[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 200 (Wednesday, October 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55287-55289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22515]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-954]


Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2017-2018

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 September 1, 2017 through 
August 31, 2018 period of review (POR) by the companies subject to this 
review. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.

DATES: Applicable October 16, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan James, AD/CVD Operations,

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Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-5305.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 15, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on magnesia carbon bricks for five producers/exporters for 
the POR. \1\ Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines 
affected by the partial federal government closure from December 22, 
2018 through the resumption of operations on January 28, 2019.\2\ 
Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary results from July 
12, 2019, to no later than October 10, 2019. For a more detailed 
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, dated concurrently with these 
results and hereby adopted by this notice.\3\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 57414 (November 15, 2018) (Initiation 
Notice). The companies subject to this review are Fedmet Resources 
Corporation (Fedmet); Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng 
City, Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City, and Fengchi 
Refractories Co., of Haicheng City (collectively, Fengchi); and RHI 
Liaoning Zhongmei High Temperature Material Co., Ltd., Liaoning 
Zhongmei Holding Co., Ltd., RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd., 
Shenglong Refractories Co., Ltd., Yingkou Heping Sanhua Materials 
Co., Ltd., and Yingkou Heping Samwha Minerals, Co., Ltd.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown 
of the Federal Government,'' dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines 
in this proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of 
China; 2017-2018,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Preliminary 
Determination Memorandum).
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    The Preliminary 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 to ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties 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/index.html. A list of topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an 
Appendix to this notice. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and 
the electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 
identical in content.

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.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Preliminary Intent To Rescind the Administrative Review, in Part, and 
Status of the China-Wide Entity

    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 that submitted no shipment certifications 
had reviewable entries of subject merchandise to the United States 
during the POR, Commerce preliminarily determines certain companies 
subject to this review had no reviewable entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR.\4\ Should evidence arise that leads us to conclude that 
the companies subject to review had reviewable entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR, we will revisit this issue in the final 
results. Otherwise, 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\ See Memorandum, ``Certain magnesia carbon bricks from China 
(A-570-954)'' dated July 31, 2019 (detailing CBP's response to 
Commerce's no-shipment inquiry).
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    Additionally, none of the following companies subject to this 
review filed a separate rate application or certification: Liaoning 
Zhongmei High Temperature Material Co., Ltd., Liaoning Zhongmei Holding 
Co., Ltd., RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd., Shenglong Refractories 
Co., Ltd., Yingkou Heping Sanhua Materials Co., Ltd., and Yingkou 
Heping Samwha Minerals, Co., Ltd. Thus, Commerce preliminarily 
determines that these companies have not demonstrated their eligibility 
for separate rate status. As such, Commerce preliminarily determines 
that these companies are part of the China-wide entity. In addition, 
Commerce no longer considers the non-market economy (NME) entity as an 
exporter conditionally subject to an antidumping duty administrative 
review. Accordingly, the NME entity will not be under review unless 
Commerce specifically receives a request for, or self-initiates, a 
review of the NME entity. In this administrative review, no party 
requested a review of the China-wide entity. Moreover, we have not 
self-initiated a review of the China-wide entity. Because no review of 
the China-wide entity is being conducted, the China-wide entity's 
entries are not subject to the review and the rate applicable to the 
NME entity is not subject to change as a result of this review. The 
China-wide entity rate is 236.00 percent.

Public Comment

    Case briefs must be submitted to Enforcement and Compliance's 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS) no later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
these preliminary results, unless the Secretary alters the time limit. 
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in case briefs, may be 
submitted no later than five days after the deadline date 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.

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    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 within 120 days of the 
publication of these preliminary results, 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 are issued and published in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 9, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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 Intent To Rescind the Administrative Review, in 
Part, and Status of the China-wide Entity
V. Public Comment
VI. Recommendation
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