[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 177 (Tuesday, September 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62870-62871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-22001]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-955]


Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2014

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 countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
chemically-bonded magnesia carbon bricks from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2014, through 
December 31, 2014. We preliminarily find no evidence of any reviewable 
entries, shipments, or sales of subject merchandise to the United 
States during the POR by any of the companies subject to this review, 
and are therefore issuing a preliminary no shipments determination.

DATES: Effective September 13, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Calvert, 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; telephone: (202) 482-
3586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order includes certain chemically-bonded magnesia 
carbon bricks. Certain chemically-bonded magnesia carbon bricks that 
are the subject of this order are currently classifiable under the 
following subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTSUS): 6902.10.1000, 6902.10.5000, 66815.91.0000, 
6815.99.2000, and 6815.99.4000. The HTSUS subheadings are 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.\1\ The written description is 
dispositive.
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    \1\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
Department Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Certain 
Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China; 2014,'' 
(dated concurrently with this notice) (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
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Methodology

    The Department is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum contains a full description of the 
methodology underlying our conclusions, and is a public document 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 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 the companies subject to this review had reviewable 
entries to the United States during the POR,\2\ the Department has 
preliminarily determined that the record evidence indicates that no 
company subject to this review had reviewable entries during the POR. 
As is our practice, the Department finds that it is not

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appropriate to rescind this review, but, rather, to complete this 
review and to issue appropriate instructions to CBP based on the final 
results of this review.\3\
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    \2\ See the Preliminary Decision Memorandum for a list of 
companies subject to this review.
    \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 accompanying Decision Memorandum at 7-8, unchanged in 
Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp From Thailand: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of 
Review, and Revocation of Order (in Part); 2011-2012, 78 FR 42497 
(July 16, 2013) at the section, ``Rescission, in Part;'' see also 
Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 81 FR 28826 (May 10, 2016) and 
accompanying Decision Memorandum at 3.
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Assessment Rates

    We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the 
publication of the final results of this review.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs no later than 30 days after the publication of this notice.\4\ 
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.\5\ Parties who submit case 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.\6\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed through 
ACCESS.\7\ 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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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(ii).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \7\ 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 wish to participate in a hearing if one is 
requested, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically through ACCESS, within 
30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\8\ 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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    \8\ 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 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 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 countervailing 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 countervailing duties occurred and 
the subsequent assessment of double countervailing duties.

Notice to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: September 6, 2016.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2016-22001 Filed 9-12-16; 8:45 am]
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