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language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least ten (10) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, May 12, 2000.

Lisa M. Kelly,

Special Assistant to the Staff Director,

Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

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BILLING CODE 6335–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A–570–828]

Silicomanganese From the People’s

Republic of China: Notice of Final

Results of Antidumping Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce .

ACTION: Notice of Final Results of

Antidumping Duty Administrative

Review.

SUMMARY: On November 8, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (‘‘the

Department’’) published the preliminary

results of administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on

silicomanganese from the People’s

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’). This review

covers two manufacturers/exporters,

Guangxi Bayi Ferroalloy Works

(‘‘Bayi’’), and Sichuan Emei Ferroalloy

Import and Export Co., Ltd. (‘‘Emei’’).

The period of review (‘‘POR’’) is

December 1, 1997 through November

30, 1998.

The final weighted-average dumping

margins for the reviewed firms are listed

below in the section entitled ‘‘Final

Results of Review.’’ The final margins

differ from those published in the

preliminary results due to changes that

we made since the preliminary results.

For details regarding these changes, see

the section of the notice entitled

‘‘Changes Since the Preliminary

Results.’’

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy Finn or Howard Smith, AD/

CVD Enforcement Group II, Office IV,

Import Administration, International

Trade Administration, U.S. Department

of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230; telephone (202) 482–0065 or

(202) 482–5193 respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions effective January 1, 1995,

the effective date of the amendments

made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (‘‘the

Act’’) by the Uruguay Rounds

Agreements Act (‘‘URAA’’). In addition,

unless otherwise indicated, all citations

to the Department’s regulations are to

the current regulations at 19 CFR part

351 (1999).

Background

Since the publication of the

preliminary results, the following events

have occurred. On November 29, 1999

the respondents and the petitioner

(Eramet Marietta Inc. (‘‘Eramet’’))

submitted publicly available

information and comments regarding

factor valuation. On December 8, 1999

the respondents filed rebuttal comments

regarding the petitioner’s November 29,

1999 factor value submission. The

Department issued supplemental

questionnaires to the respondents on

December 16, 1999, and received

responses to those questionnaires on

January 7, 2000. On January 11, 2000,

the Department published in the

Federal Register a notice extending the

due date for the final results until May

6, 2000 (65 FR 1597). In January 2000,

the Department conducted verifications

of Bayi and Emei. Public versions of our

verification reports, dated March 1,

2000, are on file in the Central Records

Unit (‘‘CRU’’), room B–099 of the main

Department of Commerce building,

under the appropriate case number. In

response to the Department’s invitation

to comment on the preliminary results

of review, the petitioner and the

respondents filed case and rebuttal

briefs in March 2000. The Department

held a public hearing regarding this

review on April 3, 2000.

The Department has conducted this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751 of the Act.

Scope of the Review

The merchandise covered by this

order is silicomanganese.

Silicomanganese, which is sometimes

called ferrosilicon manganese, is a

ferroalloy composed principally of

manganese, silicon, and iron, and

normally containing much smaller

proportions of minor elements, such as

carbon, phosphorous and sulfur.

Silicomanganese generally contains by

weight not less than 4 percent iron,

more than 30 percent manganese, more

than 8 percent silicon and not more

than 3 percent phosphorous. All

compositions, forms and sizes of

silicomanganese are included within the

scope of this investigation, including

silicomanganese slag, fines and

briquettes. Silicomanganese is used

primarily in steel production as a source

of both silicon and manganese. This

investigation covers all

silicomanganese, regardless of its tariff

classification. Most silicomanganese is

currently classifiable under subheading

7202.30.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (‘‘HTS’’).

Some silicomanganese may also

currently be classifiable under HTS

subheading 7202.99.5040. Although the

HTS subheadings are provided for

convenience and customs purposes, our

written description of the scope is

dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

All issues raised in the case and

rebuttal briefs by parties to this

administrative review are addressed in

the ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum’’

(‘‘Decision Memorandum’’) from Holly

A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant

Secretary, Important Administration, to

Troy H. Cribb, Acting Assistant

Secretary for Import Administration,

dated May 8, 2000, which is hereby

adopted by this notice. A list of the

issues which parties have raised and to

which we have responded, all of which

are in the Decision Memorandum, is

attached to this notice as an Appendix.

Parties can find a complete discussion

of all issues raised in this review and

the corresponding recommendations in

this public memorandum which is on

file in the Central Record Unit, room B–

099 of the main Department of

Commerce building. In addition a

complete version of the Decision

Memorandum can be accessed directly

on the Web at www.ita.doc.gov/

importladmin/records/frn. The paper

copy and electronic version of the

Decision Memorandum are identical in

content.

Use of Facts Available

For a discussion of our use of facts

available, see the ‘‘Facts Available’’

section of the Decision Memorandum.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

of Review

Based on the corrections presented at

verification, the Department’s

verification findings, and our analysis of

the petitioner’s and the respondents’

comments, we have made certain

changes to the factors of production and

surrogate values used to calculate the

margins in the preliminary results. We

have also corrected certain clerical

errors in our margin calculations. The

changes and corrections are discussed

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in the relevant sections of the Decision

Memorandum. Further details regarding

the changes and corrections can be

found in the Decision Memorandum,

surrogate value memorandum (see

Surrogate Values Used for the Final

Results of the 1997–1998 Administrative

Review of Silicomanganese From the

People’s Republic of China) and

company-specific analysis memoranda

(see Analysis for the Final Results of the

1997–1998 Administrative Review of

Silicomanganese From the People’s

Republic of China: Guangxi Bayi

Ferroalloy and Analysis for the Final

Results of the 1997–1998 Administrative

Review of Silicomanganese From the

People’s Republic of China: Sichuan

Emei Ferroalloy Import and Export Co.,

Ltd.), all of which are on file in room B–

099 of the main Department of

Commerce building.

Final Results of Review

We determine that the following

percentage weighted-average margins

exist for the period December 1, 1997

through November 30, 1998:

Manufacturer/Exporter Margin

(percent)

Guangxi Bayi Ferroalloy

Works ................................ 126.22

Sichuan Emei Ferroalloy Import and Export Co., Ltd ... 182.97

The Department shall determine, and

Customs shall assess, antidumping

duties on all appropriate entries. In

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b), we

have calculated exporter/importerspecific assessment rates. We divided

the total dumping margins for sales to

a specific importer by the total units of

subject merchandise sold to the

importer in order to calculate a per-unit

dollar assessment. The per-unit dollar

amount will be assessed uniformly

against each unit of subject merchandise

that the importer entered during the

POR.

Cash Deposit Requirements

The following deposit requirements

will be effective upon publication of

this notice of final results of

administrative review for all shipments

of silicomanganese from the PRC

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,

for consumption on or after the date of

publication, as provided by section

751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit

rates for the reviewed companies will be

the rates shown above; (2) for previously

reviewed or investigated companies not

listed above that have separate rates, the

cash deposit rate will continue to be the

company-specific rate published for the

most recent period; (3) the cash deposit

rate for all other PRC exporters will

continue to be 150.00 percent; and (4)

the cash-deposit rate for non-PRC

exporters will be the rate applicable to

the PRC supplier of that exporter.

These deposit requirements shall

remain in effect until publication of the

final results of the next administrative

review.

This notice also serves as a final

reminder to importers of their

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)

to file a certificate regarding the

reimbursement of antidumping duties

prior to liquidation of the relevant

entries during this review period.

Failure to comply with this requirement

could result in the Secretary’s

presumption that reimbursement of

antidumping duties occurred and the

subsequent assessment of doubled

antidumping duties.

This notice also serves as the only

reminder to parties subject to

administrative protective orders

(‘‘APOs’’) of their responsibility

concerning the return or destruction of

proprietary information disclosed under

an APO in accordance with 19 CFR

351.305 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 this

determination and notice in accordance

with sections section 751(a)(1) and

771(i) of the Act.

Dated: May 8, 2000.

Troy H. Cribb,

Acting Assistant Secretary for Import

Administration.

Appendix—Issues in Decision

Memorandum

Comments and Responses

I. Factor Valuation

II. Facts Available

III. Clerical Errors

IV. Miscellaneous Issues

1. Classifying Electrode Paste as a Direct

Material or Part of Overhead

2. Allocating Costs Over Production

Quantities That Include Fines

3. Reducing Normal Value for Sales of

Silicomanganese Slag

4. Recalculating Emei’s Electricity

Consumption Based on Verification

Findings

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C–533–063]

Certain Iron-Metal Castings from India:

Final Results of Countervailing Duty

Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of final results of

countervailing duty administrative

review.

SUMMARY: On November 12, 1999, the

Department of Commerce (the

Department) published in the Federal

Register its preliminary results of

administrative review of the

countervailing duty order on certain

iron-metal castings from India for the

period January 1, 1997 through

December 31, 1997 (64 FR 61592). The

Department has now completed this

administrative review in accordance

with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of

1930, as amended (the Act).

We have not made changes in the

subsidy calculations from the

preliminary results. For information on

the net subsidy for each reviewed

company, and for all non-reviewed

companies, see the Final Results of

Review section of this notice. We will

instruct the U.S. Customs Service

(Customs) to assess countervailing

duties as detailed in the Final Results of

Review section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 18, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert Copyak, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration,

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Room 4012, Washington, D.C. 20230;

telephone: (202) 482–2786.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all

citations to the statute are references to

the provisions of the Tariff Act of 1930,

as amended by the Uruguay Round

Agreements Act (URAA) effective

January 1, 1995. The Department is

conducting this administrative review

in accordance with section 751(a) of the

Act. All citations to the Department’s

regulations reference 19 CFR part 351

(1998), unless otherwise indicated.

Because the request for this

administrative review was filed before

January 1, 1999, the Department’s

substantive countervailing duty

regulations, which were published in

the Federal Register on November 25,