[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 46 (Thursday, March 7, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16533-16534]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-04823]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-828, A-823-805]
Silicomanganese From the People's Republic of China and Ukraine:
Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping
Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these expedited sunset reviews, the U.S.
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty orders on silicomanganese from the People's Republic
of China (China) and Ukraine would be likely to lead to continuation or
recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the ``Final Results of
Expedited Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Applicable March 7, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aleksandras Nakutis, AD/AD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3147.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 1, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
initiation of the fifth sunset reviews of antidumping duty orders on
silicomanganese from China and Ukraine pursuant to section 751(c) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
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\1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 FR 74978
(November 1, 2023); see also Silicomanganese from the People's
Republic of China (PRC): Antidumping Duty Order, 59 FR 66003
(December 22, 1994); and Suspension Agreement on Silicomanganese
from Ukraine; Termination of Suspension Agreement and Notice of
Antidumping Duty Order, 66 FR 43838 (August 21, 2001) (collectively,
Orders).
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On November 15, 2023, we received a timely notice of intent to
participate in these sunset reviews from Eramet Marietta, Inc.
(Eramet), a domestic interested party, pursuant to 19 CFR
351.218(d)(1)(i).\2\ Eramet claimed interested party status under
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a manufacturer of a domestic like
product in the United States. On November 30, 2023, Eramet provided
complete substantive responses for these reviews within the 30-day
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.2218(d)(3)(i).\3\ Commerce did not
receive substantive responses from any respondent parties, and no party
requested a hearing.
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\2\ See Eramet's Letters, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,''
dated November 15, 2023.
\3\ See Eramet's Letters, ``Substantive Response,'' dated
November 30, 2023.
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On December 21, 2023, Commerce notified the U.S. International
Trade Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive
response from other interested parties.\4\ As a result, in accordance
with section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day,
sunset reviews of the Orders.
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\4\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews for November 2023,''
dated December 21, 2023.
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Scope of the Orders
The product covered by the Orders is silicomanganese. For a full
description of the scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\5\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders on Silicomanganese from the People's
Republic of China and Ukraine,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in these sunset reviews are addressed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum is included as the appendix to this
notice. The Issues and 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 is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act,
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of
the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be margins up to 150.00
percent for China and 163.00 percent for Ukraine.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a). 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 which is subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance
with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.218.
Dated: February 29, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2024-04823 Filed 3-6-24; 8:45 am]
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