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-25456 Filed 10-16-12; 8:45 am]
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