[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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