[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9122-9123]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02708]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-919]


Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide From the People's Republic of 
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-
2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) continues to 
determine that the sole respondent under review, Duracell (China) 
Limited (DCL), is not eligible for a separate rate and is therefore a 
part of the China-wide entity. The period of review (POR) is

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October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022.

DATES: Applicable February 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill or Luke Caruso, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4037 or (202) 482-2081, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 18, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
preliminary results of the 2021-2022 administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on electrolytic manganese dioxide from the 
People's Republic of China (China).\1\ We invited interested parties to 
comment on the Preliminary Results. No parties commented on the 
Preliminary Results. Accordingly, the Preliminary Results remain 
unchanged in the final results of this review, and no decision 
memorandum accompanies this notice.
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    \1\ See Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR 71824 (October 18, 2023) 
(Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order 2
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    \2\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide 
from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 58537 (October 7, 2008) 
(Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order includes all manganese dioxide 
(MnO2) that has been manufactured in an electrolysis process, whether 
in powder, chip, or plate form. Excluded from the scope are natural 
manganese dioxide (NMD) and chemical manganese dioxide (CMD). The 
merchandise subject to the Order is classified in the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at subheading 2820.10.00.00. 
While the HTSUS subheading is provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope of the Order is 
dispositive.

Final Results of Review

    Consistent with the Preliminary Results, we continue to determine 
that the sole respondent under review, DCL, did not establish its 
eligibility for a separate rate and is part of the China-wide entity.

Disclosure

    Because Commerce received no comments on the Preliminary Results, 
we have not modified our analysis and no decision memorandum 
accompanies this Federal Register notice. We are adopting the 
Preliminary Results as the final results of this review. Consequently, 
there are no calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b) for these final results.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject 
merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review. No 
earlier than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in 
the Federal Register, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate any 
entries of subject merchandise from DCL that entered the United States 
during the POR at the China-wide rate (i.e., 149.92 percent). If a 
timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the 
assessment instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant 
entries until the time for parties to file a request for a statutory 
injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register for all shipments of 
subject merchandise from China entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) for any previously 
investigated or reviewed Chinese or non-Chinese exporter that has a 
separate rate, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter's 
existing cash deposit rate; (2) for all Chinese exporters of subject 
merchandise that do not have a separate rate, including DCL, the cash 
deposit rate will be equal to the dumping margin assigned to the China-
wide entity, which is 149.92 percent; \3\ and (3) for all non-Chinese 
exporters of subject merchandise that do not have a separate rate, the 
cash deposit rate will be equal to the dumping margin applicable to the 
Chinese exporter(s) that supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results, 88 FR at 71825.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
an 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(a)(3). Timely 
written 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 subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing the final results of this review in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h) and 351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: February 2, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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