[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 201 (Thursday, October 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55557-55559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-22672]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-955]


Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of 
China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain 
magnesia carbon bricks (magnesia carbon bricks) from the People's 
Republic of China (China) for the period of review January 1, 2017, 
through December 31, 2017 (POR).

DATES: Applicable October 17, 2019.

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 September 11, 2018, Commerce published in the Federal Register a 
notice of opportunity to request an administrative of the CVD order on 
magnesia carbon bricks from China for the POR.\1\ On October 1, 2018, 
the Magnesia Carbon Bricks Fair Trade Committee (MC Bricks Committee) 
timely submitted a request to review the Companies Subject to Review, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b).\2\ No other party submitted a 
request for an administrative review of magnesia carbon bricks from 
China for the POR. On November 15, 2018, Commerce published in the 
Federal Register a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review.\3\ In the Initiation Notice, we stated that in the event we 
limited the number of respondents for individual examination, we 
intended to select respondents based on U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) data for U.S. imports of magnesia carbon bricks from 
China during the POR.\4\ On December 4, 2018, we notified interested 
parties that CBP's database, which is comprised of actual U.S. entries 
of subject merchandise, indicated that there were no entries of 
magnesia carbon bricks from China that are subject to CVD duties with 
respect to the Companies Subject to Review during the POR.\5\ Commerce 
solicited comments from interested parties on the CBP Entry Data.\6\ On 
December 11, 2018 the MC Bricks Committee filed timely comments on the 
CBP Entry Data stating that Commerce should obtain CBP entry 
information for ``Type-1'' entries that were imported or exported by 
Fedmet and place that information on the record as Commerce did in the 
most-recently completed administrative review of magnesia carbon bricks 
from China.\7\ On December 13, 2018, Fedmet and the Fengchi Companies 
each submitted timely certifications of no shipments, and they both 
requested that Commerce rescind the administrative review of the 
respective entities.\8\ In its certification of no shipments, Fedmet 
stated that it is a U.S. importer and distributor of non-subject 
merchandise from China and an importer of various types of refractory 
bricks from non-subject sources.\9\ Fedmet also requested that Commerce 
terminate this administrative review with respect to Fedmet, arguing 
that the MC Bricks Committee had no grounds to request an 
administrative review of Fedmet, and that Commerce has no lawful basis 
to conduct this review with respect to Fedmet.\10\
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 83 FR 45888 (September 11, 2018).
    \2\ See Letter from the MC Bricks Committee, ``Certain Magnesia 
Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China: Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated October 1, 2018. The MC Bricks 
Committee is an ad hoc association comprised of three U.S. producers 
of magnesia carbon bricks: Resco Products, Inc.; Magnesita 
Refractories Company; and HarbisonWalker International, Inc. The 
Companies Subject to Review are: Fedmet Resources Corporation 
(Fedmet); Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd., Fengchi Imp. and Exp. 
Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City, Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd. of Haicheng 
City, and Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City (collectively, 
the Fengchi Companies); Liaoning Zhongmei High Temperature Material 
Co., Ltd.; Liaoning Zhongmei Holding Co., Ltd.; RHI Refractories 
Liaoning Co., Ltd.; Shenglong Refractories Co., Ltd.; Yingkou Heping 
Samwha Minerals, Co., Ltd.; and Yingkou Heping Sanhua Materials Co., 
Ltd.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 57411 (November 15, 2018) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ Id. at the section, ``Respondent Selection.''
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China; 2017: Release of U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) Data for Respondent Selection,'' dated December 4, 
2018 (CBP Entry Data).
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ See Letter from the MC Bricks Committee, ``Certain Magnesia 
Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China: Comments on CBP 
Data Query,'' dated December 11, 2018.
    \8\ See Letter from Fedmet, ``Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China, Case No. C-570-955: No Shipments 
Certification,'' dated December 13, 2018 (Fedmet's Certification of 
No Shipments); see also Letter from the Fengchi Companies, 
``Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China, Case 
No. C-570-955: No Shipments Certification,'' dated December 13, 
2018.
    \9\ See Fedmet's Certification of No Shipments.
    \10\ Id.
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    On June 28, 2019, Commerce requested that CBP confirm whether any 
shipments of magnesia carbon bricks from China entered the United 
States during the POR with respect to the Companies Subject to 
Review.\11\ On this same day, CBP responded to Commerce's inquiry and 
confirmed that there were no shipments of magnesia carbon bricks from 
China during the POR with respect to the Companies Subject to 
Review.\12\ On September 12, 2019, Commerce issued a memorandum stating 
that it intended to rescind this administrative review based on the 
lack of suspended entries with respect to the Companies Subject to 
Review, and invited comments from interested parties.\13\ No interested 
party commented on Commerce's intent to rescind this administrative 
review.
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    \11\ See CBP message no. 9179316, dated June 28, 2019.
    \12\ See Memorandum, ``Certain magnesia carbon bricks from the 
People's Republic of China (China) (C-570-955),'' dated July 2, 
2019.
    \13\ See Memorandum, ``Administrative Review of the 
Countervailing Duty Order on Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the 
People's Republic of China: Intent to Rescind the 2017 
Administrative Review,'' dated September 12, 2019 (Intent to Rescind 
Memorandum).
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Rescission of Review

    It is Commerce's practice to rescind an administrative review of a 
CVD order, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), when there are no 
reviewable entries of subject merchandise during the POR for which 
liquidation is suspended.\14\ Normally, upon completion of an 
administrative review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the 
assessment rate calculated for the review period.\15\ Therefore, for an 
administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, 
suspended entry for which Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the 
newly calculated assessment rate.\16\ Based on our examination of the 
record, we continue to find that there is no evidence of reviewable 
entries, shipments, or U.S. sales of subject merchandise during the 
POR.\17\ Accordingly, in the absence of suspended entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR for this administrative review, Commerce is 
rescinding this administrative review of the CVD order on magnesia 
carbon bricks from China, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). Commerce 
intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions to CBP 15 days 
after the

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    \14\ See, e.g., Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from 
the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019); 
Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2015, 82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); and Lightweight Thermal Paper 
from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 81 FR 50683 (August 2, 
2016).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
    \16\ See, e.g., Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's 
Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016, 84 FR 22437 (May 17, 2019).
    \17\ See Intent to Rescind Memorandum.
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice 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 return or 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.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 8, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019-22672 Filed 10-16-19; 8:45 am]
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