[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79242-79243]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22201]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-922, A-583-842]


Raw Flexible Magnets From the People's Republic of China and 
Taiwan: Final Results of the Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the 
Antidumping Duty Orders

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

SUMMARY: As a result of these third expedited sunset reviews, the U.S. 
Department of Commerce (Commerce) finds that revocation of the 
antidumping duty orders on raw flexible magnets from the People's 
Republic of China (China) and Taiwan would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of dumping at the levels indicated in the 
``Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.

DATES: Applicable September 27, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garry Kasparov, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1397.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 3, 2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
initiation of the third sunset reviews of antidumping duty orders on 
raw flexible magnets from China and Taiwan pursuant to section 751(c) 
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 89 FR 47525 
(June 3, 2024); see also Antidumping Duty Order; Raw Flexible 
Magnets from the People's Republic of China, 73 FR 53847 (September 
17, 2008); and Antidumping Duty Order: Raw Flexible Magnets from 
Taiwan, 73 FR 53848 (September 17, 2008) (collectively, Orders).
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    On June 14, 2024, we received a timely notice of intent to 
participate in these sunset reviews from Magnum Magnetics Corporation 
(Magnum), a domestic interested party, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(d)(1)(i).\2\ Magnum claimed interested party status under 
section 771(9)(C) of the Act as a manufacturer of a domestic like 
product in the United States. On June 28, 2024, Magnum provided 
complete substantive responses for these reviews within the 30-day 
deadline specified in 19 CFR 351.2218(d)(3)(i).\3\ Commerce did not 
receive substantive responses from any respondent parties, and no party 
requested a hearing.
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    \2\ See Magnum's Letters, ``Notice of Intent to Participate,'' 
dated June 14, 2024.
    \3\ See Magnum's Letters, ``Substantive Response,'' dated June 
28, 2024.
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    On July 23, 2024, Commerce notified the U.S. International Trade 
Commission that it did not receive an adequate substantive response 
from other interested parties.\4\ As a result, in accordance with 
section 751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), 
Commerce conducted expedited, i.e., 120-day, sunset reviews of the 
Orders. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this 
administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ The deadline for these 
final results is now October 8, 2024.
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    \4\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on June 3, 
2024,'' dated July 23, 2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Scope of the Orders

    The products covered by the Orders are are certain flexible magnets 
regardless of shape, color, or packaging. For a full description of the 
scope of the Orders, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the Expedited Third Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders 
on raw flexible magnets from the People's Republic of China and 
Taiwan,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of the Comments Received

    A complete discussion of all issues raised in this sunset review, 
including the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
the magnitude of the dumping margin likely to prevail if the Order were 
to be revoked, is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\7\ A list of topics discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is included as the appendix to this notice. The Issues and 
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \7\ Id.
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews

    Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, 
Commerce determines that revocation of the Orders would be likely to 
lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and that the magnitude of 
the margins of dumping likely to prevail would be margins up to 185.28 
percent for China and up to 38.03 percent for Taiwan.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an 
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 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 violation which is subject to 
sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing, and publishing notice of, the final results of 
these sunset reviews in accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(5)(ii).

    Dated: September 23, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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 Orders
IV. History of the Orders
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues

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    1. Likelihood of Continuation or Recurrence of Dumping
    2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping Likely To Prevail
VII. Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews
VIII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2024-22201 Filed 9-26-24; 8:45 am]
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