[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28826-28827]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11031]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-823]


Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese 
from India pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).\1\ This review covers one company, Universal Ferro 
and Allied Chemicals Ltd. (Universal). The period of review (POR) is 
May 1, 2014, through April 30, 2015. We preliminarily find no evidence 
of any reviewable entries, shipments, or sales of subject merchandise 
by Universal during the POR, and are therefore issuing a preliminary no 
shipments determination.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 80 FR 37588 (July 1, 2015) (Initiation).

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DATES: Effective Date: May 10, 2016.

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:

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. A full description of the scope of the order is 
contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 
adopted by this notice.\2\ The written description is dispositive.
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    \2\ For a full description of the scope of the order, 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 the Preliminary Results of the 2014-2015 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on 
Silicomanganese from India (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see 
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 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 accessed directly 
on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum is identical in content.

Preliminary Determination of No Shipments

    Based on information Universal submitted after the initiation of 
this administrative review, and due to the fact that we have not 
received any information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
indicating that Universal had entries during the POR, the Department 
has preliminarily determined that the record evidence indicates that 
Universal had no reviewable entries during the POR. In addition, the 
Department finds that it is not appropriate to rescind the review with 
respect to Universal but, rather, to complete the review and issue 
appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final results of review, 
as is our practice.\3\
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    \3\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Intent To Revoke the Order (in Part); 2011-2012, 78 FR 15686 (March 
12, 2013) and the accompanying Decision Memorandum at 7 to 8.
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Assessment Rates

    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Universal which it did not know were destined for the United States, we 
instructed CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate 
if there was no rate for the intermediate company or companies involved 
in the transaction.\4\ We intend to issue assessment instructions 
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to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
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    \4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\5\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\6\ 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.\7\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.\8\ In order to be properly filed, ACCESS must successfully 
receive an electronically-filed document in its entirety by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the date on which it is due.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS, within 30 days after the 
date of publication of this notice.\9\ 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.
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    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    The Department intends to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the 
issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the 
date of publication of this notice, unless extended, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also 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 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 to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: May 3, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-11031 Filed 5-9-16; 8:45 am]
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