[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 196 (Thursday, October 9, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61052-61055]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-24158]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-954]
Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') is conducting
the third administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
certain magnesia carbon bricks (``bricks'') from the People's Republic
of China (``PRC''),\1\ for the period of review (``POR''), September 1,
2012, to August 31, 2013. The Department preliminarily determines that
there are no reviewable entries during the POR. The Department invites
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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\1\ See Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From Mexico and the
People's Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Orders, 75 FR 57257
(September 20, 2010) (``Order'').
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DATES: Effective October 9, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang, AD/CVD Operations, Office
V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4047.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order includes certain magnesia
carbon bricks. Certain magnesia carbon bricks that are the subject of
this order are currently classifiable under subheadings 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''). Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the merchandise is dispositive.\2\
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\2\ For a full description of the scope of the Order, see
Memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD
Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Third
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Magnesia Carbon
Bricks From the People's Republic of China,'' (``Preliminary
Decision Memorandum'') dated concurrently with these results and
hereby adopted by this notice.
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Background
On September 3, 2013, the Department published an opportunity to
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order for
bricks from the PRC.\3\ In September 2013, the Department received
timely requests from interested parties to conduct an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on bricks from the PRC.\4\ Based
upon these requests, on November 8, 2013, the Department published a
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order covering
162 companies.\5\
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\3\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 78 FR 54235, (September 3, 2013).
\4\ See Letter to the Department from Resco Products, Inc.
(``Petitioner'') and Magnesita Refractories Company (``Magnesita''),
``Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of
China: Antidumping Duty Administrative Review'' (September 30,
2013); Letter to the Department from ANH Refractories Company
(``ANH''), ``Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's
Republic of China: Request for Administrative Review'' (September
30, 2013).
\5\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 78 FR
67104 (November 8, 2013) (``Initiation Notice'').
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Partial Rescission of the Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties who
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date
of publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On
January 31, 2014, Petitioner and Magnesita timely withdrew their
request for an administrative review for all but two companies.\6\
Because ANH did not withdraw its request for review for three
companies, requests for review for a total of five companies remain.
Two of the companies for which Petitioner and Magnesita withdrew their
request, RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd. (``RHI'') and Yingkou New
Century Refractories Ltd. (``New Century''), previously
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established their entitlement to a separate rate in a prior segment of
this proceeding. No other party requested a review of RHI and New
Century. Accordingly, the Department is rescinding this administrative
review with respect to RHI and New Century in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).
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\6\ See Letter to the Department from Petitioner and Magnesita,
``Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of
China: Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Withdrawal Requests''
(January 31, 2014).
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For those companies named in the Initiation Notice for which all
review requests have been withdrawn, but which were not eligible for
separate-rate status at the initiation of this review, the Department's
practice is to refrain from rescinding the review with respect to these
companies at this time.\7\ While the request for review of these
companies was timely withdrawn, we preliminarily determine that the
companies remain part of the PRC-wide entity. Those companies are
listed at Appendix I. The PRC-wide entity is under review for these
preliminary results as noted below.\8\ Thus, we are not rescinding this
review with respect to these companies, but the Department will make a
determination with respect to the PRC-wide entity at the conclusion of
this review.
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\7\ See, e.g., Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge From the
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 47363,
47365 (August 8, 2012), unchanged in Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven
Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2010- 2011, 78 FR 10130
(February 13, 2013).
\8\ A change in practice with respect to the conditional review
of the PRC-wide entity is not applicable to this administrative
review. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement of Change in
Department Practice for Respondent Selection in Antidumping Duty
Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy Entity
in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65964, 65969-70 (November
4, 2013).
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Fedmet stated that although the Initiation Notice included Fedmet
as a producer of subject merchandise, it is not a PRC producer but a
U.S. importer.\9\ Fedmet provided information from this and a previous
segment to demonstrate its status as an importer.\10\ Based on the
information available, the Department preliminarily determines that
Fedmet's entries will be subject to the appropriate exporter's cash
deposit requirements and assessment rates, as outlined below.
Accordingly, we are preliminarily rescinding this review for Fedmet.
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\9\ See Letter to the Department from Fedmet, ``Magnesia Carbon
Bricks From the People's Republic of China, Case No. A-570-954:
Entry of Appearance and APO Application'' (November 18, 2013).
\10\ Id.
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Separate Rate Status
For the five companies whose review requests remain,\11\ we
preliminarily determine that only Fengchi demonstrated its continued
eligibility for a separate rate because, as discussed below, it
demonstrated that it had no shipments during the POR and thus will
maintain its separate rate status from the date of the initiation of
this administrative review. Puyang, Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd. of
Haicheng City, and Fengchi Refractories Corp. did not submit a separate
rate application or certification. Therefore, these four companies have
not established their eligibility for a separate rate, and the
Department preliminarily determines that they be considered part of the
PRC-wide entity. Accordingly the PRC-wide entity is under review.
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\11\ Fedmet Resources Corporation (``Fedmet''), Puyang
Refractory Co., Ltd. (``Puyang''), Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd.
of Haicheng City (``Fengchi''), Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd. of Haicheng
City, and Fengchi Refractories Corp.
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Preliminary Finding of No Shipments
Fengchi submitted a timely-filed certification that it had no
shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the
POR.\12\ The Department queried the import data from U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (``CBP'') and found no suspended antidumping or
countervailing duty entries for Fengchi. The Department issued a no-
shipment inquiry to CBP with respect to Fengchi, asking CBP to provide
any information contrary to our findings of no suspended entries of
subject merchandise exported by Fengchi during the POR. We received no
contradictory information from CBP, indicating that there were
suspended entries of subject merchandise into the United States
exported by Fengchi. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that Fengchi
had no shipments of subject merchandise during the POR. Because Fengchi
submitted a timely no-shipment certification and CBP data indicated
that there were no suspended antidumping or countervailing duty entries
for Fengchi during the POR, we preliminarily determine that Fengchi
will retain its separate-rate status from the date of the initiation of
this administrative review.
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\12\ See Fedmet's letter dated January 2, 2014.
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Methodology
For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached to
this notice in Appendix II. The Preliminary Decision 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''). IA ACCESS is available to registered
users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is available to all parties in
the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines that the following
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period September 1,
2012, through August 31, 2013:
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\13\ The PRC-wide entity includes the companies listed in
Appendix I.
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Weighted-average
Exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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PRC-Wide Entity \13\................................. 236.00
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Public Comment & Opportunity To Request a Hearing
Interested parties may submit case briefs within 30 days after the
date of publication of these preliminary results of review.\14\
Rebuttals to case briefs, which must be limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, must be filed within five days after the time limit for
filing case briefs.\15\ Parties who submit arguments are requested to
submit with the argument (a) a statement of the issue, (b) a brief
summary of the argument, and (c) a table of authorities.\16\ Parties
submitting briefs should do so pursuant to the Department's electronic
filing system, IA ACCESS.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1)-(2).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2), (d)(2).
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Any interested party may request a hearing within 30 days of
publication of this notice.\17\ Hearing requests should contain the
following information: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of the issues to
be discussed. Oral presentations will be limited to issues raised in
the briefs.
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If a request for a hearing is made, parties will be notified of the
time and date for the hearing to be held at the U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20230.\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\18\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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The Department intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis
of all issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication
of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, the Department will determine,
and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries
covered by this review.\19\ The Department intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the publication date of the final
results of this review. We intend to instruct CBP to liquidate entries
containing subject merchandise exported by the PRC-wide entity at a
rate equal to the weighted-average dumping margin specified above.
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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The Department 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 data submitted by companies
individually examined during the administrative review, the Department
will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the rate for the PRC-
wide entity. Additionally, if the Department determines that an
exporter had no shipments of the subject merchandise, any suspended
entries that entered under that exporter's case number (i.e., at that
exporter's cash deposit rate) will be liquidated at the rate for the
PRC-wide entity.\20\ The final results of this review shall be the
basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of
merchandise covered by the final results of this review and for future
cash deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.
Cash Deposit Requirements
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\20\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this review for shipments of the
subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by
sections 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters that received a separate rate in a
prior completed segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the existing exporter-specific rate; (2) for all PRC
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be that for the
PRC-wide entity; 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 deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect
until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 the POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 29, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Companies Subject to the Administrative Review That Are Part of the
PRC-Wide Entity
1. ANH (Xinyi) Refractories Co. Ltd.
2. Anyang Rongzhu Silicon Industry Co., Ltd.
3. Barsan Global Lojistik Ve Gum. Mus.Bayuquan Refractories Co.,
Ltd.
4. Beijing Tianxing Ceramic Fiber Composite Materials Corp.
5. Benxi Iron & Steel (Group) International Economic & Trading Co.
6. Changxing Magnesium Furnace Charge Co., Ltd.
7. Changxing Wangfa Architectural & Metallurgical Materials Co.,
Ltd.
8. Changzing Zhicheng Refractory Material Factory.
9. China Metallurgical Raw Material Beijing Company.
10. China Quantai Metallurgical (Beijing) Engineering & Science Co.,
Ltd.
11. Chosun Refractories.
12. Cimm Group of China.
13. CNBM International Corporation.
14. Dalian Cerax Co., Ltd.
15. Dalian Dalmond Trading Co., Ltd.
16. Dalian F.T.Z. Huaxin International.
17. Dalian F.T.Z. Maylong Resources Co., Ltd.
18. Dalian Huayu Refractories International Co., Ltd.
19. Dalian LST Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
20. Dalian Masoo International Trading.
21. Dalian Mayerton Refractories Ltd.
22. Dalian Morgan Refractories Ltd.
23. Dashiqiao Bozhong Mineral Products Co., Ltd.
24. Dashiqiao City Magnesite.
25. Dashiqiao City Guangcheng Refractory Co., Ltd.
26. Dashiqiao Jia Sheng Mining Co., Ltd.
27. Dashiqiao Jinlong Refractories Co., Ltd.
28. Dashiqiao RongXing Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
29. Dashiqiao Sanqiang Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
30. Dashiqiao Yutong Packing Factory.
31. Dashiqiao Zhongjian Magnesia.
32. Dengfeng Desheng Refractory Co., Ltd.
33. DFL Minmet Refractories Corp.
34. Duferco SA.
35. Duferco BarInvest SA Beijing Office.
36. Duferco Ironet Shanghai Representative Office.
37. Eastern Industries & Trading Co., Ltd.
38. Far Horizon Trading Limited.
39. Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd of Haicheng City.
40. Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City.
41. Fengchi Refractories Corp.
42. Ferro Alliages & Mineraux Inc.
43. Firma.
44. Haicheng City Qunli Mining Co., Ltd.
45. Haicheng City Xiyang Import & Export Corporation.
46. Haicheng Donghe Taidi Refractory Co., Ltd.
47. Haicheng Ruitong Mining Co., Ltd.
48. Haiyuan Talc Powder Manufacture Factory.
49. Henan Boma Co. Ltd.
50. Henan Kingway Chemicals Co., Ltd.
51. Henan Tagore Refractories Co., Ltd.
52. Henan Xinmi Changzxing Refractories, Co., Ltd.
53. Hebei Qinghe Refractory Group Co. Ltd.
54. Huailin Refractories (Dashiqiao) Pte. Ltd.
55. Hualude Hardware Products Co. Ltd.
56. Indian Technomac Co., Ltd.
57. Jfe Refractories Corporation.
58. Jiangsu Sujia Group New Materials Co., Ltd.
59. Jiangsu Sujia Joint-Stock Co., Ltd.
60. Jinan Forever Imp. & Emp. Trading Co., Ltd.
61. Jinan Linquan Imp. & Emp. Co. Ltd.
62. Jinan Ludong Refractory Co., Ltd.
63. Kosmokraft Refractory Limited.
64. Kuehne & Nagel Ltd. Dalian Branch Office.
65. Kumas Sanayi Urunleri Ve Insaat Paz.
66. Lechang City Guangdong Province SongXin Refractories Co., Ltd.
67. Liaoning Fucheng Refractories Group Co., Ltd.
68. Liaoning Fucheng Special Refractory Co., Ltd.
69. Liaoning Jiayi Metals & Minerals Ltd.
70. Liaoning Jinding Magnesite Group.
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71. Liaoning Mayerton Refractories Co., Ltd.
72. Liaoning Mineral & Metallurgy Group Co., Ltd.
73. Liaoning Qunyi Group Refractories Co., Ltd.
74. Liaoning Qunyi Trade Co., Ltd.
75. Liaoning RHI Jinding Magnesis Co., Ltd.
76. Liaoning Zhongxing Mining Industry Group Co., Ltd.
77. LiShuang Refractory Industrial Co., Ltd.
78. Lithomelt Co., Ltd.
79. Lua Viet Bestref Joint Venture Co.
80. Luheng Refractory Co., Ltd.
81. Luoyang Refractory Group Co., Ltd.
82. Mayerton Refractories.
83. Minsource International Ltd.
84. Minteq International Inc.
85. National Minerals Co., Ltd.
86. Navis Zufall Ueberseespeditions.
87. North Refractories Co., Ltd.
88. Orestar Metals & Minerals Co., Ltd.
89. Oreworld Trade (Tangshan) Co., Ltd.
90. Puyang Refractories Co., Ltd.
91. Qingdao Almatis Co., Ltd. (HQ).
92. Qingdao Almatis Co., Ltd. (Manufacturing).
93. Qingdao Almatis Trading Co., Ltd. (Sales Office).
94. Qingdao Blueshell Import & Emport Corp.
95. Qingdao Fujing Group Co., Ltd.
96. Qingdao Huierde International Trade Co., Ltd.
97. Refratechnik Cement GmbH.
98. Refratechnik Steel GmbH.
99. RHI AG.
100. RHI GLAS GmbH.
101. RHI Refractories Asia Pacific Pte. Ltd.
102. RHI Refractories (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
103. RHI Trading Shanghai Branch.
104. RHI Trading (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
105. Rongyuan Magnesite Co., Ltd. of Dashiqiao City.
106. Shandong Cambridge International Trade Inc.
107. Shandong Lunai Kiln Refractories Co., Ltd.
108. Shandong Refractories Corp.
109. Shanghai Pudong Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd.
110. Shanghai Vista Packaging Co., Ltd.
111. Shanxi Dajin International (Group) Co., Ltd.
112. Shanxi Xinrong International Trade Co. Ltd.
113. Shenyang Shenghui Refractory Imp.
114. Shenyang Yi Xin Sheng Lai Refractory Materials Co., Ltd.
115. Shinagawa Refractories Co., Ltd.
116. Shinagawa Rongyuan Refractories Co., Ltd.
117. Sinosteel Corporation.
118. SMMC Group Co., Ltd.
119. Store System Inc. O B Dongning Shunf.
120. Syndicate Exp. Pvt., Ltd.
121. Tangshan Success Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
122. Tianjin New Century Refractories, Ltd.
123. Tianjin New World Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.
124. Tianjin Weiyuan Refractory Co., Ltd.
125. The Economic Trading Group of Haicheng Huoying Corporation Ltd.
126. Vereeniging Refractories (Pty).
127. Vesuvius Advanced Ceramics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd.
128. Wonjin Refractories Co., Ltd.
129. Wuxi Tian Liang Foreign Trade Co., Ltd.
130. Xiyuan Xingquan Forsterite Co., Ltd.
131. Yanshi City Guangming High-Tech Refractories Products Co., Ltd.
132. YHS Minerals Co., Ltd.
133. Yingkou Bayuquan Refractories Co., Ltd.
134. Yingkou Bl Mining Co., Ltd.
135. Yingkou Dalmond Refractories Co., Ltd.
136. Yingkou Guangyang Refractories Co., Ltd.
137. Yingkou Guangyang Refractories Co., Ltd. (YGR).
138. Yingkou Heping Samwha Minerals Co., Ltd.
139. Yingkou Jiahe Refractories Co., Ltd.
140. Yingkou Jinlong Refractories Group.
141. Yingkou Kyushu Refractories Co., Ltd.
142. Yingkou Qinghua Group Imp. & Emp. Co., Ltd.
143. Yingkou Qinghua Refractories Co., Ltd.
144. Yingkou Sanhua Refractory Materials Co., Ltd.
145. Yingkou Tianrun Refractory Co.,Ltd.
146. Yingkou Wonjin Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
147. Yingkou Yongji Mag Refractory, Ltd.
148. Yixing Runlong Trade Co., Ltd.
149. Yixing Xinwei Leeshing Refractory Material Co., Ltd.
150. Yixing Zhenqiu Charging Ltd.
151. Zhejiang Changxing Guangming Special Refractory Material
Foundry, Co., Ltd.
152. Zhejiang Deqing Jinlei Refractory Co., Ltd.
153. Zhejiang Huzhou Fuzilin Refractory Metals Group Co., Ltd.
154. Zhengzhou Annec Industrial Co., Ltd.
155. Zhengzhou Huachen Refractory Co., Ltd.
156. Zhengzhou Huawei Refractories Co., Ltd.
157. Zibo Lianzhu Refractory Materials Co., Ltd.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum:
1. Background
2. Scope of the Order
3. Preliminary Finding of No Shipments
4. Recommendation
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