[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 164 (Tuesday, August 25, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51536-51538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-21048]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-955]


Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is rescinding its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
magnesia carbon bricks (MCBs) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) 
for the period January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013 (POR).

DATES: Effective date: August 25, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3586.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 2, 2014, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of ``Opportunity to Request Administrative Review'' 
of the CVD order on MCBs from the PRC for the POR.\1\ The deadline for 
the completion of the preliminary results is August 31, 2015.\2\ On 
September 30, 2014, Petitioner in this proceeding, Resco Products, 
Inc., and an interested party, Magnesita Refractories Company 
(Magnesita), submitted a timely request for an administrative review of 
five companies: (1) Fedmet Resources Corporation; (2) Fengchi Imp. and 
Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City (Fengchi Co.); (3) Fengchi Mining Co., 
Ltd. of Haicheng City (Fengchi Mining); (4) Fengchi Refractories Corp. 
(Fengchi Refractories); and (5) Puyang Refractories Co., Ltd. 
(collectively, Companies Subject to Review).\3\ On October 30, 2014, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), the Department published in 
the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review 
on the CVD order on MCBs from the PRC with respect to the Companies 
Subject to Review.\4\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 79 FR 51958 (September 2, 2014).
    \2\ See Department Memoranda, ``Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks 
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review,'' (May 22, 2015), and ``Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from 
the People's Republic of China: Second Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review,'' (July 1, 2015).
    \3\ See Letter to the Secretary from Petitioner and Magnesita, 
``Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of 
China: Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' (September 30, 
2014).
    \4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 64565, 64568 (October 30, 2014) 
(Initiation Notice); see also Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR 66694, 66695 
(November 10, 2014), and Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 37588, 37596 (July 
1, 2015), correcting printing errors in the Initiation Notice.
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    The Department stated in the Initiation Notice that it intended to 
rely on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data to select 
respondents.\5\ On November 5, 2014, we released U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) entry data to interested parties for comments 
regarding respondent selection.\6\ On November 14, 2014, Fengchi Co. 
submitted comments on the Original CBP Data, and expressed concerns 
that the Original CBP Data may not accurately reflect POR entries of 
subject merchandise.\7\ No other party commented on the Original CBP 
Data.
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    \5\ See Initiation Notice at ``Respondent Selection.''
    \6\ See Department Memorandum, ``2013 Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review of Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Entry 
Data,'' (November 5, 2014) (Original CBP Data).
    \7\ See Letter to the Secretary from Fengchi Co., ``Magnesia 
Carbon Bricks form the People's Republic of China, Case No. C-570-
955: Comments on U.S. Customs and Border Protection Entry Data,'' 
(November 14, 2014) (Fengchi Co. CBP Data Comments).
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    On December 19, 2014, we received timely no shipment certifications 
from Fengchi Co., Fengchi Mining, and Fengchi Refractories.\8\ These 
three companies also requested that we rescind this administrative 
review.\9\ Although Fengchi Co., Fengchi Mining, and Fengchi 
Refractories each certified that they had had no reviewable entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR, the Original CBP Data did show that 
Fengchi Co. had exports of subject merchandise that were entered during 
the POR.\10\ As a result, in our Respondent Selection Memorandum, we 
selected Fengchi Co. as our sole mandatory respondent.\11\
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    \8\ See Letter to the Secretary from Fengchi Co., Fengchi 
Mining, and Fengchi Refractories, ``Magnesia Carbon Brick from the 
People's Republic of China, Case No. C-570-955: No Shipments 
Letter,'' (December 19, 2014).
    \9\ Id.
    \10\ See Original CBP Data.
    \11\ See Department Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China: Respondent Selection,'' (January 28, 
2015) (Respondent Selection Memorandum).
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    Subsequently, the Department found that its data query that 
generated the Original CBP Data had been constructed for an incorrect 
period. The Department placed Corrected CBP Data onto the record on 
July 22, 2015, and gave interested parties an opportunity to comment on 
these data.\12\ Our review of the Corrected CBP Data led us to conclude 
that there were no entries of MCBs from the PRC that were subject to 
countervailing duties with respect to the Companies Subject to Review 
during the POR.\13\ Accordingly, we sent requests to CBP to notify us 
if there was any indication from CBP ports that shipments of MCBs from 
the PRC regarding the Companies Subject to Review entered the United 
States during the POR.\14\ We received no information from CBP to 
contradict the Corrected CBP Data.
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    \12\ See Department Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China: Respondent Selection--Corrected POR 
Entry Information,'' (July 14, 2015) (Corrected CBP Data).
    \13\ Id.
    \14\ See CBP Inquiries, Message Nos.: 5174303 (June 23, 2015); 
5174304 (June 23, 2015); 5198315 (July 17, 2015); and 5219308 
(August 7, 2015).
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    On July 28, 2015, Resco, Magnesita, and Harbison Walker 
International submitted timely comments on the Corrected CBP Data, 
requesting that the Department ask CBP for entry summary information 
regarding the entries listed in the Corrected CBP Data.\15\ No other 
party commented on the Corrected CBP Data.
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    \15\ See Letter to the Secretary from the Magnesia Carbon Bricks 
Fair Trade Committee, ``Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the 
People's Republic of China: Petitioners' Comments on the CBP Data,'' 
(July 28, 2015).
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    On August 12, 2015, the Department issued a memorandum stating that 
it intended to rescind this review based on the lack of suspended 
entries for Companies Subject to Review.\16\ We invited parties to 
comment on our intent to rescind this administrative review; \17\ we 
did not receive any comments from any interested party.
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    \16\ See Department Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China; Intent to Rescind Administrative 
Review,'' (August 12, 2015).
    \17\ Id.
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Rescission of Review

    Section 351.213(d)(3) of the Department's regulations states that 
``{the{time}  Secretary may rescind an administrative review, in whole 
or only with respect to a particular exporter or producer, if the 
Secretary concludes that, during the period covered by the review, 
there were no entries, exports, or sales of the subject merchandise, as 
the case may be.'' \18\ At the end of a review, the suspended entries 
are liquidated at the assessment rate calculated for the review 
period.\19\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted 
there must be a suspended entry to be liquidated at the newly 
calculated assessment rate. The Department's practice of rescinding 
annual reviews when there are no entries of subject merchandise during 
the POR has been upheld by the Court of Appeals for the Federal 
Circuit.\20\
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    \18\ See, e.g., Certain Preserved Mushrooms From India: Notice 
of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 79 FR 52300 
(September 3, 2014) (Mushrooms from India); see also Certain Frozen 
Warmwater Shrimp From Brazil: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 32498 (June 1, 2012).
    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). See also section 751(a)(1)(A) of 
the Act.
    \20\ See Allegheny Ludlum Corp. v. United States, 346 F.3d 1368 
(Fed. Cir. 2003).
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    In this instance, because the Corrected CBP Data show there are no 
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entries from the Companies Subject to Review upon which to assess 
duties for the POR, the Department is rescinding this review of the 
countervailing duty order on MCBs from the PRC pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.231(d)(3). The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions directly to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of 
this notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751 of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

     Dated: August 18, 2015.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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