[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 162 (Monday, August 22, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56583-56584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-20009]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-823]


Silicomanganese From India: Final Results No Shipment 
Determination of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015

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

SUMMARY: On May 10, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the Preliminary Results of the 2014-2015 administrative 
review (AR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on silicomanganese from 
India. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2014, through April 30, 
2015. We received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, the 
Department continues to find that Universal Ferro and Allied Chemicals 
Ltd. (Universal) had no reviewable transactions of subject merchandise 
to the United States during the POR.

DATES: Effective August 22, 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:

Background

    On May 10, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Results 
of the AR of the AD order on silicomanganese from India.\1\ We invited 
interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No party 
provided comments. The Department has conducted this AR in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 28826 (May 
10, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
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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. Silicomanganese 
is a ferroalloy composed principally of manganese, silicon and iron, 
and normally contains much smaller proportions of minor elements, such 
as carbon, phosphorous and sulfur. Silicomanganese is sometimes 
referred to as ferrosilicon manganese. Silicomanganese is used 
primarily in steel production as a source of both silicon and 
manganese. Silicomanganese generally contains by weight not less than 4 
percent iron, more than 30 percent manganese, more than 8 percent 
silicon and not more than 3 percent phosphorous. Silicomanganese is 
properly classifiable under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Some silicomanganese may 
also be classified under HTSUS subheading. This scope covers all 
silicomanganese, regardless of its tariff classification. Although the 
HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) purposes, our written description of the scope 
remains dispositive.
    The low-carbon silicomanganese excluded from this scope is a 
ferroalloy with the following chemical specifications: minimum 55 
percent manganese, minimum 27 percent silicon, minimum 4 percent iron, 
maximum 0.10 percent phosphorus, maximum 0.10 percent carbon and 
maximum 0.05 percent sulfur. Low-carbon silicomanganese is used in the 
manufacture of stainless steel and special carbon steel grades, such as 
motor lamination grade steel, requiring a very low carbon content. It 
is sometimes referred to as ferromanganese-silicon. Low-carbon 
silicomanganese is classifiable under HTSUS subheading 7202.99.8040.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    As explained above, in the Preliminary Results, the Department 
found that Universal did not have reviewable entries during the POR. 
Also in the Preliminary Results, the Department stated that it is not 
appropriate to rescind the review with respect to Universal, but rather 
complete the review with respect to Universal and issue appropriate 
instructions to CBP based on the final results.\2\
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    \2\ See Preliminary Results, 81 FR at 28826.
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    After issuing the Preliminary Results, the Department received no 
comments from interested parties, and has not received any information 
that would cause it to alter its preliminary determination. Therefore, 
for these final results, the Department continues to find that 
Universal did not have any reviewable entries during the POR. As the 
Department received no comments or new information for consideration in 
these final results, the Department has not prepared an Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for this AR.

Assessment

    The Department has determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review.\3\ The Department intends to 
issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of these final results of review. Additionally, because the 
Department determined that Universal had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR, any suspended entries that entered under 
Universal's AD case number (i.e., at that exporter's rate) will be 
liquidated at the all-other rate if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\4\
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    \3\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
    \4\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this AR for all shipments of the 
subject merchandise 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 Universal, which claimed no shipments, 
the cash deposit rate will remain unchanged from the rate assigned to 
Universal in the most recently completed segment of this proceeding; 
(2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies, the cash deposit 
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published in the 
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which that 
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established for the most recently completed segment of this 
proceeding for the manufacturer of subject merchandise; and, (4) if 
neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or 
any previous segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be 
the all-others rate of 17.74 percent, as established in the 
investigation.\5\ These deposit

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requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \5\ 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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Notifications

    This notice 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 Department's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), this notice also serves as 
a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) 
of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of 
proprietary information disclosed under APO, 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 terms of an APO 
is a sanctionable violation.
    These final results of this AR and notice are published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(l) and 777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h).

    Dated: August 15, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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