[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 51 (Monday, March 17, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 14668]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05835]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-806]


Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China: Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is rescinding 
the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon 
metal from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period of 
review June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013.

DATES: Effective Date: March 17, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Howard Smith or Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement & Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5193 or (202) 
482-3518, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 1, 2013, based on a timely request for review by Globe 
Metallurgical Inc. (``Globe Metal''), the Department published in the 
Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on silicon metal from the PRC covering the 
period June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013.\1\ The review covers one 
company: Shanghai Jinneng International Trade Co., Ltd. On November 15, 
2013, Globe Metal timely withdrew its request for an administrative 
review of the company listed above.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR 
46566 (August 1, 2013).
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Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review if the party that requested the review withdraws 
its request within 90 days of the publication of the notice of 
initiation of the requested review. As explained in the memorandum from 
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department 
exercised its discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the 
closure of the Federal Government from October 1, through October 16, 
2013.\2\ Accordingly, all deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 16 days. Therefore, Globe Metal withdrew its 
request within the 90-day deadline and no other parties requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order. As a result, we 
are rescinding the administrative review of silicon metal from the PRC 
for the period of review June 1, 2012, through May 31, 2013.
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    \2\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (October 18, 2013).
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Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(``CBP'') to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. 
Because the Department is rescinding this administrative review in its 
entirety, the entries to which this administrative review pertained 
shall be assessed antidumping duties at rates equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c). The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication of this notice.

Notifications

    This notice serves as a final 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
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, 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 protective order is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO 
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: March 10, 2014.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2014-05835 Filed 3-14-14; 8:45 am]
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