[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 9, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1017-1018]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00185]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-864]


Pure Magnesium in Granular Form From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Expedited Third Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order

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

SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset review, the Department of Commerce 
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) order on 
pure magnesium in granular form from the People's Republic of China 
(China) would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping at the dumping margins identified in the ``Final Results of 
Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable January 9, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Degreenia, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6430.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 6, 2017, Commerce published the notice of initiation 
of the third sunset review of the antidumping duty order \1\ on pure 
magnesium in granular form from China, pursuant to section 751(c) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On September 18, 2017, 
Commerce received notice of intent to participate on behalf of US 
Magnesium LLC (US Magnesium), within the applicable deadline specified 
in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1)(i).\3\ US Magnesium claimed interested party 
status under section 771(9)(C) of the Act, as a manufacturer of pure 
magnesium in granular form in the United States.\4\ On October 2, 2017, 
Commerce received a complete substantive response from the domestic 
interested party within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(3)(i).\5\ We received no substantive response from a 
respondent interested party in this proceeding. As a result, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C), Commerce conducted an expedited, 120-
day, sunset review of this Order.
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Pure Magnesium in Granular Form 
from the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 57936 (November 19, 2001) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 82 FR 42073 
(September 6, 2017).
    \3\ See letter from US Magnesium, ``Third Five-Year (``Sunset'') 
Review of Antidumping Duty Order On Pure Magnesium in Granular Form 
From The People's Republic Of China/US Magnesium's Notice Of Intent 
To Participate,'' dated September 18, 2017.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ See letter from US Magnesium, ``Third Five-year (``Sunset'') 
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Pure Magnesium in Granular 
Form from the People's Republic of China/Response of US Magnesium 
LLC to the Notice of Initiation,'' dated October 2, 2017 (US 
Magnesium's Substantive Response).
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Scope of the Order

    There is an existing antidumping duty order on pure magnesium from 
the People's Republic of China.\6\ The scope of this Order excludes 
pure magnesium that is already covered by the existing Order on pure 
magnesium in ingot form, and currently classifiable under item numbers 
8104.11.00 and 8104.19.00 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS).
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    \6\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Pure Magnesium from 
the People's Republic of China, the Russian Federation and Ukraine; 
Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Antidumping Duty Investigation of Pure Magnesium from the 
Russian Federation, 60 FR 25691 (May 12, 1995).
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    The scope of this order includes imports of pure magnesium 
products, regardless of chemistry, including, without limitation, 
raspings, granules, turnings, chips, powder, and briquettes, except as 
noted above.
    Pure magnesium includes: (1) Products that contain at least 99.95 
percent primary magnesium, by weight (generally referred to as ``ultra 
pure'' magnesium); (2) products that contain less than 99.95 percent 
but not less than 99.8 percent primary magnesium, by weight (generally 
referred to as ``pure'' magnesium); (3) chemical combinations of pure 
magnesium and other material(s) in which the pure magnesium content is 
50 percent or greater, but less than 99.8 percent, by weight, that do 
not conform to an ``ASTM Specification for Magnesium Alloy'' \7\ 
(generally referred to as ``off specification pure'' magnesium); and 
(4) physical mixtures of pure magnesium and other material(s) in which 
the pure magnesium content is 50 percent or greater, but less than 99.8 
percent, by weight. Excluded from this Order are mixtures containing 90 
percent or less pure magnesium by weight and one or more of certain 
non-magnesium granular materials to make magnesium-based reagent 
mixtures. The non-magnesium granular materials of which Commerce is 
aware used to make such excluded reagents are: Lime, calcium metal, 
calcium silicon, calcium carbide, calcium carbonate, carbon, slag 
coagulants, fluorspar, nephaline syenite, feldspar, aluminum, alumina 
(Al2O3), calcium aluminate, soda ash, hydrocarbons, graphite, coke, 
silicon, rare earth metals/mischmetal, cryolite, silica/fly ash, 
magnesium oxide, periclase, ferroalloys, dolomitic lime, and 
colemanite. A party importing a magnesium-based reagent which includes 
one or more materials not on this list is required to seek a scope 
clarification from Commerce before such a mixture may be imported free 
of antidumping duties.
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    \7\ The meaning of this term is the same as that used by the 
American Society for Testing and Materials in its Annual Book of 
ASTM Standards: Volume 01.02 Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys.
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    The merchandise subject to this Order is currently classifiable 
under item 8104.30.00 of the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS subheading is 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, our written description 
of the scope of this Order is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in this sunset review are addressed in the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\8\ The 
issues discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum include the 
likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and the magnitude 
of the margins likely to prevail if the Order was revoked. The Issues 
and 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 
to all parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main 
Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum 
and the electronic version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.
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    \8\ See Commerce's memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum 
for the Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Pure Magnesium in Granular Form from the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated concurrently with this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to section 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the AD Order would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and that the magnitude 
of the dumping margins likely to prevail would be

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weighted-average dumping margins up to 305.56 percent.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely 
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.
    This sunset review and notice are in accordance with sections 
751(c), 752, and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: January 3, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-00185 Filed 1-8-18; 8:45 am]
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