[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42461-42462]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-18093]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter 
graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China (China) for the 
period February 1, 2017, through January 31, 2018, based on the timely 
withdrawal of the requests for review.

DATES: Applicable August 22, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or John Anwesen, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5973 or (202) 
482-0131, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 26, 2009, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on small diameter graphite electrodes from

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China.\1\ On February 1, 2018, Commerce published a notice of 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on small diameter graphite electrodes from China for the period 
of review February 1, 2017, through January 31, 2018.\2\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Order: Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China, 74 FR 8775 (February 
26, 2009).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 83 FR 4639 (February 1, 2018).
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    On February 28, 2018, Tokai Carbon GE LLC (the petitioner) \3\ 
requested an administrative review of the order for 192 producers and/
or exporters of the subject merchandise, including Fushun Jinly 
Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.\4\ In addition, on February 28, 2018, 
producer and exporter Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. 
(Fushun Jinly) requested a review of itself.\5\ On April 16, 2018, in 
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and, we initiated an administrative review of the order on 
small diameter graphite electrodes from China with respect to 193 
companies.\6\ On May 4, 2018, the petitioner withdrew its 
administrative review request with respect to all companies except 
Fushun Jinly,\7\ and on June 26, 2018, we rescinded the administrative 
review request for all companies, except Fushun Jinly.\8\ On July 17, 
2018, the petitioner withdrew its administrative review request for 
Fushun Jinly.\9\ Additionally, on July 17, 2018, Fushun Jinly withdrew 
its administrative review request of itself.\10\
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    \3\ Formerly, SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite Co.
    \4\ See the petitioner's submission, ``Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China--Request for 
Initiation of Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated February 
28, 2018. The petitioner's review request included Fushun Jinli 
Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. (emphasis added).
    \5\ See Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd.'s, ``Small 
Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: 
Request for an Administrative Review,'' dated February 28, 2018. For 
purposes of this review, we are treating Fushun Jinli Petrochemical 
Carbon Co., Ltd. and Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd. as 
the same respondent company. In a prior administrative review of 
electrodes from China, we found that Fushun Jinly Petrochemical 
Carbon Co., Ltd. is the same entity as Fushun Jinli Petrochemical 
Carbon Co., Ltd. See, e.g., Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from 
the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review, 77 FR 40854, 40856 n.3 (July 11, 2012). 
Consistent with this determination, and in the absence of contrary 
evidence, we are continuing to treat these companies as the same 
entity. See also Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review: Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes form the People's 
Republic of China--Respondent Selection,'' dated May 15, 2018.
    \6\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 16298 (April 16, 2018). Because the 
petitioner requested a review for Fushun Jinli Petrochemical Carbon 
Co., Ltd. and Fushun Jinly requested a review of itself under the 
name Fushun Jinly Petrochemical Carbon Co., Ltd., we initiated a 
review with respect to 193 companies.
    \7\ See the petitioner's submission, ``Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: Petitioner's 
Withdrawal of Certain Requests for Review,'' dated May 4, 2018.
    \8\ See Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 83 FR 29747 (June 26, 2018).
    \9\ See the petitioner's submission, ``Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China--Petitioner's 
Withdrawal of Request for Review,'' dated July 17, 2018.
    \10\ See Fushun Jinly's submission, ``Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China: Withdrawal of 
Administrative Review Request,'' dated July 17, 2018.
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Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if the party that requested 
the review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. In 
this case, the petitioner and Fushun Jinly timely withdrew their review 
requests by the 90-day deadline. No other parties requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter 
graphite electrodes from China. Therefore, we are rescinding the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter 
graphite electrodes from China for the period February 1, 2017, through 
January 31, 2018.

Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping 
duties shall be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit of 
estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice in the 
Federal Register.

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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of the antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
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 sanctionable violation.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4).

     Dated: August 17, 2018.
James Maeder,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations performing the duties of Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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