[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 19, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68856-68858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-27404]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2013-2014

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on small diameter 
graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China (PRC), covering 
the period February 1, 2013, through January 31, 2014. The Department 
preliminarily determines that during the period of review (POR) one 
company covered by this review made sales of subject merchandise at 
less than normal value. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Effective Date: November 19, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael A. Romani, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0198.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order includes all small diameter 
graphite electrodes with a nominal or actual diameter of 400 
millimeters (16 inches) or less and graphite pin joining systems for 
small diameter graphite electrodes. Small diameter graphite electrodes 
and graphite pin joining systems for small diameter graphite electrodes 
that are subject to the order are currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 
8545.11.0010, 3801.10, and 8545.11.0020. While the HTSUS subheadings 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written 
description of the scope of the order is dispositive. A full 
description of the scope of the order is contained in the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\1\
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    \1\ See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Ronald K. Lorentzen, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Small Diameter Graphite 
Electrodes from the People's Republic of China'' dated concurrently 
with and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).

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Partial Rescission of the Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. Except for 
Henan Sanli Carbon Products Co., Ltd. (Henan Sanli) the petitioners \2\ 
withdrew their request for an administrative review of the remaining 
192 companies identified in the Initiation Notice.\3\ The petitioners 
were the only party to request a review of these companies. 
Accordingly, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to 
these entities, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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    \2\ SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite Co. (collectively, the 
petitioners)
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR 
18262 (April 1, 2014) (Initiation Notice). No party requested a 
review of the non-market economy entity. Pursuant to the 
Department's change in practice, the Department no longer considers 
the non-market economy entity as an exporter conditionally subject 
to administrative reviews. See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 
of Change in Department Practice for Respondent Selection in 
Antidumping Duty Proceedings and Conditional Review of the Nonmarket 
Economy Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 FR 65963, 
65970 (November 4, 2013).
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Methodology

    The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). The 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum contains a full description of the 
methodology underlying our conclusions. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is made available to the public via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is 
available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov, and is 
available to all parties in the Department's Central Records Unit, 
located at room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can 
be found at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html.

Preliminary Results of Review

    We determined that Henan Sanli is not entitled to a separate rate 
and should remain part of the PRC-wide entity. The Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum contains a full discussion of the rationale underlying our 
decision.
    The Department determined that the following preliminary dumping 
margin exists for the period February 1, 2013, through January 31, 
2014:

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                                                                Margin
                          Exporter                             (percent)
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Henan Sanli Carbon Products Co., Ltd........................      159.64
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[dagger] The PRC-wide entity rate.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case 
briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, 
may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case 
briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 
proceeding 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.\5\
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2); see also 19 CFR 351.303 
(for general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a 
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 
Compliance, filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the 
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5 p.m. Eastern 
Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\6\ 
Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone 
number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised 
in the respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the 
final results of this administrative review, which will include the 
results of its analysis of issues raised in any such comments, within 
120 days of publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuing the final results of review, the Department will 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review.\7\ For the companies for which this review is rescinded, 
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)(2).
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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    For the final results, if we continue to treat Henan Sanli as part 
of the PRC-wide entity, we will instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem 
assessment rate of 159.64 percent to all entries of subject merchandise 
during the POR which were produced and/or exported by Henan Sanli.
    The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions 
directly to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of 
review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the final results of this administrative review for 
shipments of the subject merchandise from the PRC entered, or withdrawn 
from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) For previously 
investigated or reviewed PRC and non-PRC exporters not listed above 
that received a separate rate in a prior segment of this proceeding, 
the cash deposit rate will continue to be the existing exporter-
specific rate; (2) for all PRC exporters of subject merchandise that 
have not been found to be entitled to a separate rate, including Henan 
Sanli, the cash deposit rate will be that for the PRC-wide entity; and 
(3) for all non-PRC exporters of subject merchandise which have not 
received their own rate, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
applicable to the PRC exporter that supplied that non-PRC exporter. 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This administrative review and notice are in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213.


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    Dated: November 7, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

Summary

Background

Scope of the Order

Discussion of Methodology

1. Use of Adverse Facts Available
2. Selection of Adverse Facts Available Rate
3. Corroboration of Secondary Information
4. Separate Rates

Recommendation

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