[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 49 (Thursday, March 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14216-14217]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05528]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-873, A-791-815]


Ferrovanadium From the People's Republic of China and the 
Republic of South Africa: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset 
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of 
Commerce (``the Department'') finds that revocation of the antidumping 
duty (``AD'') orders on ferrovanadium from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'') and the Republic of South Africa (``South Africa'') 
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The 
magnitudes of the dumping margins likely to prevail are indicated in 
the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.

DATES: Effective Date: March 13, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Apodaca or Howard Smith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4551 or (202) 482-5193, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 28, 2003, the Department published the AD orders on 
ferrovanadium from the PRC and South Africa.\1\ On November 1, 2013, 
the Department published the notice of initiation of the second sunset 
reviews of these AD orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.\2\ 
On November 15, 2013, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1), the Department 
received timely and complete notices of intent to participate in the 
sunset reviews of both orders from Vanadium Producers and Reclaimers 
Association (``VPRA'') and VPRA members Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical 
Corporation (``Gulf''), Gulf's wholly-owned subsidiary Bear 
Metallurgical Company (``Bear''), AMG Vanadium, Inc. (``AMGV''), and 
Evraz Stratcor, Inc. (``Stratcor'') (collectively ``Domestic 
Producers''). On December 2, 2013, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3), 
Domestic Producers filed a timely and adequate substantive response for 
both orders. The Department did not receive substantive responses from 
any respondent interested party. 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 expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of these AD 
orders.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Ferrovanadium from the 
Republic of South Africa, 68 FR 4169 (January 28, 2003); see also 
Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Ferrovanadium From 
the People's Republic of China, 68 FR 4168 (January 28, 2003).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 FR 65614 
(November 1, 2013).
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Scope of the Orders

    The scope of these orders covers all ferrovanadium regardless of 
grade, chemistry, form, shape, or size. Ferrovanadium is an alloy of 
iron and vanadium that is used chiefly as an additive in the 
manufacture of steel. The merchandise is commercially and 
scientifically identified as vanadium. It specifically excludes 
vanadium additives other than ferrovanadium, such as nitride vanadium, 
vanadium-aluminum master alloys, vanadium chemicals, vanadium oxides, 
vanadium waste and scrap, and vanadium-bearing raw materials such as 
slag, boiler residues and fly ash. Merchandise under the following 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') item 
numbers 2850.00.2000, 8112.40.3000, and 8112.40.6000 are specifically 
excluded. Ferrovanadium is classified under HTSUS item number 
7202.92.00. Although the HTSUS item number is provided for convenience 
and Customs purposes, the Department's written description of the scope 
of these orders remains dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews 
is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum, which 
is hereby adopted by this notice.\3\ The issues discussed in the I&D 
Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of 
dumping and the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail if 
the orders are revoked. The I&D Memorandum is a public document and is 
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 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 I&D Memorandum can be accessed at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed I&D Memorandum and the 
electronic version of the I&D Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \3\ See ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited 
Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on 
Ferrovanadium from the People's Republic of China and the Republic 
of South Africa,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated 
concurrently with this notice (``I&D Memorandum'').
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    The Department determines that revocation of the AD orders on 
ferrovanadium from the PRC and South Africa would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping, with the following dumping 
margins likely to prevail:

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                                                            Weighted-
                                                             average
                   Exporter/producer                       percentage
                                                             margin
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                                   PRC
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Pangang Group International Economic & Trading                     12.97
 Corporation..........................................
PRC-Wide Entity.......................................             66.71
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                              South Africa
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Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation, Ltd..........            116.00
Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited............            116.00
All Others............................................            116.00
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as the only 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. 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 these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: February 28, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-05528 Filed 3-12-14; 8:45 am]
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