Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices 99829 

1See Ferrosilicon from Malaysia: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less than Fair 

Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 89 FR 88010 (November 6, 2024) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2The petitioners are CC Metals and Alloys, LLC 

and Ferroglobe USA, TNC. 3See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Ministerial Error 

Allegation Pertaining to OMSA in the Preliminary 

Determination,’’ dated November 8, 2024 

(Petitioners’ OMSA Ministerial Error Allegation); 

see also ‘‘Ministerial Error Allegation Pertaining to 

Pertama in the Preliminary Determination,’’ dated 

November 12, 2024 (Petitioners’ Pertama 

Ministerial Error Allegation). 

4See section 735(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act); see also 19 CFR 351.224(f). 

5See 19 CFR 351.224(g). 

6See Petitioners’ OMSA Ministerial Error 

Allegation; see also Commerce’s Memorandum, 

‘‘Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for OM 

Materials Sarawak Sdn. Bhd,’’ dated October 31, 

2024. 

7See Petitioners’ Pertama Ministerial Error 

Allegation; see also Commerce’s Memorandum, 

‘‘Preliminary Analysis Memorandum for Pertama 

Ferroalloys Sdn. Bhd,’’ dated October 31, 2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Analysis of Ministerial 

Error Allegations,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Ministerial Error 

Memorandum). 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Room 22004, Washington, DC 20230. 

Statements will be provided to PAC– 

DBIA members in advance of the 

meeting for consideration and may be 

posted on the Council website (http://

trade.gov/pac-dbia). Any business 

proprietary information should be 

clearly designated as such. All 

statements received, including 

attachments and other supporting 

materials, are part of the public record 

and subject to public disclosure. 

Meeting transcripts: Copies of the 

Council’s meeting transcript and a video 

recording of the meeting will be 

available within ninety (90) days of the 

meeting on the Council’s website at 

http://trade.gov/pac-dbia. 

Giancarlo Cavallo, 

Deputy Director, Office of Africa. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29050 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–557–828] 

Ferrosilicon From Malaysia: Amended 

Preliminary Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value and Amended 

Preliminary Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is amending the 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation of ferrosilicon from 

Malaysia to correct significant 

ministerial errors. The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2023, 

through December 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jacob Waddell, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1369. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 6, 2024, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register its 

preliminary affirmative determination 

in the LTFV investigation of ferrosilicon 

from Malaysia.1 On November 8 and 12, 

2024, the petitioners 2 timely alleged 

that Commerce made significant 

ministerial errors in the Preliminary 

Determination with respect to 

calculation of the preliminary weightedaverage dumping margins for OM 

Materials Sarawak Sdn. Bhd (OMSA) 

and Pertama Ferroalloys Sdn. Bhd 

(Pertama),3 respectively. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is ferrosilicon from 

Malaysia. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see the 

Preliminary Determination. 

Legal Framework 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will correct any significant 

ministerial error by amending the 

preliminary determination. A 

ministerial error is defined as including 

errors ‘‘in addition, subtraction, or other 

arithmetic function, clerical error 

resulting from inaccurate copying, 

duplication, or the like, and any other 

similar type of unintentional error 

which {Commerce} considers 

ministerial.’’ 4 A ministerial error is 

considered to be ‘‘significant’’ if its 

correction, either singly or in 

combination with other errors, would 

result in: (1) a change of at least five 

absolute percentage points in, but not 

less than 25 percent of, the weightedaverage dumping margin calculated in 

the preliminary determination; or (2) a 

difference between a weighted-average 

dumping margin of zero (or de minimis) 

and a weighted-average dumping 

margin of greater than de minimis or 

vice versa.5

Analysis of Significant Ministerial 

Errors 

In the Preliminary Determination, 

Commerce made significant ministerial 

errors within the meaning of section 

735(3) of the Act and 19 CFR 35.224(f)– 

(g) in calculating the weighted-average 

dumping margins for OMSA and 

Pertama. Specifically, for OMSA, we 

included an incorrect currency 

conversion for OMSA’s home market 

costs.6 For Pertama, an error in our 

aggregation of five third-country market 

databases resulted in a distortion of the 

results of the arm’s-length test in the 

comparison market program.7

We find that these errors meet the 

definition of ‘‘ministerial errors,’’ and 

that the corrections of the errors for 

OMSA and Pertama result in a change 

that is at least five absolute percentage 

points in, and not less than 25 percent 

of, the margins calculated for OMSA 

and Pertama in the Preliminary 

Determination. As such, they constitute 

significant errors within the meaning of 

19 CFR 351.224(g). Accordingly, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 224(e), Commerce is 

amending the Preliminary 

Determination to correct these 

significant ministerial errors by revising 

the rates for OMSA, Pertama, and all 

other producers and/or exporters.8

For a complete discussion of the 

alleged ministerial errors, see the 

Preliminary Ministerial Error 

Memorandum. 

Amended Preliminary Negative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

Because we have revised the rates 

calculated for OMSA, Pertama, and all 

other producers and/or exporters, we 

have also amended our preliminary 

analysis of critical circumstances. In 

accordance with section 733(e) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce 

preliminarily finds that critical 

circumstances do not exist for OMSA, 

Pertama, and all other companies not 

individually examined. For a full 

description of the results of Commerce’s 

critical circumstances analysis, see the 

Ministerial Error Memorandum. 

Amended Preliminary Determination 

As a result of correcting the 

significant ministerial errors, Commerce 

determines the following estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

exist: 


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99830 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 238 / Wednesday, December 11, 2024 / Notices 

1See Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin from the 

Sultanate of Oman: Preliminary Results and Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022–2023, 89 FR 48153 (June 5, 2024) 

(Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2022– 

2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 

Duty Order on Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

From the Sultanate of Oman,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See Certain Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

from Canada, the People’s Republic of China, India, 

and the Sultanate of Oman: Amended Final 

Affirmative Antidumping Determination (Sultanate 

of Oman) and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 

27979 (May 6, 2016) (Order). 

Exporter/producer 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for subsidy offsets(s)) 

(percent) 

OM Sarawak Sdn. Bhd ................................................................................................ 19.48 18.80 

Pertama Ferroalloys Sdn. Bhd .................................................................................... 38.19 37.91 

All Others ..................................................................................................................... 27.73 27.17 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for this amended preliminary 

determination to parties within five 

days after public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224. 

Amended Cash Deposits and 

Suspension of Liquidation 

The collection of cash deposits and 

suspension of liquidation will be 

revised according to the rates calculated 

in this amended preliminary 

determination, in accordance with 

section 733(d) of the Act. Because this 

amended preliminary determination 

results in increased cash deposit rates, 

these rates will be effective on the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. These suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

Notification of U.S. International Trade 

Commission 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, we intend to notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission of our 

amended preliminary determination. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to sections 703(f) and 777(i) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: December 5, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2024–29114 Filed 12–10–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–523–810] 

Polyethylene Terephthalate Resin 

From the Sultanate of Oman: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022–2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

the sole producer/exporter under 

administrative review, OCTAL SAOC 

FZC (OCTAL), did not sell subject 

merchandise at less than normal value 

during the period of review (POR), May 

1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2769. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 5, 2024, Commerce published 

the Preliminary Results in the Federal 

Register.1 For a complete description of 

the events that occurred since 

Commerce issued the Preliminary 

Results, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.2 Commerce conducted 

this administrative review in 

accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 3

The merchandise covered the Order is 

polyethylene terephthalate resin (PET 

resin) from the Sultanate of Oman 

(Oman). For a full description of the 

scope of the Order, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs that interested parties 

filed in this administrative review are 

listed in the in the appendix to this 

notice and addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 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 Services 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 assessed directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our review of the record and 

interested parties’ comments on the 

Preliminary Results, we revised certain 

language in the program that we used to 

calculate OCTAL’s dumping margin to 

accurately reclassify certain sales as 

constructed export price sales. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of Review 

Commerce determines that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the period, 

May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023: 

Producer or exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

OCTAL SAOC FZC .................... 0.00 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed in 

these final results of review to parties to 

the proceeding within five days after the 

date of any public announcement of the 

final results or, if there is no public 

announcement of the final results, 

within five days after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). 

Assessment Rates 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce has determined the 

antidumping duty assessment rate on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise during the POR. Because 

OCTAL’s ad valorem weighted-average 

dumping margin is zero, we will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 


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