[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 51 (Tuesday, March 17, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13825-13826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-06105]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-
2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On November 19, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published in the Federal Register the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small 
diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China (PRC), 
covering the period February 1, 2013, through January 31, 2014.\1\ We 
invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. We received no 
comments from interested parties. Accordingly, for the final results, 
we continue to find that during the period of review (POR) Henan Sanli 
Carbon Products Co., Ltd. (Henan Sanli) made sales of subject 
merchandise at less than normal value.
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    \1\ See Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: 2013-2014, 79 FR 68856 (November 19, 2014) 
(Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).

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DATES: Effective Date: March 17, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael A. Romani, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0198.

Background

    On November 19, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary 
Results of this review. The Department gave interested parties an 
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ We received no 
comments from interested parties.
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    \2\ Id. at 68857.
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    We conducted this review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes all small diameter 
graphite electrodes of any length, whether or not finished, of a kind 
used in furnaces, with a nominal or actual diameter of 400 millimeters 
(16 inches) or less, and whether or not attached to a graphite pin 
joining system or any other type of joining system or hardware. The 
merchandise covered by the order also includes graphite pin joining 
systems for small diameter graphite electrodes, of any length, whether 
or not finished, of a kind used in furnaces, and whether or not the 
graphite pin joining system is attached to, sold with, or sold 
separately from, the small diameter graphite electrode. Small diameter 
graphite electrodes and graphite pin joining systems for small diameter 
graphite electrodes are most commonly used in primary melting, ladle 
metallurgy, and specialty furnace applications in industries including 
foundries, smelters, and steel refining operations. Small diameter 
graphite electrodes and graphite pin joining systems for small diameter 
graphite electrodes that are subject to the order are currently 
classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) subheadings 8545.11.0010,\3\ 3801.10,\4\ and 8545.11.0020.\5\ 
The HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, 
but the written description of the scope is dispositive.
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    \3\ The scope described in the order refers to the HTSUS 
subheading 8545.11.0000. We note that, starting in 2010, imports of 
small diameter graphite electrodes are classified in the HTSUS under 
subheading 8545.11.0010 and imports of large diameter graphite 
electrodes are classified under subheading 8545.11.0020.
    \4\ HTSUS subheading 3801.10 was added to the scope of the SDGE 
Order based on a determination in Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes 
From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Final Determination 
of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 47596 (August 
9, 2012) (first circumvention determination). The products covered 
by the first circumvention determination are SDGE (or graphite pin 
joining system) that were 1) produced by UK Carbon and Graphite Co., 
Ltd. (UKCG) from PRC-manufactured artificial/synthetic graphite 
forms, of a size and shape (e.g., blanks, rods, cylinders, billets, 
blocks, etc.), 2) which required additional machining processes 
(i.e., tooling and shaping) that UKCG performed in the United 
Kingdom (UK), and 3) were re-exported to the United States as UK-
origin merchandise.
    \5\ HTSUS subheading 8545.11.0020 was added to the scope of the 
SDGE Order based on a determination in Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative Final 
Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order and 
Rescission of Later-Developed Merchandise Anticircumvention Inquiry, 
78 FR 56864 (September 16, 2013) (second circumvention 
determination). The products covered by the second circumvention 
determination are SDGE produced and/or exported by Jilin Carbon 
Import and Export Company with an actual or nominal diameter of 17 
inches.
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Final Results of Review

    The Department made no changes to its Preliminary Results. As a 
result, the Department determines that Henan Sanli is not entitled to a 
separate rate and should remain part of the PRC-wide entity.\6\ The 
rate previously established for the PRC-wide entity in this proceeding 
is 159.64 percent.\7\
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    \6\ Pursuant to the Department's change in practice, the 
Department no longer considers the non-market economy entity as an 
exporter conditionally subject to administrative reviews. See 
Preliminary Results at note 3 and Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 
4.
    \7\ See Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Affirmative Determination of Critical Circumstances: Small Diameter 
Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of China, 74 FR 2049, 
2053-54 (January 14, 2009).
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Assessment

    The Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review.\8\ Consistent with our determination 
that Henan Sanli is part of the PRC-wide entity, we will instruct CBP 
to apply an ad valorem assessment rate of 159.64 percent to all entries 
of subject merchandise during the POR which were exported by Henan 
Sanli.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of 
review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse,

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for consumption on or after the publication date, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously investigated or 
reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above that received a 
separate rate in a prior 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, including Henan Sanli, 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 cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Notification to Importers

    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 POR. 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 order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    These final results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: March 10, 2015.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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