23660 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 77 / Friday, April 20, 2012 / Notices 

1See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 76 

FR 67412 (November 1, 2011) (‘‘Sunset Initiation’’); 

see also Antidumping Duty Order: Silicon Metal 

From the People’s Republic of China, 56 FR 26649 

(June 10, 1991). 

2See Silicon Metal From the People’s Republic of 

China: Final Results of the Expedited Sunset 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 77 FR 

10477 (February 22, 2012). 

3See id. 

4See Silicon Metal From China, 77 FR 20649 

(April 5, 2012). 

Dated: April 16, 2012. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9592 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–806] 

Silicon Metal From the People’s 

Republic of China: Continuation of 

Antidumping Duty Order 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: As a result of determinations 

by the Department of Commerce (‘‘the 

Department’’) and the International 

Trade Commission (‘‘ITC’’) that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on silicon metal from the People’s 

Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and of material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, respectively, the Department is 

publishing notice of the continuation of 

the antidumping duty order. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 20, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Pandolph or Howard Smith, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: (202) 482–3627 or (202) 482– 

5193, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 1, 2011, the Department 

published the notice of initiation of the 

third sunset review of the antidumping 

duty order on silicon metal from the 

PRC, pursuant to section 751(c) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (‘‘the 

Act’’).1 The Department conducted an 

expedited sunset review of the order.2

As a result of its review, the Department 

found that revocation of the 

antidumping duty order would likely 

lead to continuation or recurrence of 

dumping and, thus, notified the ITC of 

the magnitude of the margins likely to 

prevail if the order were revoked.3

On April 5, 2012, the ITC published 

its determination, pursuant to section 

751(c) of the Act, which stated that 

revocation of the antidumping duty 

order on silicon metal from the PRC 

would be likely to lead to continuation 

or recurrence of material injury to an 

industry in the United States within a 

reasonably foreseeable time.4

Scope of the Order 

Imports covered by this order are 

shipments of silicon metal containing at 

least 96.00 but less than 99.99 percent 

of silicon by weight. Also covered by 

this order is silicon metal from the PRC 

containing between 89.00 and 96.00 

percent silicon by weight but which 

contains a higher aluminum content 

than the silicon metal containing at least 

96.00 percent but less than 99.99 

percent silicon by weight. Silicon metal 

is currently provided for under 

subheadings 2804.69.10 and 2804.69.50 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

(HTS) as a chemical product, but is 

commonly referred to as a metal. 

Semiconductor-grade silicon (silicon 

metal containing by weight not less than 

99.99 percent of silicon and provided 

for in subheading 2804.61.00 of the 

HTS) is not subject to this order. 

Although the HTS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise is dispositive. 

Continuation of the Order 

As a result of determinations by the 

Department and the ITC that revocation 

of the antidumping duty order would be 

likely to lead to continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and material 

injury to an industry in the United 

States, pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of 

the Act, the Department hereby orders 

the continuation of the antidumping 

duty order on silicon metal from the 

PRC. U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection will continue to collect 

antidumping duty cash deposits at the 

rates in effect at the time of entry for all 

imports of subject merchandise. 

The effective date of continuation of 

the order will be the date of publication 

in the Federal Register of this notice of 

continuation. Pursuant to section 

751(c)(2) of the Act, the Department 

intends to initiate the next five-year 

review of the order not later than 30 

days prior to the fifth anniversary of the 

effective date of continuation. The fiveyear (sunset) review and this notice are 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.218(f)(4). 

Dated: April 11, 2012. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9347 Filed 4–19–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of 

Scientific Instruments 

Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the 

Educational, Scientific and Cultural 

Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. 

L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– 

36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we 

invite comments on the question of 

whether instruments of equivalent 

scientific value, for the purposes for 

which the instruments shown below are 

intended to be used, are being 

manufactured in the United States. 

Comments must comply with 15 CFR 

301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and 

be postmarked on or before May 10, 

2012. Address written comments to 

Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 

3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

Washington, DC 20230. Applications 

may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 

5 p.m. at the U.S. Department of 

Commerce in Room 3720. 

Docket Number: 12–011. Applicant: 

Cornell University, 120 Baker Lab, 

Ithaca, NY 14853. Instrument: Pixel 

Array Detector. Manufacturer: Dectris 

Ltd., Switzerland. Intended Use: This 

instrument will be used to determine 

the composition of molecules and 

visualizing their interaction sat the 

molecular level. Pertinent 

characteristics of this instrument 

include shutterless data collection, low 

noise, high dynamic range, high readout 

speed and very fine phi slicing, not 

available in conventional chargecoupled device detectors. Justification 

for Duty-Free Entry: There are no 

instruments of the same general 

category manufactured in the United 

States. Application accepted by 

Commissioner of Customs: March 22, 

2012. 

Docket Number: 12–017. Applicant: 

Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 

South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439. 

Instrument: Pilatus 100K–S Detector. 

Manufacturer: Dectris Ltd., Switzerland. 

Intended Use: This instrument will be 

used to measure time evolution of x-ray 

diffraction signals from a variety of 

materials, including complex oxides 

and to determine the time-dependent 

atomic arrangements in those materials. 

Pertinent characteristics of this 


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