[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 232 (Thursday, December 3, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75660-75661]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30546]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-823]


Silicomanganese From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2013-2014

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On June 4, 2015, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published its preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from India covering the 
period of review (POR) May 1, 2013, through April 30, 2014.\1\ This 
review covers one producer/exporter of subject merchandise, Nava Bharat 
Ventures Limited (Nava). For the final results, we continue to 
determine that Nava did not sell subject merchandise to the United 
States at below normal value (NV) during the POR. The final results are 
listed in the section entitled ``Final Results of Review'' below.
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    \1\ See Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 31891 (June 
4, 2015) (Preliminary Results).

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DATES: Effective date: December 3, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren at (202) 482-3870; 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 4, 2015, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of this administrative review and, on August 24, 2015, we invited 
parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. The administrative 
review covers one producer and exporter of the subject merchandise to 
the United States, Nava. Petitioners timely filed their case brief on 
September 4, 2015, and Nava timely filed its rebuttal brief on 
September 8, 2015. The Department conducted this administrative review 
in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The products subject to the order are all forms, sizes and 
compositions of silicomanganese, except low-carbon silicomanganese, 
including silicomanganese briquettes, fines and slag. The 
silicomanganese subject to the order is currently classifiable under 
subheading 7202.30.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and 
customs purposes. The written description is dispositive. A full 
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\2\ The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 
electronically via Enforcement

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and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized 
Electronic Service System (ACCESS). Access to ACCESS is available to 
registered users at http://access.trade.gov and is available to all 
parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Department 
of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content.
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for 
Final Results of the 2013-2014 Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review of Silicomanganese from India,'' dated concurrently with this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 
this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The 
issues that parties raised, and to which we responded in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, follow as an appendix to this notice.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made no 
adjustments to the margin calculations for Nava.

Final Results of Review

    The final weighted-average dumping margin for the period May 1, 
2013, through April 30, 2014, is as follows:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               Average
                   Manufacturer/Exporter                        margin
                                                              (percent)
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Nava Bharat Ventures Limited...............................        0.00
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Assessment Rates

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1). Nava's weighted-average dumping margin in these final 
results is zero percent. Therefore, we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
all appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. The 
Department intends to issue the appropriate assessment instructions for 
Nava to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these final 
results.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of silicomanganese from India entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided for by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Nava will be the 
weighted-average dumping margin listed above; (2) for previously 
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the less-than-fair-value investigation, but 
the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established 
for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; 
and, (4) if neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered 
in this or any previous review, the cash deposit rate will be the all 
others rate for this proceeding, 17.74 percent, as established in the 
less-than-fair-value investigation.\3\ These deposit requirements, when 
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \3\ See Silicomanganese from India: Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative 
Critical Circumstances Determination, 67 FR 15531 (April 2, 2002), 
as corrected in Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Silicomanganese 
from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (May 23, 2002).
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Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice is the only reminder to parties subject to the 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. 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 the 
terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results of administrative review and notice are 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: November 24, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Margin Calculations
V. Discussion of the Issue
    Issue 1: Bona Fides of Nava's U.S. Sale
VI. Recommendation

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