Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 175 / Tuesday, September 10, 2024 / Notices 73369 

1See Ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, 

Malaysia, and the Russian Federation: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 89 FR 31133 

(April 24, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Ferrosilicon from Brazil, Kazakhstan, and 

Malaysia: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Countervailing Duty 

Investigations, 89 FR 46860 (May 30, 2024). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

4Because seven days from August 26, 2024 (i.e., 

September 2, 2024) falls on a federal holiday, the 

actual deadline for the preliminary determination is 

September 3, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Ferrosilicon 

from the Republic of Kazakhstan,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

6See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

7See Initiation Notice. 

8See Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

9See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

10See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Petitioner’s Request for 

Alignment of Final Determinations with Deadline 

in Concurrent AD Investigations,’’ dated August 15, 

2024. 

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 the terms of an APO is 

a sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: September 4, 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 Order 

IV. Changes From the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether to Revise Laxcon’s 

Reported Cost 

Comment 2: Whether to Revise Mega Steels 

Private Limited’s Reported Costs 

Comment 3: Whether to Revise Ocean 

Steels Private Limited’s Reported Costs 

Comment 4: Whether to Revise Metlax 

International Private Limited’s Reported 

Costs 

Comment 5: Whether to Disallow Laxcon’s 

Offset for an Affiliated Party’s 

Interest Expenses 

Comment 6: Whether to Revise Laxcon’s 

Indirect Selling Expenses 

Comment 7: Whether to Reject Aamor’s 

Claimed Billing Adjustment 

Comment 8: Whether to Deny Aamor’s 

Request for the Addition of An Export 

Tax Adjustment 

VI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–834–813] 

Ferrosilicon From the Republic of 

Kazakhstan: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Alignment of Final Determination With 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of ferrosilicon 

from the Republic of Kazakhstan 

(Kazakhstan). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2023, through 

December 31, 2023. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable September 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Peter Shaw, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0697. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 24, 2024.1 On May 30, 2024, 

Commerce postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation.2 On 

July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this investigation by seven 

days.3 The deadline for this preliminary 

determination is now September 3, 

2024.4

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

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 Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation is ferrosilicon from 

Kazakhstan. For a complete description 

of the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,6 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).7 As noted in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 

Commerce corrected a minor clerical 

error in the language of the scope.8

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.9 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final countervailing duty (CVD) 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation of ferrosilicon from 

Kazakhstan based on a request made by 

the petitioners.10 Consequently, the 

final CVD determination will be issued 

on the same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

January 14, 2025, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that in the preliminary 


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11This rate applies to TNC Kazchrome JSC and 

its cross-owned companies: Eurasian Energy 

Corporation JSC; and Shubarkol Komir JSC. 

12As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce has found the following 

companies to be cross-owned with YDD: ASIA 

FerroAlloys LLP; and KazSilicon Metallurgical 

Combine LLP. 

13See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements); Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

14We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 15See APO and Service Final Rule. 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any zero and de 

minimis rates and any rates based 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily calculated total net 

subsidy rates for TELF AG (TELF) and 

YDD Corporation LLP (YDD) that are not 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

the facts otherwise available. Because 

we have calculated rates for both 

mandatory respondents that are not 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely on 

the facts otherwise available, we have 

preliminarily assigned an all-others rate 

based on the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates calculated for 

the mandatory respondents. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

TELF AG ............................... 2.37 

TNC Kazchrome JSC 11 ....... 2.37 

YDD Corporation LLP12 ....... 14.74 

All Others .............................. 10.13 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement, or if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of this notice in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than seven days after 

the deadline date for case briefs after the 

deadline date for case briefs.13 Pursuant 

to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), 

parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) a statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. 

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.14 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).15

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

intends to hold the hearing at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will make its final determination before 

the later of 120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

imports of ferrosilicon from Kazakhstan 

are materially injuring, or threaten 

material injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 703(f) 

and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: September 3, 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 I—Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers all 

forms and sizes of ferrosilicon, regardless of 

grade, including ferrosilicon briquettes. 

Ferrosilicon is a ferroalloy containing by 

weight four percent or more iron, more than 

eight percent but not more than 96 percent 

silicon, three percent or less phosphorus, 30 


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1See Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation 

Vehicles from the People’s Republic of China: 

Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 

FR 57870 (July 16, 2024) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

3The petitioner is American Personal 

Transportation Manufacturers Coalition. 

4See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Postponement of the Preliminary Determination,’’ 

dated August 23, 2024. 

5 Id. 

6Postponing the tolled preliminary determination 

deadline to 130 days after initiation would place 

the deadline on Sunday, November 24, 2024. 

Commerce’s practice dictates that where a deadline 

falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the 

appropriate deadline is the next business day. See 

Notice of Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next 

Business Day’’ Rule for Administrative 

Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 

percent or less manganese, less than three 

percent magnesium, and 10 percent or less of 

any other element. The merchandise covered 

also includes product described as slag, if the 

product meets these specifications. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by performing any 

grinding or any other finishing, packaging, or 

processing that would not otherwise remove 

the merchandise from the scope of the 

investigation if performed in the country of 

manufacture of the ferrosilicon. 

Ferrosilicon is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7202.21.1000, 7202.21.5000, 

7202.21.7500, 7202.21.9000, 7202.29.0010, 

and 7202.29.0050 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

While the HTSUS numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope remains 

dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Topics Discussed 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Injury Test 

IV. Subsidies Valuation 

V. Change in Ownership 

VI. Benchmarks 

VII. Analysis of Programs 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–177] 

Certain Low Speed Personal 

Transportation Vehicles From the 

People’s Republic of China: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable September 10, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mark Hoadley at (202) 482–3148, AD/ 

CVD Operations, OVII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a 

countervailing duty (CVD) investigation 

of imports of Certain Low Speed 

Personal Transportation Vehicles 

(LSPTV) from the People’s Republic of 

China (China).1 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

this administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 Currently, the preliminary 

determination is due no later than 

September 20, 2024. 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination 

Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

Commerce to issue the preliminary 

determination in a CVD investigation 

within 65 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation. 

However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act 

permits Commerce to postpone the 

preliminary determination until no later 

than 130 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation if: 

(A) the petitioner 3 makes a timely 

request for a postponement; or (B) 

Commerce concludes that the parties 

concerned are cooperating, that the 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated, and that additional time is 

necessary to make a preliminary 

determination. Under 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a 

request for postponement 25 days or 

more before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination and must 

state the reasons for the request. 

Commerce will grant the request unless 

it finds compelling reasons to deny the 

request. 

On August 23, 2024, the petitioner 

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce postpone the preliminary 

determination in this investigation.4

The petitioner stated that they request 

postponement to extend the deadline for 

the preliminary determination in order 

to collect the necessary information for 

determining accurate countervailable 

subsidy rates.5

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner submitted its 

request for postponement of the 

preliminary determination in this 

investigation 25 days or more before the 

scheduled date of the preliminary 

determination and stated the reasons for 

its request. For the reasons stated above, 

and because there are no compelling 

reasons to deny the request, in 

accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act, Commerce is postponing the 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination to no later than 130 days 

after the date on which this 

investigation was initiated, i.e., 

November 25, 2024.6 Pursuant to 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final 

determination of this investigation will 

continue to be 75 days after the date of 

the preliminary determination. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: September 3, 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. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–351–861] 

Ferrosilicon From Brazil: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination, Preliminary Affirmative 

Critical Circumstances Determination 

in Part, and Alignment of Final 

Determination With Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of ferrosilicon 

from Brazil. The period of investigation 

is January 1, 2023, through December 

31, 2023. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 


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