[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 65 (Tuesday, April 5, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19552-19557]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-07801]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-885]


Phosphor Copper From the Republic of Korea: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

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DATES: Effective Date: March 29, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or Eric Greynolds, at 
(202) 482-3797 or (202) 482-6071, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Petition

    On March 9, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received an antidumping duty (AD) petition concerning imports of 
phosphor copper from the Republic of Korea (Korea), filed in proper 
form on behalf of Metallurgical Products Company (Metallurgical) 
(Petitioner).\1\ Petitioner is a domestic producer of phosphor 
copper.\2\
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    \1\ See the Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on 
Imports of Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea, dated March 
9, 2016 (the Petition).
    \2\ See Volume I of the Petition, at 1.
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    On March 14 and 18, 2016, the Department requested additional 
information and clarification of certain areas of the Petition.\3\ 
Petitioner filed responses on March 16, 21, and 22, 2016.\4\
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    \3\ See Letter from the Department to Petitioner entitled ``Re: 
Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping Duties on Imports of 
Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea: Supplemental Questions'' 
dated March 14, 2016 and Memorandum to the File, ``Phone Call with 
Counsel to Petitioner,'' dated March 18, 2016.
    \4\ See letter from Petitioner entitled ``Phosphor Copper from 
the Republic of Korea: Response to the Department's Supplemental 
Questions,'' dated March 16, 2016 (Petition Supplement 1); see also 
``Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea: Response to the 
Department's Supplemental Questions,'' dated March 21, 2016 
(Petition Supplement 2); and ``Phosphor Copper from the Republic of 
Korea: Supplemental Submission Regarding Scope and Domestic Like 
Product,'' dated March 22, 2016 (Scope Supplement).
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    In accordance with section 732(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), Petitioner alleges that imports of phosphor copper 
from Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at 
less-than-fair value within the meaning of section 731 of the Act, and 
that such imports are materially injuring, or threatening material 
injury to, an industry in the United States. Also, consistent with 
section 732(b)(1) of the Act, the Petition is accompanied by 
information reasonably available to Petitioner supporting its 
allegations.
    The Department finds that Petitioner filed this Petition on behalf 
of the domestic industry because Petitioner is an interested party as 
defined in section 771(9)(C) of the Act. The Department also finds that 
Petitioner demonstrated sufficient industry support with respect to the 
initiation of the AD investigation that Petitioner is requesting.\5\
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    \5\ See the ``Determination of Industry Support for the 
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Period of Investigation

    Because the Petition was filed on March 9, 2016, the period of 
investigation (POI) is, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.204(b)(1), January 1, 
2015, through December 31, 2015.

Scope of the Investigation

    The product covered by this investigation is phosphor copper from 
Korea. For a full description of the scope of this investigation, see 
the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in Appendix I of this notice.

Comments on Scope of the Investigation

    During our review of the Petition, the Department issued questions 
to, and received responses from, the Petitioner pertaining to the 
proposed scope to ensure that the scope language in the Petition would 
be an accurate reflection of the products for which the domestic 
industry is seeking relief.\6\
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    \6\ See Petition Supplement 1 and 2 and Scope Supplement.
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    As discussed in the preamble to the Department's regulations,\7\ we 
are setting aside a period for interested parties to raise issues 
regarding product coverage (scope). The Department will consider all 
comments received from parties and, if necessary, will consult with 
parties prior to the issuance of the preliminary determination. If 
scope comments include factual information (see 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21)), 
all such factual information should be limited to public information. 
In order to facilitate preparation of its questionnaires, the 
Department requests all interested parties to submit such comments by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on Monday, April 18, 2016, which is 20 
calendar days from the signature date of this notice. Any rebuttal 
comments, which may include factual information, must be filed by 5:00 
p.m. ET on Thursday, April 28, 2016, which is 10 calendar days after 
the initial comments deadline.
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    \7\ See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 62 FR 27296, 
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    The Department requests that any factual information the parties 
consider relevant to the scope of the investigation be submitted during 
this time period. However, if a party subsequently finds that 
additional factual information pertaining to the scope of the 
investigation may be relevant, the party may contact the Department and 
request permission to submit the additional information.

Filing Requirements

    All submissions to the Department must be filed electronically 
using Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\8\ An electronically 
filed document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
time and date when it is due. Documents excepted from the electronic 
submission requirements must be filed manually (i.e., in paper form) 
with Enforcement and Compliance's APO/Dockets Unit, Room 18022, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, and stamped with the date and time of receipt by 
the applicable deadlines.
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements); see 
also Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Electronic 
Filing Procedures; Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 
39263 (July 6, 2011); see also Enforcement and Compliance; Change of 
Electronic Filing System Name, 79 FR 69046 (November 20, 2014) for 
details of the Department's electronic filing requirements, which 
went into effect on August 5, 2011. Information on help using ACCESS 
can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help.aspx and a handbook 
can be found at https://access.trade.gov/help/Handbook%20on%20Electronic%20Filling%20Procedures.pdf.
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Comments on Product Characteristics for AD Questionnaires

    The Department requests comments from interested parties regarding 
the appropriate physical characteristics of phosphor copper to be 
reported in response to the Department's AD questionnaires. This 
information will be used to identify the key physical characteristics 
of the subject merchandise in order to report the relevant factors and 
costs of production accurately as well as to develop appropriate 
product-comparison criteria.
    Interested parties may provide any information or comments that 
they feel are relevant to the development of an accurate list of 
physical characteristics. Specifically, they may provide comments as to 
which characteristics are appropriate to use as: (1) General product 
characteristics and (2) product-comparison criteria. We note that it is 
not always appropriate to use all product characteristics as product-
comparison criteria. We base product-comparison criteria on meaningful 
commercial differences among products. In other words, although there 
may be some physical product characteristics utilized by manufacturers 
to describe phosphor copper, it may be that only a select few product 
characteristics take into account commercially meaningful physical 
characteristics. In addition,

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interested parties may comment on the order in which the physical 
characteristics should be used in matching products. Generally, the 
Department attempts to list the most important physical characteristics 
first and the least important characteristics last.
    In order to consider the suggestions of interested parties in 
developing and issuing the AD questionnaires, all comments must be 
filed by 5:00 p.m. EDT on April 18, 2016, which is twenty calendar days 
from the signature date of this notice. Any rebuttal comments must be 
filed by 5:00 p.m. EDT on April 25, 2016. All comments and submissions 
to the Department must be filed electronically using ACCESS, as 
explained above, on the record of this Korea less-than-fair-value 
investigation.

Determination of Industry Support for the Petition

    Section 732(b)(1) of the Act requires that a petition be filed on 
behalf of the domestic industry. Section 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act 
provides that a petition meets this requirement if the domestic 
producers or workers who support the petition account for: (i) At least 
25 percent of the total production of the domestic like product; and 
(ii) more than 50 percent of the production of the domestic like 
product produced by that portion of the industry expressing support 
for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, section 732(c)(4)(D) of 
the Act provides that, if the petition does not establish support of 
domestic producers or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of 
the total production of the domestic like product, the Department 
shall: (i) Poll the industry or rely on other information in order to 
determine if there is support for the petition, as required by 
subparagraph (A); or (ii) determine industry support using a 
statistically valid sampling method to poll the ``industry.''
    Section 771(4)(A) of the Act defines the ``industry'' as the 
producers as a whole of a domestic like product. Thus, to determine 
whether a petition has the requisite industry support, the statute 
directs the Department to look to producers and workers who produce the 
domestic like product. The International Trade Commission (ITC), which 
is responsible for determining whether ``the domestic industry'' has 
been injured, must also determine what constitutes a domestic like 
product in order to define the industry. While both the Department and 
the ITC must apply the same statutory definition regarding the domestic 
like product,\9\ they do so for different purposes and pursuant to a 
separate and distinct authority. In addition, the Department's 
determination is subject to limitations of time and information. 
Although this may result in different definitions of the like product, 
such differences do not render the decision of either agency contrary 
to law.\10\
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    \9\ See section 771(10) of the Act.
    \10\ See USEC, Inc. v. United States, 132 F. Supp. 2d 1, 8 (CIT 
2001) (citing Algoma Steel Corp., Ltd. v. United States, 688 F. 
Supp. 639, 644 (CIT 1988), aff'd 865 F.2d 240 (Fed. Cir. 1989)).
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    Section 771(10) of the Act defines the domestic like product as ``a 
product which is like, or in the absence of like, most similar in 
characteristics and uses with, the article subject to an investigation 
under this title.'' Thus, the reference point from which the domestic 
like product analysis begins is ``the article subject to an 
investigation'' (i.e., the class or kind of merchandise to be 
investigated, which normally will be the scope as defined in the 
Petition).
    With regard to the domestic like product, Petitioner does not offer 
a definition of the domestic like product distinct from the scope of 
the investigation. Based on our analysis of the information submitted 
on the record, we have determined that phosphor copper, as defined in 
the scope, constitutes a single domestic like product and we have 
analyzed industry support in terms of that domestic like product.\11\
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    \11\ For a discussion of the domestic like product analysis in 
this case, see Antidumping Duty Investigation Initiation Checklist: 
Phosphor Copper from the Republic of Korea (Korea AD Initiation 
Checklist), at Attachment II, Analysis of Industry Support for the 
Antidumping Duty Petition Covering Phosphor Copper from the Republic 
of Korea (Attachment II). This checklist is dated concurrently with 
this notice and is on file electronically via ACCESS. Access to 
documents filed via ACCESS is also available in the Central Records 
Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building.
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    In determining whether Petitioner has standing under section 
732(c)(4)(A) of the Act, we considered the industry support data 
contained in the Petition with reference to the domestic like product 
as defined in the ``Scope of the Investigation,'' in Appendix I of this 
notice. To establish industry support, Petitioner provided its 
production of the domestic like product in 2015, as well as estimated 
total production of the domestic like product for the entire domestic 
industry.\12\ We relied on data in the Petition for purposes of 
measuring industry support.\13\
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    \12\ See Volume I of the Petition, at 2-3, and at Exhibit I-3.
    \13\ Id. For a further discussion, see Korea AD Initiation 
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    Our review of the data provided in the Petition and other 
information readily available to the Department indicates that 
Petitioner has established industry support.\14\ First, the Petition 
established support from domestic producers (or workers) accounting for 
more than 50 percent of the total production of the domestic like 
product and, as such, the Department is not required to take further 
action in order to evaluate industry support (e.g., polling).\15\ 
Second, the domestic producers (or workers) have met the statutory 
criteria for industry support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(i) of the Act 
for the Petition because the domestic producers (or workers) who 
support the Petition account for at least 25 percent of the total 
production of the domestic like product.\16\ Finally, the domestic 
producers (or workers) have met the statutory criteria for industry 
support under section 732(c)(4)(A)(ii) of the Act because the domestic 
producers (or workers) who support the Petition account for more than 
50 percent of the production of the domestic like product produced by 
that portion of the industry expressing support for, or opposition to, 
the Petition.\17\ Accordingly, the Department determines that the 
Petition was filed on behalf of the domestic industry within the 
meaning of section 732(b)(1) of the Act.
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    \14\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II.
    \15\ See section 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act; see also Korea AD 
Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II.
    \16\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II.
    \17\ Id.
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    The Department finds that Petitioner filed the Petition on behalf 
of the domestic industry because it is an interested party as defined 
in section 771(9)(C) of the Act and it has demonstrated sufficient 
industry support with respect to the AD investigation that it is 
requesting the Department initiate.\18\
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    \18\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment II.
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Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and Causation

    Petitioner alleges that the U.S. industry producing the domestic 
like product is being materially injured, or is threatened with 
material injury, by reason of the imports of the subject merchandise 
sold at less than normal value (NV). In addition, Petitioner alleges 
that subject imports exceed the negligibility threshold provided for 
under section 771(24)(A) of the Act.\19\
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    \19\ See Volume I of the Petition, at 7-8 and at Exhibit I-9.

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    Petitioner contends that the industry's injured condition is 
illustrated by reduced market share, underselling and price suppression 
or depression, lost sales and revenues, and impacts on production, 
capacity utilization, commercial shipments, and financial 
performance.\20\ We have assessed the allegations and supporting 
evidence regarding material injury, threat of material injury, and 
causation, and we have determined that these allegations are properly 
supported by adequate evidence and meet the statutory requirements for 
initiation.\21\
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    \20\ See Volume I of the Petition, at 7-8, 12-25 and at Exhibits 
I-9 and I-11 through I-17.
    \21\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist, at Attachment III, 
Analysis of Allegations and Evidence of Material Injury and 
Causation for the Antidumping Duty Petition Covering Phosphor Copper 
from the Republic of Korea.
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Allegation of Sales at Less-Than-Fair Value

    The following is a description of the allegation of sales at less-
than-fair value upon which the Department based its decision to 
initiate the investigation of imports of phosphor copper from Korea. 
The sources of data for the deductions and adjustments relating to U.S. 
price and NV are discussed in greater detail in the initiation 
checklist.

Export Price

    Petitioner based U.S. prices on a 2015 Korean producer's price 
offerings to its customers in the United States for phosphor copper 
produced in, and exported from, Korea during the POI.\22\ Where 
applicable, Petitioner made deductions from U.S. price for movement 
expenses consistent with the delivery terms, including foreign and U.S. 
inland freight, foreign and U.S. brokerage and handling fees, ocean 
freight, marine insurance, and U.S. harbor maintenance fees and 
merchandise processing fees.\23\
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    \22\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist; see also Volume II of 
the Petition, at 3 and Exhibit II-3.
    \23\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist.
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Normal Value

    Petitioner provided home market price information based on sales, 
or offers for sale, in Korea of merchandise identical or similar to the 
product being imported into the United States during the POI.\24\ 
Petitioner made certain adjustments to the price quotes, including 
deductions for inland freight charges (where applicable).\25\
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    \24\ See Volume II of the Petition, at 9-10 and Exhibit II-3; 
see also Korea AD Initiation Checklist.
    \25\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist.
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    Petitioner provided information indicating that sales of phosphor 
copper in Korea were made at prices below the cost of production (COP) 
and, as a result, also calculated NV based on constructed value 
(CV).\26\ For further discussion of COP and NV based on CV, see 
below.\27\
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    \26\ On June 29, 2015, the President of the United States signed 
into law the Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, which made 
numerous amendments to the AD and CVD law. See Trade Preferences 
Extension Act of 2015, Pub. L. 114-27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015). The 
2015 law does not specify dates of application for those amendments. 
On August 6, 2015, the Department published an interpretative rule, 
in which it announced the applicability dates for each amendment to 
the Act, except for amendments contained in section 771(7) of the 
Act, which relate to determinations of material injury by the ITC. 
See Dates of Application of Amendments to the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Laws Made by the Trade Preferences Extension Act 
of 2015, 80 FR 46793 (August 6, 2015) (Applicability Notice). The 
amendments to sections 771(15), 773, 776, and 782 of the Act are 
applicable to all determinations made on or after August 6, 2015, 
and, therefore, apply to this AD investigation. See id at 46794-95. 
The 2015 amendments may be found at https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/1295/text/pl.
    \27\ In accordance with section 505(a) of the Trade Preferences 
Extension Act of 2015, amending section 773(b)(2) of the Act, for 
this investigation, the Department will request information 
necessary to calculate the CV and COP to determine whether there are 
reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that sales of the foreign 
like product have been made at prices that represent less than the 
COP of the product. The Department no longer requires a COP 
allegation to conduct this analysis.
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Normal Value Based on Constructed Value

    Pursuant to section 773(b)(3) of the Act, COP consists of the cost 
of manufacturing (COM); SG&A expenses; financial expenses; and packing 
expenses. Petitioner calculated COM based on a U.S. producer's 
experience during the proposed POI.\28\ Using publicly-available data 
to value copper and U.S. price data for phosphorus, Petitioner 
multiplied the usage quantities by the submitted value of the inputs 
used to manufacture phosphor copper in Korea.\29\ Petitioner derived 
labor and electricity rates from publicly available sources multiplied 
by the product-specific usage rates.\30\ Petitioner relied on a U.S. 
producer's experience to determine factory overhead.\31\ Petitioner 
relied on the financial statements of Bongsan Co., Ltd. (Bongsan), a 
Korean producer of identical merchandise, to determine the SG&A 
rate.\32\ We revised the SG&A rate to exclude income and expenses 
related to investments.\33\ Because Bongsan's financial statements show 
that financial income exceeded financial expenses, Petitioner, 
conservatively, set financial expenses to zero.\34\
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    \28\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist.
    \29\ Id.
    \30\ Id.
    \31\ Id.
    \32\ Id.
    \33\ Id. at Attachment V.
    \34\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist.
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    Because certain home market prices fell below COP, pursuant to 
sections 773(a)(4), 773(b), and 773(e) of the Act, as noted above, 
Petitioner also calculated NVs based on CV.\35\ Pursuant to section 
773(e) of the Act, CV consists of the COM, SG&A, financial expenses, 
packing expenses, and profit. Petitioner calculated CV using the same 
average COM and SG&A expenses used to calculate COP.\36\ Petitioner 
relied on the financial statements of the same producer that Petitioner 
used for calculating the SG&A rate to calculate the profit rate.\37\ We 
adjusted Petitioner's calculated profit rate to exclude the investment 
and expenses items we excluded from SG&A.\38\
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    \35\ Id.
    \36\ Id.
    \37\ See Korea AD Initiation Checklist.
    \38\ Id.
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Fair Value Comparisons

    Based on the data provided by Petitioner, there is reason to 
believe that imports of phosphor copper from Korea are being, or are 
likely to be, sold in the United States at less-than-fair value. Based 
on comparisons of export price (EP) to NV in accordance with sections 
772 and 773 of the Act, the estimated dumping margin(s) for phosphor 
copper for Korea ranges from 12.55 to 66.54 percent.\39\
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    \39\ See Petition Supplement 1 at Exhibit SQ-II-5. See also 
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Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

    Based upon the examination of the AD Petition on phosphor copper 
from Korea, we find that the Petition meets the requirements of section 
732 of the Act. Therefore, we are initiating a less-than-fair-value 
investigation to determine whether imports of phosphor copper from 
Korea are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at 
less-than-fair value. In accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), unless postponed, we will make our 
preliminary determination no later than 140 days after the date of this 
initiation.

Respondent Selection

    The Department normally relies on import data from Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) to select a limited number of producers/
exporters for individual examination in market economy AD 
investigations where the number of exporters/producers is determined to 
be large. In this case the

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Petitioner identified only one company as a producer/exporter of 
phosphor copper in Korea, Bongsan Co., Ltd. (Bongsan).\40\ Petitioner 
supports its claim with information from Bongsan's corporate Web site, 
where Bongsan describes itself as the ``exclusive firm in Korea' that 
has challenged copper master alloy production.'' \41\ Furthermore, we 
know of no additional producers/exporters of merchandise under 
consideration from Korea. Therefore, consistent with our past practice, 
the Department intends to examine all known producers/exporters in this 
investigation, i.e., Bongsan.\42\
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    \40\ See Volume I of the Petition at 6-7 and Exhibit I-8.
    \41\ See Volume II of the Petition at 2 and Exhibit II-2.
    \42\ See, e.g., Certain Uncoated Paper from Australia, Brazil, 
the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, and Portugal: Initiation 
of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 80 FR 8614 (February 18, 
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    We invite interested parties to comment on this issue. Parties 
wishing to comment must do so within five days of the publication of 
this notice in the Federal Register. Comments must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by the Department's electronic 
records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. EST by the date noted above.

Distribution of Copies of the Petition

    In accordance with section 732(b)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.202(f), copies of the public version of the Petition have been 
provided to the government of Korea via ACCESS. To the extent 
practicable, we will attempt to provide a copy of the public version of 
the Petition to the exporter named in the Petition, as provided under 
19 CFR 351.203(c)(2).

ITC Notification

    We will notify the ITC of our initiation, as required by section 
732(d) of the Act.

Preliminary Determination by the ITC

    The ITC will preliminarily determine, within 45 days after the date 
on which the Petition was filed, whether there is a reasonable 
indication that imports of phosphor copper from Korea are materially 
injuring or threatening material injury to a U.S. industry.\43\ A 
negative ITC determination will result in the investigation being 
terminated; \44\ otherwise, the investigation will proceed according to 
statutory and regulatory time limits.
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    \43\ See section 733(a) of the Act.
    \44\ Id.
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Submission of Factual Information

    Factual information is defined in 19 CFR 351.102(b)(21) as: (i) 
Evidence submitted in response to questionnaires; (ii) evidence 
submitted in support of allegations; (iii) publicly available 
information to value factors under 19 CFR 351.408(c) or to measure the 
adequacy of remuneration under 19 CFR 351.511(a)(2); (iv) evidence 
placed on the record by the Department; and (v) evidence other than 
factual information described in (i)-(iv). Any party, when submitting 
factual information, must specify under which subsection of 19 CFR 
351.102(b)(21) the information is being submitted \45\ and, if the 
information is submitted to rebut, clarify, or correct factual 
information already on the record, to provide an explanation 
identifying the information already on the record that the factual 
information seeks to rebut, clarify, or correct.\46\ Time limits for 
the submission of factual information are addressed in 19 CFR 351.301, 
which provides specific time limits based on the type of factual 
information being submitted. Please review the regulations prior to 
submitting factual information in this investigation.
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    \45\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b).
    \46\ See 19 CFR 351.301(b)(2).
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Extensions of Time Limits

    Parties may request an extension of time limits before the 
expiration of a time limit established under 19 CFR 351, or as 
otherwise specified by the Secretary. In general, an extension request 
will be considered untimely if it is filed after the expiration of the 
time limit established under 19 CFR 351 expires. For submissions that 
are due from multiple parties simultaneously, an extension request will 
be considered untimely if it is filed after 10:00 a.m. ET on the due 
date. Under certain circumstances, we may elect to specify a different 
time limit by which extension requests will be considered untimely for 
submissions which are due from multiple parties simultaneously. In such 
a case, we will inform parties in the letter or memorandum setting 
forth the deadline (including a specified time) by which extension 
requests must be filed to be considered timely. An extension request 
must be made in a separate, stand-alone submission; under limited 
circumstances we will grant untimely-filed requests for the extension 
of time limits. Review Extension of Time Limits; Final Rule, 78 FR 
57790 (September 20, 2013), available at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2013-09-20/html/2013-22853.htm, prior to submitting factual 
information in this investigation.

Certification Requirements

    Any party submitting factual information in an AD or CVD proceeding 
must certify to the accuracy and completeness of that information.\47\ 
Parties are hereby reminded that revised certification requirements are 
in effect for company/government officials, as well as their 
representatives. Investigations initiated on the basis of petitions 
filed on or after August 16, 2013, and other segments of any AD or CVD 
proceedings initiated on or after August 16, 2013, should use the 
formats for the revised certifications provided at the end of the Final 
Rule.\48\ The Department intends to reject factual submissions if the 
submitting party does not comply with applicable revised certification 
requirements.
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    \47\ See section 782(b) of the Act.
    \48\ See Certification of Factual Information to Import 
Administration during Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings, 78 FR 42678 (July 17, 2013) (Final Rule); see also 
frequently asked questions regarding the Final Rule, available at 
http://enforcement.trade.gov/tlei/notices/factual_info_final_rule_FAQ_07172013.pdf.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    Interested parties must submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective order (APO) in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.305. On January 22, 2008, the Department published Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Documents Submission Procedures; APO 
Procedures, 73 FR 3634 (January 22, 2008). Parties wishing to 
participate in this investigation should ensure that they meet the 
requirements of these procedures (e.g., the filing of letters of 
appearance as discussed in 19 CFR 351.103(d)).
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 777(i) of 
the Act.

    Dated: March 29, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

Scope of the Investigation

    The merchandise covered by this investigation is master alloys 
\49\ of copper containing between five percent and 17 percent 
phosphorus by nominal weight, regardless of form (including but not 
limited to shot, pellet, waffle, ingot, or nugget), and regardless 
of size or weight. Subject merchandise consists predominantly of 
copper (by weight), and may contain other elements, including but 
not limited to iron

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(Fe), lead (Pb), or tin (Sn), in small amounts (up to one percent by 
nominal weight). Phosphor copper is frequently produced to JIS H2501 
and ASTM B-644, Alloy 3A standards or higher; however, merchandise 
covered by this investigation includes all phosphor copper, 
regardless of whether the merchandise meets, fails to meet, or 
exceeds these standards.
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    \49\ A ``master alloy'' is a base metal, such as copper, to 
which a relatively high percentage of one or two other elements is 
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    Merchandise covered by this investigation is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) under subheading 7405.00.1000. This HTSUS subheading is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes; the written 
description of the scope of this investigation is dispositive.

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