[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 31 (Thursday, February 16, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10876-10877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-03141]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On October 21, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the seventh 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter 
graphite electrodes (graphite electrodes) from the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). The Department preliminarily determined that the three 
manufacturers or exporters of the subject merchandise covered by the 
review, the Fangda Group, Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. 
(Fushun Jinly), and Jilin Carbon Import and Export Company (Jilin 
Carbon), had no shipments of the subject merchandise during the period 
of review (POR). No interested party commented on the preliminary 
results. As a result, the Department has made no changes for the final 
results of this review.

DATES: Effective February 16, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik or John Anwesen, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Ave. NW., Washington, DC, 20230; telephone (202) 482-6905 or (202) 482-
0131, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    This review covers three manufacturers or exporters of the subject 
merchandise: The Fangda Group,\1\ Fushun Jinly,\2\ and Jilin Carbon. On 
October 21, 2016, the Department published the Preliminary Results.\3\ 
We invited parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. No interested 
party submitted comments. The Department conducted this administrative 
review in

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accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).
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    \1\ The Fangda Group consists of the following five companies: 
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. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 81 FR 20324, 29341 
(April 7, 2016) (initiating a review of the Fangda Group for the 
2015-2016 period of review); see also 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 the Department determined that the individual members 
of the Fangda Group should be treated as a single entity pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.401(f)(1)), 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).
    \2\ In the Preliminary Results the Department inadvertently 
refered to Fushun Jinly as Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Co., Ltd. 
instead of Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. See Small 
Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-
2016, 81 FR 72777 (October 21, 2016) (Preliminary Results).
    \3\ See id.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes all small diameter 
graphite electrodes of any length, whether or not finished, of a kind 
used in furnaces, with a nominal or actual diameter of 400 millimeters 
(16 inches) or less, and whether or not attached to a graphite pin 
joining system or any other type of joining system or hardware. The 
merchandise covered by the order also includes graphite pin joining 
systems for small diameter graphite electrodes, of any length, whether 
or not finished, of a kind used in furnaces, and whether or not the 
graphite pin joining system is attached to, sold with, or sold 
separately from, the small diameter graphite electrode. Small diameter 
graphite electrodes and graphite pin joining systems for small diameter 
graphite electrodes are most commonly used in primary melting, ladle 
metallurgy, and specialty furnace applications in industries including 
foundries, smelters, and steel refining operations. 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,\4\ 3801.10,\5\ and 8545.11.0020.\6\ 
Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the merchandise is dispositive.
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    \4\ The scope described in the order refers to the HTSUS 
subheading 8545.11.0000. We note that, starting in 2010, imports of 
small diameter graphite electrodes are classified in the HTSUS under 
subheading 8545.11.0010 and imports of large diameter graphite 
electrodes are classified under subheading 8545.11.0020.
    \5\ HTSUS subheading 3801.10 was added to the scope of the 
graphite electrodes order based on a determination in Small Diameter 
Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative 
Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order, 
77 FR 47596 (August 9, 2012) (first circumvention determination). 
The products covered by the first circumvention determination are 
graphite electrodes (or graphite pin joining system) that were (1) 
produced by UK Carbon and Graphite Co., Ltd. (UKCG) from PRC-
manufactured artificial/synthetic graphite forms, of a size and 
shape (e.g., blanks, rods, cylinders, billets, blocks, etc.), (2) 
which required additional machining processes (i.e., tooling and 
shaping) that UKCG performed in the United Kingdom (UK), and (3) 
were re-exported to the United States as UK-origin merchandise.
    \6\ HTSUS subheading 8545.11.0020 was added to the scope of the 
graphite electrodes order based on a determination in Small Diameter 
Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: Affirmative 
Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order 
and Rescission of Later-Developed Merchandise Anticircumvention 
Inquiry, 78 FR 56864 (September 16, 2013) (second circumvention 
determination). The products covered by the second circumvention 
determination are graphite electrodes produced and/or exported by 
Jilin Carbon Import and Export Company with an actual or nominal 
diameter of 17 inches.
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Period of Review

    The period of review is February 1, 2015, through January 31, 2016.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, the Department preliminarily determined 
that the Fangda Group, Fushun Jinly, and Jilin Carbon had no shipments 
during the POR.\7\ Consistent with the Department's assessment practice 
in non-market economy cases, we stated in the Preliminary Results that 
the Department would not rescind the review in these circumstances but, 
rather, would complete the review with respect to these three 
respondents and issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) based on the final results of the review. 
Following publication of the Preliminary Results, we received no 
comments from interested parties regarding these companies, nor did we 
receive information from CBP indicating that there were reviewable 
transactions from the three respondents during the POR. Because there 
are no changes from, or comments on, the Preliminary Results, the 
Department finds that there is no reason to modify its analysis. 
Therefore, we continue to find that Fangda Group, Fushun Jinly, and 
Jilin Carbon did not have reviewable transactions during the POR.
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    \7\ See Preliminary Results, 81 FR at 72778.
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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries, in accordance with section 
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b). The Department intends 
to issue appropriate assessment instructions for the respondents 
subject to this review directly to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review. The Department has 
determined that the Fangda Group, Fushun Jinly, and Jilin Carbon had no 
shipments of subject merchandise; therefore, pursuant to the 
Department's practice in non-market economy cases, any suspended 
entries of subject merchandise during the POR from these companies will 
be liquidated at the PRC-wide rate.\8\
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    \8\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market 
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements, which are currently in 
effect, will remain in effect for all shipments of the subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of the final results of this administrative 
review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For 
previously investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters 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; (2) 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 the PRC-wide rate of 159.64 percent; and (3) 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 the non-PRC exporter. These deposit requirements 
shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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 double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    This administrative review and notice are published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221.

    Dated: February 10, 2017.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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