[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 107 (Tuesday, June 6, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26048-26049]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-11670]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016-2017

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

SUMMARY: On April 10, 2017, The Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes from the 
People's Republic of China (PRC). Based on the timely withdrawal of the 
requests for review of certain companies, we are now rescinding this 
administrative review for the period February 1, 2016 through January 
31, 2017 with respect to 191 companies.

DATES: Effective June 6, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or John Anwesen, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 or (202) 
482-0131, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 8, 2017, the Department published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on small diameter graphite electrodes from the PRC for the period 
of review (POR) February 1, 2016, through January 31, 2017.\1\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 82 FR 9709 (February 8, 2017).
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    On February 28, 2017, SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite Co. (the 
petitioners) requested an administrative review of the order for 194 
producers and/or exporters of the subject merchandise.\2\ On April 10, 
2017, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act) and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an 
administrative review of the order on small diameter graphite 
electrodes from the People's Republic of China with

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respect to 194 companies.\3\ On April 21, 2017, the petitioners 
withdrew their request for an administrative review for 191 out of 194 
companies.\4\ See the Initiation Notice for the full list of companies 
for which the Department initiated a review. No other party requested 
an administrative review of this order.
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    \2\ See the petitioners' submission, ``Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China--Request for 
Initiation of Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated February 
28, 2017.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 17188 (April 10, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See the petitioners' submission, ``Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China--Petitioners' 
Withdrawal of Certain Requests for Review and Respondent Selection 
Comments,'' dated April 20, 2017.
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Partial Rescission of Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Department will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the publication of 
the notice of initiation of the requested review. In this case, the 
petitioners timely withdrew their review request, in part, by the 90-
day deadline, and no other party requested an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order. Therefore, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter 
graphite electrodes from the PRC for the period February 1, 2016, 
through January 31, 2017, with respect to the 191 for which all review 
requests were withdrawn. The review will continue with respect to the 
remaining three companies: (1) Fangda Group; \5\ (2) Fushun Jinly 
Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.; and (3) Xuzhou Jianglong Carbon 
Products Co., Ltd.
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    \5\ The Fangda Group consists of 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.
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Assessment

    The Department will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. For the 
companies for which this review is rescinded, antidumping duties shall 
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping 
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). The Department 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 
days after publication of this notice.

Notification to Importers

    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 the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a 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 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 violation which 
is subject to sanction.
    We intend to issue and publish this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: May 31, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-11670 Filed 6-5-17; 8:45 am]
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