[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 72 (Monday, April 15, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22235-22237]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08793]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-955]


Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of and Final Partial Rescission of Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Review; 2010

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 9, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the 2010 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
magnesia carbon bricks from the People's Republic of China (PRC) 
covering the two mandatory respondents for the period of review (POR) 
of August 2, 2010, through December 31, 2010.\1\ We invited parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ Based on the analysis of the 
comments received, the Department has not made any changes to the 
subsidy rates determined for the two mandatory respondents. The final 
subsidy rates are listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section 
below.
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    \1\ See Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's 
Republic of China: 2010 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 
77 FR 61397 (October 9, 2012) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Preliminary Results, 77 FR 61399.

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DATES: Effective Date: April 15, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page or Elfi Blum, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1398 or (202) 482-0197, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 9, 2012, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results, which covered the two mandatory respondents--Fengchi Imp. and 
Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City and Fengchi Refractories Co., of 
Haicheng City (collectively, Fengchi) and Yingkou Bayuquan Refractories 
Co., Ltd. (BRC)--as well as the remaining producers/exporters for whom 
we initiated reviews.
    On November 13, 2012, the Department received case briefs from 
Resco Products, Inc. (the petitioner in the original investigation) 
(Petitioner), the Government of the People's Republic of China (the 
GOC), and Fengchi. The Department received rebuttal briefs on November 
19, 2012, from Petitioner, Fengchi, and ANH Refractories Company (ANH), 
a domestic producer of subject merchandise.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised by parties in their case briefs are addressed in 
the Final Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of these issues is attached to 
this notice in Appendix I. The Final Decision Memorandum is a public 
document and is on file electronically via Import Administration's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (IA ACCESS). Access to IA ACCESS is available to registered 
users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, 
room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a 
complete version of the Final Decision Memorandum can be accessed 
directly on the Internet at http://www.trade.gov/ia/. The signed Final 
Decision Memorandum and electronic versions of the Final Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \3\ See Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, 
``Issues and Decision Memorandum for Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks 
from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the 2010 
Administrative Review,'' dated concurrently with this notice and 
herein incorporated by reference (Final Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order includes certain magnesia carbon bricks.\4\ 
Certain magnesia carbon bricks that are the subject of the order are 
currently classifiable under subheadings 6810.11.0000, 6810.91.0000, 
6810.99.0080, 6902.10.1000, 6902.10.5000, 6815.91.0000, 6815.99.2000 
and 6815.99.4000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description is dispositive.
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    \4\ See Final Decision Memorandum for a complete description of 
the scope of the order.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received from the interested parties, we have 
made no change to the Preliminary Results. For a discussion of the 
issues, see the Final Decision Memorandum.

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Final Rescission, in Part, of the Administrative Review

    In the Preliminary Results, we stated that a final decision 
regarding whether to rescind the review with respect to certain 
companies would be made in the final results of this review.\5\ We 
continue to find no evidence on the record to indicate that these 
companies exported subject merchandise during the POR. Accordingly, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department is rescinding the 
review with respect to ANH Xinyi, the RHI companies, and NCR for these 
final results.
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    \5\ See Preliminary Results, 77 FR 61398. The companies are: ANH 
(Xinyi) Refractories (ANH Xinyi); RHI-Refractories Asia Pacific Pte. 
Ltd., RHI Refractories (Dalian) Co. Ltd., RHI Refractories Liaoning 
Co., Ltd., RHI Trading Shanghai Branch, and RHI Trading (Dalian) 
Co., Ltd. (collectively, the RHI companies); and Yingkou New Century 
Refractories Ltd. (NCR).
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Rate for Non-Selected Companies Under Review

    With respect to the companies for which we initiated reviews and 
for which the review has not been rescinded,\6\ we are assigning these 
companies the all others rate from the investigation because the rates 
determined for the mandatory respondents in this review are based 
entirely upon AFA. We consider the use of the all-others rate from the 
investigation, which was based upon a calculated rate for one of the 
mandatory respondents in the investigation, to be a reasonable method 
for calculating the rate applicable to the remaining companies under 
review because it represents the only rate in the history of the CVD 
order on magnesia carbon bricks from the PRC that is not zero, de 
minimis, or based entirely upon facts available.
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    \6\ A complete list of the remaining companies on which we 
initiated a review and for which the review was not rescinded is 
provided in Appendix II to this notice.
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Final Results of Review

    The subsidy rates for the POR are as follows:

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                                                          Subsidy rate
                       Company                             (percent)
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Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City and             262.80
 Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City..........
Yingkou Bayuquan Refractories Co. Ltd................            262.80
Rate Applicable to the Remaining Companies Under                 24.24
 Review \7\..........................................
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\7\ See Appendix II.

Assessment Rates

    The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after 
publication of these final results of review.

Cash Deposit Instructions

    The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits of estimated CVDs in the amounts shown above. For all non-
reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash 
deposits of estimated CVDs at the all others rate established in the 
investigation. Accordingly, the cash deposit rates that will be applied 
to companies covered by the order, but not examined in this review, are 
those established in the most recently completed segment of the 
proceeding for each company. These cash deposit rates shall apply to 
all non-reviewed companies until a review of a company assigned these 
rates is requested and completed. These cash deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
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(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
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 which is subject to sanction. These final results are 
issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 9, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

Comment 1: Application of Adverse Facts Available (AFA) to Fengchi 
for its Failure to Report Period of Review (POR) Information for 
Magnesia Alumina Carbon Bricks (MACBs)
Comment 2: Selection of the Appropriate AFA Rate to Assign to 
Fengchi and Corroboration of That Rate
Comment 3: Corrections to the Department's Draft Customs 
Instructions
Comment 4: Petitioner's Untimely Withdrawal Request

Appendix II

    List of Remaining Companies Under Review
Anyang Rongzhu Silicon Industry Co., Ltd.
Bayuquan Refractories Co., Ltd.
Beijing Tianxing Ceramic Fiber Composite Materials Corp.
Changxing Magnesium Furnace Charge Co., Ltd.
Changxing Wangfa Architectural & Metallurgical Materials Co., Ltd.
Changzing Zhicheng Refractory Material Factory
China Metallurgical Raw Material Beijing Company
China Quantai Metallurgical (Beijing) Engineering & Science Co., 
Ltd.
Chosun Refractories
Cimm Group of China
CNBM International Corporation
Dalian Dalmond Trading Co., Ltd.
Dalian F.T.Z. Maylong Resources Co., Ltd.
Dalian Huayu Refractories International Co., Ltd.
Dalian LST Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
Dalian Mayerton Refractories Co. Ltd.
Dalian Morgan Refractories Ltd.
Dashiqiao Bozhong Mineral Products Co., Ltd.
Dashiqiao City Guangcheng Refractory Co., Ltd.
Dashiqiao Jia Sheng Mining Co., Ltd.
Dashiqiao Jinlong Refractories Co., Ltd.
Dashiqiao RongXing Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
Dashiqiao Sanqiang Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
Dashiqiao Yutong Packing Factory
Dengfeng Desheng Refractory Co., Ltd.
DFL Minmet Refractories Corp.
Duferco BarInvest SA Beijing Office
Duferco Ironet Shanghai Representative Office
Duferco SA
Eastern Industries & Trading Co., Ltd.
Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd of Haicheng City
Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City
Fengchi Refractories Corp.
Haicheng City Qunli Mining Co., Ltd.
Haicheng City Xiyang Import & Export Corporation
Haicheng Donghe Taidi Refractory Co., Ltd.
Haicheng Ruitong Mining Co., Ltd.

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Haiyuan Talc Powder Manufacture Factory
Henan Boma Co. Ltd.
Henan Kingway Chemicals Co., Ltd.
Henan Tagore Refractories Co., Ltd.
Henan Xinmi Changzxing Refractories, Co., Ltd.
Hebei Qinghe Refractory Group Co. Ltd
Huailin Refractories (Dashiqiao) Pte. Ltd.
Jiangsu Sujia Group New Materials Co., Ltd
Jiangsu Sujia Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.
Jinan Forever Imp. & Emp. Trading Co., Ltd.
Jinan Linquan Imp. & Emp. Co. Ltd.
Jinan Ludong Refractory Co., Ltd.
Kosmokraft Refractory Limited
Kuehne & Nagel Ltd. Dalian Branch Office
Lechang City Guangdong Province SongXin Refractories Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Fucheng Refractories Group Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Fucheng Special Refractory Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Jiayi Metals & Minerals Ltd.
Liaoning Jinding Magnesite Group
Liaoning Mayerton Refractories Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Mineral & Metallurgy Group Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Qunyi Group Refractories Co., Ltd.
Liaoning Qunyi Trade Co., Ltd.
Liaoning RHI Jinding Magnesia Co., Ltd.
LiShuang Refractory Industrial Co., Ltd.
Lithomelt Co., Ltd.
Luheng Refractory Co., Ltd.
Luoyang Refractory Group Co., Ltd.
Mayerton Refractories
Minsource International Ltd.
Minteq International Inc.
National Minerals Co., Ltd.
North Refractories Co., Ltd.
Orestar Metals & Minerals Co., Ltd.
Oreworld Trade (Tangshan) Co., Ltd.
Puyang Refractories Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Almatis Co., Ltd. (HQ)
Qingdao Almatis Co., Ltd. (Manufacturing)
Qingdao Almatis Trading Co., Ltd. (Sales Office)
Qingdao Blueshell Import & Emport Corp.
Qingdao Fujing Group Co., Ltd.
Qingdao Huierde International Trade Co., Ltd.
Rongyuan Magnesite Co., Ltd. of Dashiqiao City
Shandong Cambridge International Trade Inc.
Shandong Lunai Kiln Refractories Co., Ltd.
Shandong Refractories Corp.
Shanxi Dajin International (Group) Co., Ltd.
Shanxi Xinrong International Trade Co. Ltd.
Shenyang Yi Xin Sheng Lai Refractory Materials Co., Ltd.
Shinagawa Rongyuan Refractories Co., Ltd.
Sinosteel Corporation
SMMC Group Co., Ltd.
Tangshan Success Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
Tianjin New Century Refractories, Ltd.
Tianjin New World Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
Tianjin Weiyuan Refractory Co., Ltd.
Vesuvius Advanced Ceramics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
Wonjin Refractories Co., Ltd.
Xiyuan Xingquan Forsterite Co., Ltd.
Yanshi City Guangming High-Tech Refractories Products Co., Ltd.
YHS Minerals Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Dalmond Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Guangyang Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Guangyang Refractories Co., Ltd. (YGR)
Yingkou Heping Samwha Minerals Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Jiahe Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Jinlong Refractories Group
Yingkou Kyushu Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Qinghua Group Imp. & Emp. Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Qinghua Refractories Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Sanhua Refractory Materials Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Tianrun Refractory Co.,Ltd.
Yingkou Wonjin Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
Yingkou Yongji Mag Refractory, Ltd.
Yixing Runlong Trade Co., Ltd.
Yixing Xinwei Leeshing Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
Yixing Zhenqiu Charging Ltd.
Zhejiang Changxing Guangming Special Refractory Material Foundry, 
Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Deqing Jinlei Refractory Co., Ltd.
Zhejiang Huzhou Fuzilin Refractory Metals Group Co., Ltd.
Zhengzhou Annec Industrial Co., Ltd.
Zhengzhou Huachen Refractory Co., Ltd.
Zibo Lianzhu Refractory Materials Co., Ltd.

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