[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 197 (Thursday, October 11, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51444-51446]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-22131]


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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 the Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
to rescind this administrative review as there is no evidence of any 
reviewable entries, shipments, or sales of certain magnesia carbon 
bricks (magnesia carbon bricks) from the People's Republic of China 
(China) to the United States during the January 1, 2016, through 
December 31, 2016, period of review (POR) by the companies subject

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to this review. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable: October 11, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 13, 2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order for five producers/exporters of magnesia carbon bricks from 
China for the POR.\1\ Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all 
deadlines affected by the closure of the Federal Government from 
January 20 through January 22, 2018.\2\ As a result, all deadlines in 
this segment of the proceeding have been extended by three days.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 82 FR 52268 (November 13, 2017) (Initiation 
Notice). The companies subject to this review are Fedmet Resources 
Corporation; Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City, 
Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City; Fengchi Refractories Co., 
of Haicheng City; and RHI Refractories Co., of Haicheng City.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated January 23, 2018.
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Scope of the Order

    The scope of the order includes certain chemically-bonded magnesia 
carbon bricks from China. A full description of the scope of the order 
is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, which is hereby 
adopted by this notice.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty 
Order on Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic 
of China; 2016,'' (dated concurrently with this notice) (Preliminary 
Determination Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative 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 http://access.trade.gov and 
in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn. The 
signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the election version of this 
memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Intent To Rescind the Administrative Review

    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 of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, 
Commerce preliminarily determines that the record evidence indicates 
that no company subject to this review had reviewable entries during 
the POR.\4\ Should evidence arise that leads us to conclude that the 
companies subject to this review had reviewable entries of subject 
merchandise to the United States during the POR, we will revisit this 
issue in the final results of this administrative review. Absent any 
evidence of POR entries of subject merchandise being placed on the 
record, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we intend to rescind the 
administrative review of these companies in the final results.
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    \4\ Id.
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Public Comment

    Case briefs must be submitted to Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS) at a date to be determined by Commerce, and rebuttal 
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be submitted 
no later than five days after the deadline for the submission for case 
briefs.\5\ Commerce will notify interested parties when it has 
determined a deadline for case briefs via ACCESS. 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\
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically through ACCESS, within 30 days after the 
publication of this notice. Hearing requests should contain the party's 
name, address, telephone number, the number of participants, and a list 
of the issues parties intend to present at the hearing. If a request 
for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230, at a time to be determined. Prior to the hearing, Commerce will 
contact all parties who submitted case or rebuttal briefs to determine 
if they wish to participate in the hearing. Commerce will then 
distribute a hearing schedule to these parties prior to the hearing, 
and only those parties listed on the hearing schedule may present 
issues raised in their briefs.
    All submissions, with limited exceptions, must be filed 
electronically using ACCESS.\7\ An electronically filed document must 
be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time, on the due dates established above (or, where applicable, to be 
established by Commerce at a later date). Documents excepted from the 
electronic submission requirements must be filed manually, (i.e., in 
paper form) with the APO/Dockets Unit in Room 18022 and stamped with 
the date and time of receipt by on the due date.\8\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \8\ Id.
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    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, which will include the results 
of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of the 
publication of these preliminary results or review, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Assessment Rates

    We intend to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 
days after the publication of the final rescission (or, should we find 
that the companies subject to this review had reviewable entries of 
subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, the final 
results) of this administrative review.
    These preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(I) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).


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    Dated: October 3, 2018
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
V. Public Comment
VI. Recommendation

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