[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 241 (Monday, December 17, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 64525-64526]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-27242]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-823; A-834-807; A-307-820]


Silicomanganese From India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela: Final 
Results of Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 
Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the antidumping duty 
orders on silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela would 
be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The 
magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail are indicated in the 
``Final Results of Sunset Review'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable December 17, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-5255.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 23, 2002, Commerce published the Amended Final Determination 
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: 
Silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela (AD Orders).\1\ 
On October 2, 2013, the Department published the notice of continuation 
of these AD Orders.\2\
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    \1\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Silicomanganese from 
India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (May 23, 2002).
    \2\ See Silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela: 
Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders, 78 FR 60846 (October 2, 
2013) (Third Continuation of the AD Orders).
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    On September 11, 2018, Commerce published the notice of initiation 
of the sunset reviews of the AD Orders on silicomanganese from India, 
Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act).\3\
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    \3\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews, 83 FR 
45887 (September 11, 2018) (Initiation).
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    On September 13, 2018, Commerce received a notice of intent to 
participate from Eramet Marietta, Inc. (Eramet) as a domestic 
interested party, within the deadline specified in 19 CFR

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351.218(d)(1)(i).\4\ Eramet claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a producer in the United States of the 
domestic like product. On October 1, 2018, the Department received a 
complete substantive response to the notice of initiation from Eramet 
within the 30-day deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3)(i). The 
Department received no substantive responses from respondent interested 
parties. As a result, the Department conducted an expedited, i.e., 120-
day, sunset review of these AD Orders pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).
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    \4\ See Eramet's submission ``Five-Year (``Sunset'') Reviews of 
Antidumping Duty Orders on Silicomanganese from India, Kazakhstan, 
and Venezuela: Notice of Intent to Participate'' (September 13, 
2018).
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Scope of the Orders

    For purposes of these orders, the products covered are all forms, 
sizes and compositions of silicomanganese, except low-carbon 
silicomanganese, including silicomanganese briquettes, fines and slag. 
Silicomanganese is a ferroalloy composed principally of manganese, 
silicon and iron, and normally contains much smaller proportions of 
minor elements, such as carbon, phosphorous and sulfur. Silicomanganese 
is sometimes referred to as ferrosilicon manganese. Parties can find 
the full description of the scope of these AD Orders in the Issues and 
Decision Memo, which 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 
http://access.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit in Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, 
a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be 
accessed directly on the internet at http://trade.gov/enforcement/. The 
signed and electronic versions of the Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in these reviews are addressed in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, including the likelihood of continuation or 
recurrence of dumping in the event of revocation and the magnitude of 
dumping margins likely to prevail if the orders were revoked. Parties 
can find a complete discussion of all issues raised in these reviews 
and the corresponding recommendations in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.

Final Results of Sunset Review

    Pursuant to sections 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, we determine 
that revocation of the antidumping duty orders on silicomanganese from 
India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping. We determine that the weighted-
average dumping margins likely to prevail are up to the following 
percentages:

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                                                               Weighted
                                                                average
                           Country                              margin
                                                               (percent)
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India.......................................................       20.53
Kazakhstan..................................................      247.88
Venezuela...................................................       24.62
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to the 
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 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 10, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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