[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 232 (Monday, December 3, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71578-71579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-29040]



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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; Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010-
2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Commerce.

SUMMARY: On August 2, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on pure magnesium in granular form from the 
People's Republic of China. The period of review (``POR'') is November 
1, 2010, through October 31, 2011. We gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the preliminary results, but none were 
received. The final dumping margin applicable to China Minmetals Non-
Ferrous Metals Co., Ltd. (``CMN'') is listed below in the ``Final 
Results of the Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective December 3, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eve Wang, 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) 482-6231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 2, 2012, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure 
magnesium in granular form.\1\
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    \1\ See Pure Magnesium in Granular Form From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 77 FR 46030 (August 2, 2012) (``Preliminary 
Results'').
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    We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary 
Results, but none were received.
    The Department has conducted this administrative review in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''). As explained in the memorandum from the Assistant 
Secretary for Import Administration, the Department has exercised its 
discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the 
Federal Government from October 29, through October 30, 2012. Thus, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by two 
days.\2\ The revised deadline for the final results of this review is 
now December 2, 2012.\3\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to the Record from Paul Piquado, AS for 
Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative 
Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During the Recent 
Hurricane,'' dated October 31, 2012, and placed on the record of 
this review on November 6, 2012.
    \3\ As December 2, 2012, is a Sunday, the signature day will be 
the next business day, December 3, 2012, in accordance with our 
practice. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next 
Business Day''' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines 
Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 
2005).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes imports of pure 
magnesium products, subject to certain exemptions. The merchandise is 
currently classifiable under item 8104.30.00 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United State (``HTSUS''). Although the HTSUS subheading 
is provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive.\4\
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    \4\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Pure Magnesium in Granular Form 
from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 57936 (November 19, 
2001).
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Final Results of the Review

    We have made no changes to our findings announced in the 
Preliminary Results. As a result of our review, we determine that CMN 
has not demonstrated entitlement to a separate rate and so it remains 
part of the People's Republic of China (PRC)-wide entity. A dumping 
margin of 305.56 percent exists for the PRC-wide entity (which includes 
CMN) for the period November 1, 2010, through October 31, 2011.
    The weighted-average dumping margins for the POR are as follows:

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                                                            Weighted-
                        Exporter                         average  margin
                                                             (percent)
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PRC-wide Entity........................................          305.56
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Assessment Rates

    Consistent with these final results, and pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), the Department will 
direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to assess 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. 
The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of these final results of review.
    The Department recently announced a refinement to its assessment 
practice in NME cases. Pursuant to this refinement in practice, for 
entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales databases submitted by 
companies individually examined during this review, the Department will 
instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the NME-wide rate. In 
addition, if the Department determines that an exporter under review 
had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended entries that 
entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that exporter's 
rate) will be liquidated at the NME-wide rate.\5\
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    \5\ See Non-Market Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment 
of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 (Oct. 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice for all shipments of the subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, as provided for 
by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or 
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters that have separate rates, the cash 
deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific rate published 
for the most recent period; (2) for all PRC exporters of subject 
merchandise, including CMN, which have not been found to be entitled to 
a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the PRC-wide entity rate 
of 305.56 percent; and (3) 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. These requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a 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 antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305, 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

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protective order 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 this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.

    Dated: November 21, 2012.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-29040 Filed 11-30-12; 8:45 am]
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