[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 46 (Wednesday, March 9, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12468-12471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-05306]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-929]
Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
and Rescission of Review in Part; 2014-2015
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter
graphite electrodes (graphite electrodes) from the People's Republic of
China (PRC), covering the period February 1, 2014 through January 31,
2015. The Department has preliminarily determined that during the
period of review (POR), the Fangda Group \1\ and Fushun Jinly
Petrochemical Co., Ltd. did not make sales of subject merchandise at
less than normal value (NV). Interested parties are invited to comment
on these preliminary results.
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\1\ We refer to the Fangda Group as a single entity pursuant to
19 CFR 351.401(f)(1). See Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From
the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and
Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical Circumstances, in
Part, 73 FR 49408, 49411-12 (August 21, 2008) (where we collapsed
the individual members of the Fangda Group: Beijing Fangda Carbon
Tech Co., Ltd., Chengdu Rongguang Carbon Co., Ltd., Fangda Carbon
New Material Co., Ltd., Fushun Carbon Co., Ltd., and Hefei Carbon
Co., Ltd.), unchanged in 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 (January 14, 2009).
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DATES: Effective March 9, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov or Michael A.
Romani, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665
or (202) 482-0198, respectively.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order includes all small diameter
graphite electrodes with a nominal or actual diameter of 400
millimeters (16 inches) or less and graphite pin joining systems for
small diameter graphite electrodes. 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, 3801.10, and 8545.11.0020. While the HTSUS subheadings
are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The written
description of the scope of the order is dispositive. A full
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\2\ See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance,
``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the
People's Republic of China'' dated concurrently with this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum), which is hereby adopted by this
notice.
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Tolling of Deadline of Preliminary Results of Review
As explained in the memorandum from the Acting Assistant Secretary
for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its
discretion to toll all administrative deadlines due to the recent
closure of the Federal Government. All deadlines in this segment of the
proceeding have been extended by four business days.\3\
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\3\ See Memorandum to the Record from Ron Lorentzen, Acting A/S
for Enforcement & Compliance, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative
Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure During Snowstorm
Jonas,'' dated January 27, 2016.
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Rescission of the Administrative Review in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), based on timely withdrawal of the
requests for review, we are rescinding this administrative review with
respect to 189 companies named in the Initiation Notice.\4\ See
Appendix II for a full list of these companies.
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\4\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 18202 (April 3, 2015) (Initiation
Notice). See also Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 4 for more
details.
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Separate Rates
The Department preliminarily determines that the Fangda Group,
Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. (Fushun Jinly), and Xuzhou
Jianglong Carbon Products Co., Ltd. (Xuzhou Jianglong) are eligible to
receive separate rates in this review.\5\
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\5\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5-6 for more details.
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Separate Rate for an Eligible Non-Selected Company
Consistent with our practice, because we have calculated zero or de
minimis weighted-average dumping margins for both companies selected as
mandatory respondents, the Fangda Group and Fushun Jinly, we assigned
to an eligible non-selected company, Xuzhou Jianlong, the rate that we
calculated for the Fangda Group in the 2012-2013 review as the separate
rate for the preliminary results of this review.\6\
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\6\ Id., at 7-8.
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PRC-Wide Entity
The Department's change in policy regarding conditional review of
the PRC-wide entity applies to this review.\7\ Under this policy, the
PRC-wide entity will not be under review unless a party specifically
requests, or the Department
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self-initiates, a review of the entity. Because no party requested a
review of the PRC-wide entity in this review, the entity is not under
review, and the entity's rate of 159.64 percent is not subject to
change.\8\ Aside from the separate rate companies discussed above, the
Department is rescinding this review for all companies listed in the
Initiation Notice and, as such, there are no remaining companies
subject to the instant review that the Department considers to be part
of the PRC-wide entity.
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\7\ 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 65963, 65970 (November 4,
2013).
\8\ See Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 13825 (March 17, 2015).
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Methodology
The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For the
two mandatory respondents, the Fangda Group and Fushun Jinly, export
prices have been calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
Because the PRC is a non-market economy (NME) within the meaning of
section 771(18) of the Act, normal value has been calculated in
accordance with section 773(c) of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. 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 (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room
B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be found at
http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department has determined that the following preliminary
dumping margins exist for the period February 1, 2014, through January
31, 2015:
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Margin
Company (percent)
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Fangda Group............................................ 0.00
Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.............. 0.00
Xuzhou Jianglong Carbon Products Co., Ltd............... 21.16
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose calculations performed for these
preliminary results to the parties within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.\9\ Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each
argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\10\ Rebuttal briefs, limited
to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than five
days after the cases briefs are filed.\11\
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, filed electronically using
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by the Department's ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\12\
Hearing requests should contain (1) the party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case briefs. The Department intends to
issue the final results of this review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised by parties in their comments, within 120 days
after the publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), unless extended.
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\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuing the final results of review, the Department will
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.\13\ If a respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent) in the final
results of this review, we will calculate an importer-specific
assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total
entered value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Specifically, the Department will apply the assessment rate calculation
method adopted in Final Modification for Reviews.\14\ Where an
importer- (or customer-) specific ad valorem rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate entries without
regard to antidumping duties.\15\
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\14\ See Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8103 (February 14, 2012)
(Final Modification for Reviews).
\15\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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For all companies for which the review is being rescinded, the
antidumping duty shall be assessed at the rate equal to the cash
deposit of the estimated antidumping duty required at the time of
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(2). We will instruct CBP accordingly.
For entries that were not reported in the U.S. sales databases
submitted by exporters individually examined during this review, the
Department will instruct CBP to liquidate such entries at the PRC-wide
rate. 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, for consumption on or after the publication date, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For subject
merchandise exported by the companies listed above that have separate
rates, the cash deposit rate will be that established in the final
results of review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, then zero
cash deposit will be required); (2) 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; (3) 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 (4) 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.
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Notification to Importers
This notice 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 this 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 doubled antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.
Dated: March 2, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Rescission of Administrative Review in Part
Discussion of the Methodology
Non-Market Economy Country Status
Separate Rates
Rate for Non-Selected Company
PRC-Wide Entity
Surrogate Country
Date of Sale
Comparisons to Normal Value
Export Price
Normal Value
Factor Valuations
Use of Facts Available for Certain Factors of Production
Currency Conversion
Recommendation
Appendix II
1. 5-Continent Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
2. Acclcarbon Co., Ltd.
3. Allied Carbon (China) Co., Limited
4. Anssen Metallurgy Group Co., Ltd.
5. AMGL
6. Apex Maritime (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
7. Asahi Fine Carbon (Dalian) Co., Ltd.
8. Beijing International Trade Co., Ltd.
9. Beijing Kang Jie Kong Cargo Agent Expeditors (Tianjin Branch)
10. Beijing Xinchengze Inc.
11. Beijing Xincheng Sci-Tech. Development Inc.
12. Brilliant Charter Limited
13. Carbon International
14. Chang Cheng Chang Electrode Co., Ltd.
15. Chengde Longhe Carbon Factory
16. Chengdelh Carbonaceous Elements Factory
17. Chengdu Jia Tang Corp.
18. China Carbon Graphtie Group Inc.
19. China Industrial Mineral & Metals Group
20. China Shaanxi Richbond Imp. & Exp. Industrial Corp. Ltd.
21. China Xingyong Carbon Co., Ltd.
22. CIMM Group Co., Ltd.
23. Dalian Carbon & Graphite Corporation
24. Dalian Hongrui Carbon Co., Ltd.
25. Dalian Honest International Trade Co., Ltd.
26. Dalian Horton International Trading Co., Ltd.
27. Dalian LST Metallurgy Co., Ltd.
28. Dalian Oracle Carbon Co., Ltd.
29. Dalian Shuangji Co., Ltd.
30. Dalian Thrive Metallurgy Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
31. Datong Carbon
32. Datong Carbon Plant
33. Datong Xincheng Carbon Co., Ltd.
34. Datong Xincheng New Material Co., Ltd.
35. Dechang Shida Carbon Co., Ltd
36. De Well Container Shipping Corp.
37. Dewell Group
38. Dignity Success Investment Trading Co., Ltd.
39. Double Dragon Metals and Mineral Tools Co., Ltd.
40. Fangda Carbon New Material and Technology Co., Ltd.
41. Fangda Lanzhou Carbon Joint Stock Company Co. Ltd.
42. Foset Co., Ltd.
43. Fushun Carbon Plant
44. Fushun Oriental Carbon Co., Ltd.
45. GES (China) Co., Ltd.
46. Grameter Shipping Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Branch)
47. Guangdong Highsun Yongye (Group) Co., Ltd.
48. Guanghan Shida Carbon Co., Ltd.
49. Haimen Shuguang Carbon Industry Co., Ltd.
50. Handan Hanbo Material Co., Ltd.
51. Hanhong Precision Machinery Co., Ltd.
52. Hebei Long Great Wall Electrode Co., Ltd.
53. Heico Universal (Shanghai) Distribution Co., Ltd.
54. Heilongjiang Xinyuan Carbon Co. Ltd.
55. Heilongjiang Xinyuan Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
56. Henan Sanli Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
57. Henan Sihai Import and Export Co., Ltd.
58. Hopes (Beijing) International Co., Ltd.
59. Huanan Carbon Factory
60. Hunan Mec Machinery and Electronics Imp. & Exp. Corp.
61. Hunan Yinguang Carbon Factory Co., Ltd.
62. Inner Mongolia QingShan Special Graphite and Carbon Co., Ltd.
63. Inner Mongolia Xinghe County Hongyuan Electrical Carbon Factory
64. Jiangsu Yafei Carbon Co., Ltd.
65. Jiaozuo Zhongzhou Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
66. Jichun International Trade Co., Ltd. of Jilin Province
67. Jiexiu Juyuan Carbon Co., Ltd.
68. Jiexiu Ju-Yuan & Coaly Co., Ltd.
69. Jilin Carbon Graphite Material Co., Ltd.
70. Jilin Carbon Import and Export Company
71. Jilin Songjiang Carbon Co Ltd.
72. Jinneng Group
73. Jinneng Group Co., Ltd.
74. Jinyu Thermo-Electric Material Co., Ltd.
75. JL Group
76. Kaifeng Carbon Company Ltd.
77. KASY Logistics (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
78. Kimwan New Carbon Technology and Development Co., Ltd.
79. Kingstone Industrial Group Ltd.
80. L & T Group Co., Ltd.
81. Laishui Long Great Wall Electrode Co. Ltd.
82. Lanzhou Carbon Co., Ltd.
83. Lanzhou Carbon Import & Export Corp.
84. Lanzhou Hailong New Material Co.
85. Lanzhou Hailong Technology
86. Lanzhou Ruixin Industrial Material Co., Ltd.
87. Lianxing Carbon Qinghai Co., Ltd.
88. Lianxing Carbon Science Institute
89. Lianxing Carbon (Shandong) Co., Ltd.
90. Lianyungang Jinli Carbon Co., Ltd.
91. Lianyungang Jianglida Mineral Co., Ltd.
92. Liaoning Fangda Group Industrial Co., Ltd.
93. Liaoyang Carbon Co. Ltd.
94. Linghai Hongfeng Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
95. Linyi County Lubei Carbon Co., Ltd.
96. Maoming Yongye (Group) Co., Ltd.
97. MBI Beijing International Trade Co., Ltd.
98. Nantong Dongjin New Energy Co., Ltd.
99. Nantong Falter New Energy Co., Ltd.
100. Nantong River-East Carbon Co., Ltd.
101. Nantong River-East Carbon Joint Stock Co., Ltd.
102. Nantong Yangtze Carbon Corp. Ltd.
103. Nantong Yanzi Carbon Co. Ltd.
104. Oracle Carbon Co., Ltd.
105. Orient (Dalian) Carbon Resources Developing Co., Ltd.
106. Orient Star Transport International, Ltd.
107. Peixian Longxiang Foreign Trade Co. Ltd.
108. Pingdingshan Coal Group
109. Pudong Trans USA, Inc. (Dalian Office)
110. Qingdao Grand Graphite Products Co., Ltd.
111. Qingdao Haosheng Metals Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
112. Quingdao Haosheng Metals & Minerals Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
113. Qingdao Liyikun Carbon Development Co., Ltd.
114. Qingdao Likun Graphite Co., Ltd.
115. Qingdao Ruizhen Carbon Co., Ltd.
116. Qingdao Yijia E.T.I. I/E Co., Ltd.
117. Qingdao Youyuan Metallurgy Material Limited Company (China)
118. Ray Group Ltd.
119. Rex International Forwarding Co., Ltd.
120. Rt Carbon Co., Ltd.
121. Ruitong Carbon Co., Ltd.
122. Sea Trade International, Inc.
123. Seamaster Global Forwarding (China)
124. Shandong Basan Carbon Plant
125. Shandong Zibo Continent Carbon Factory
126. Shanghai Carbon International Trade Co., Ltd.
127. Shanghai GC Co., Ltd.
128. Shanghai Jinneng International Trade Co., Ltd.
129. Shanghai P.W. International Ltd.
130. Shanghai Shen-Tech Graphite Material Co., Ltd.
131. Shanghai Topstate International Trading Co., Ltd.
132. Shanxi Cimm Donghai Advanced Carbon Co., Ltd.
133. Shanxi Datong Energy Development Co., Ltd.
134. Shanxi Foset Carbon Co. Ltd.
135. Shanxi Jiexiu Import and Export Co., Ltd.
136. Shanxi Jinneng Group Co., Ltd.
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137. Shanxi Yunheng Graphite Electrode Co., Ltd.
138. Shenyang Jinli Metals & Minerals Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
139. Shida Carbon Group
140. Shijaizhuang Carbon Co., Ltd.
141. Shijiazhuang Huanan Carbon Factory
142. Sichuan 5-Continent Imp & Exp Co., Ltd.
143. Sichuan Dechang Shida Carbon Co., Ltd.
144. Sichuan GMT International Inc.
145. Sichuan Guanghan Shida Carbon Co., Ltd
146. Sichuan Shida Carbon Co., Ltd.
147. Sichuan Shida Trading Co., Ltd.
148. Sinicway International Logistics Ltd.
149. Sinosteel Anhui Co., Ltd.
150. Sinosteel Corp.
151. Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Co., Ltd.
152. Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd.
153. Sinosteel Jilin Carbon Plant
154. Sinosteel Sichuan Co., Ltd.
155. SK Carbon
156. SMMC Group Co., Ltd.
157. Sure Mega (Hong Kong) Ltd.
158. Tangshan Kimwan Special Carbon & Graphite Co., Ltd.
159. Tengchong Carbon Co., Ltd.
160. T.H.I. Global Holdings Corp.
161. T.H.I. Group (Shanghai), Ltd.
162. Tianjin (Teda) Iron & Steel Trade Co., Ltd.
163. Tianjin Kimwan Carbon Technology and Development Co., Ltd.
164. Tianjin Yue Yang Industrial & Trading Co., Ltd.
165. Tianzhen Jintian Graphite Electrodes Co., Ltd.
166. Tielong (Chengdu) Carbon Co., Ltd.
167. UK Carbon & Graphite
168. United Carbon Ltd.
169. United Trade Resources, Inc.
170. Weifang Lianxing Carbon Co., Ltd.
171. World Trade Metals & Minerals Co., Ltd.
172. XC Carbon Group
173. Xinghe County Muzi Carbon Co., Ltd., a.k.a. Xinghe County Muzi
Carbon Plant
174. Xinghe Xingyong Carbon Co., Ltd.
175. Xinghe Xinyuan Carbon Products Co., Ltd.
176. Xinyuan Carbon Co., Ltd.
177. Xuanhua Hongli Refractory and Mineral Company
178. Xuchang Minmetals & Industry Co., Ltd.
179. Xuzhou Carbon Co., Ltd.
180. Xuzhou Electrode Factory
181. Xuzhou Jianglong Carbon Manufacture Co., Ltd.
182. Yangzhou Qionghua Carbon Trading Ltd.
183. Yixing Huaxin Imp & Exp Co. Ltd.
184. Youth Industry Co., Ltd.
185. Zhengzhou Jinyu Thermo-Electric Material Co., Ltd.
186. Zibo Continent Carbon Factory
187. Zibo DuoCheng Trading Co., Ltd.
188. Zibo Lianxing Carbon Co., Ltd.
189. Zibo Wuzhou Tanshun Carbon Co., Ltd
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