[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 154 (Friday, August 13, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 44746]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17308]


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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION

[Investigation No. 731-TA-1526 (Final)]


Silicon Metal From Malaysia; Determination

    On the basis of the record \1\ developed in the subject 
investigation, the United States International Trade Commission 
(``Commission'') determines, pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the 
Act''), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by 
reason of imports of silicon metal, provided for in subheadings 
2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States, from Malaysia, that have been found by the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (``Commerce'') to be sold in the United States 
at less than fair value (``LTFV'').
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    \1\ The record is defined in Sec.  207.2(f) of the Commission's 
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 207.2(f)).
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Background

    The Commission instituted the investigations effective June 30, 
2020, following receipt of petitions filed with the Commission and 
Commerce by Globe Specialty Metal, Inc., Beverly, Ohio and Mississippi 
Silicon, LLC, Burnsville, Mississippi. The final phase of the 
investigations was scheduled by the Commission following notification 
of preliminary determinations by Commerce that imports of silicon metal 
from Kazakhstan were subsidized within the meaning of section 703(b) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1671b(b)) and that imports of silicon metal from 
Bosnia and Herzegovina and Iceland were being sold at LTFV within the 
meaning of 733(b) of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673b(b)). Notice of the 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's investigations and of 
a public hearing to be held in connection therewith was given by 
posting copies of the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. 
International Trade Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the 
notice in the Federal Register on December 30, 2020 (85 FR 86578). In 
light of the restrictions on access to the Commission building due to 
the COVID-19 pandemic, the Commission conducted its hearing through 
written testimony and video conference on February 22, 2021. All 
persons who requested the opportunity were permitted to participate.
    The investigation schedules became staggered when Commerce: (i) 
Postponed the final determination for its antidumping duty 
investigation regarding Silicon Metal from Malaysia; and (ii) reached 
earlier final antidumping and countervailing duty determinations 
concerning Silicon Metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, and 
Kazakhstan. On April 12, 2021, the Commission issued final affirmative 
determinations in its antidumping and countervailing duty 
investigations of Silicon Metal from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, 
and Kazakhstan (86 FR 20197, April 16, 2021). Following notification of 
a final determination by Commerce that imports of Silicon Metal from 
Malaysia were being sold at LTFV within the meaning of section 735(a) 
of the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(a)),\2\ notice of the supplemental 
scheduling of the final phase of the Commission's antidumping duty 
investigation with respect to Malaysia was given by posting copies of 
the notice in the Office of the Secretary, U.S. International Trade 
Commission, Washington, DC, and by publishing the notice in the Federal 
Register on June 30, 2021 (86 FR 34786).
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    \2\ 86 FR 33224, June 24, 2021.
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    The Commission made this determination pursuant to Sec.  735(b) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1673d(b)). It completed and filed its determination 
in this investigation on August 9, 2021. The views of the Commission 
are contained in USITC Publication 5220 (August 2021), entitled Silicon 
Metal from Malaysia: Investigation No. 731-TA-1526 (Final).

    By order of the Commission.

    Issued: August 9, 2021.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2021-17308 Filed 8-12-21; 8:45 am]
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