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[FR Doc. 2017–22042 Filed 10–11–17; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–351–850] 

Silicon Metal From Brazil: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Extension 

of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) preliminarily 

determines that silicon metal from 


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1See Silicon Metal from Australia, Brazil, and 

Norway, 82 FR 16352 (April 4, 2017) (Initiation 

Notice). 

2See Silicon Metal from Australia, Brazil, and 

Norway: Postponement of Preliminary 

Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations, 82 FR 35753 (August 1, 2017). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Silicon Metal from 

Brazil’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5See Initiation Notice. 

6On August 23, 2017 Dow Corning Silı ́cio 

notified the Department that it had legally changed 

its name to Palmyra do Brasil. For further 

discussion of Dow Corning Silı ́cio’s name change to 

Palmyra do Brasil, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

7See Silicon Metal from Australia, Brazil, 

Kazakhstan and Norway: Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Petition,’’ dated March 8, 2017 

(the Petition). 

8See, e.g. Notice of Preliminary Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Nitrite from 

the Federal Republic of Germany, 73 FR 21909, 

21912 (April 23, 2008), unchanged in Notice of 

Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 

Value: Sodium Nitrite from the Federal Republic of 

Germany, 73 FR 38986, 38987 (July 8, 2008), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at 

Comment 2; Notice of Final Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value: Raw Flexible Magnets 

From Taiwan, 73 FR 39673, 39674 (July 10, 2008); 

Steel Threaded Rod from Thailand: Preliminary 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 

Affirmative Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, 78 FR 79670, 79671 (December 31, 

2013), unchanged in Steel Threaded Rod From 

Thailand: Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value and Affirmative Final 

Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 

14476, 14477 (March 14, 2014); and Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bar from Japan: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, 82 FR 12796, 12797 (March 7, 2017), 

unchanged in Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from 

Japan: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 23195 (May 22, 2017). 

Brazil is being, or is likely to be, sold 

in the United States at less than fair 

value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is January 1, 2016, 

through December 31, 2016. 

DATES: Applicable October 12, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert James or Jesus Saenz, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–0649 or (202) 482–8184, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). The Department published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on April 4, 2017.1 On August 1, 2017, 

the Department postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now October 4, 2017.2 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.3 A list of topics included 

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, and to all parties in the 

Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 

the main Department of Commerce 

building. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. 

The signed and the electronic versions 

of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is silicon metal from 

Brazil. For a complete description of the 

scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

the Department’s regulations,4 the 

Initiation Notice set aside a period of 

time for parties to raise issues regarding 

product coverage (i.e., scope).5 Certain 

interested parties commented on the 

scope of the investigation as it appeared 

in the Initiation Notice. After evaluating 

these comments, the Department 

preliminarily determines that modifying 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice is not warranted. See 

the scope in Appendix I to this notice. 

However, the Department is inviting 

comment on one of the issues raised: 

The appropriate calculation 

methodology for determining the silicon 

content of out-of-scope products (i.e., 

silicon metal with a silicon content in 

excess of 99.99 percent), and, 

specifically, which impurities should be 

taken into account in that calculation. 

These comments are due no later than 

November 6, 2017, and rebuttal 

comments no later than November 13, 

2017. For a summary of the product 

coverage comments submitted on the 

record of this proceeding, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

The Department is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. The Department has 

preliminarily relied on the facts 

otherwise available, in accordance with 

section 776(a)(1) of the Act, to 

determine an estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for Palmyra do 

Brasil Indu ́ stria e Come ́rcio de Silı ́cio 

Meta ́lico e Recursos Naturais Ltda. 

(Palmyra do Brasil) (formerly known as 

Dow Corning Silı ́cio do Brasil Indu ́ stria 

e Come ́rcio Ltda. (Dow Corning 

Silı ́cio)).6 Furthermore, pursuant to 

section 776(a) and (b) of the Act, the 

Department has preliminarily relied 

upon adverse facts available to 

determine an estimated weighted-aveage 

dumping margin for Ligas de Aluminio 

S.A. (LIASA). For a full description of 

the methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in 

the preliminary determination the 

Department shall determine an 

estimated all-others rate for all exporters 

and producers not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins established for exporters and 

producers individually investigated, 

excluding any zero and de minimis 

margins, and any margins determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the 

Act, if the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins established for all 

exporters and producers individually 

examined are zero, de minimis, or 

determined entirely under section 776 

of the Act, then the Department may use 

any reasonable method to establish the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for all other producers or 

exporters. 

The Department has preliminarily 

determined the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for each of the 

individually examined respondents (i.e., 

Palmyra do Brasil and LIASA) entirely 

under section 776 of the Act. 

Consequently, the only available rates 

for this preliminary determination are 

the dumping margins alleged in the 

Petition 7 and are the dumping margins 

upon which we initiated this 

investigation. Pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, the Department’s 

practice under these circumstances is to 

calculate the ‘‘all-others’’ rate as a 

simple average of the dumping margins 

alleged in the Petition.8 For a full 


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9See Silicon Metal From Brazil: Preliminary 

Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 

and Alignment of Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination, 82 FR 37841 

(August 14, 2017), and accompanying Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum at 4–9; and Memorandum 

to the File from Jaron Moore, International Trade 

Compliance Analyst, ‘‘Preliminary Margin 

Calculations—Silicon Metal from Brazil,’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice. 

10 Id. 

11 Id. 

12See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

description of the methodology 

underlying our conclusions, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Determination 

The Department preliminarily 

determines that the following estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Cash 

deposit 

rate (adjusted 

for export 

subsidy 

offset(s)) 

(percent) 

Palmyra do Brasil Indu ́stria e Come ́rcio de Silı ́cio Meta ́lico e Recursos Naturais Ltda. (formerly known as Dow 

Corning Silı ́cio do Brasil Indu ́stria e Come ́rcio Ltda.) .......................................................................................... 56.78 9 56.24 

Ligas de Aluminio S.A.—LIASA .............................................................................................................................. 134.92 10 134.38 

All-Others ................................................................................................................................................................. 56.78 11 56.24 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, the Department will direct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) to suspend liquidation of entries 

of subject merchandise, as described in 

Appendix I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register as discussed below. 

Further, pursuant to section 733(d)(1)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(d), the 

Department will instruct CBP to require 

a cash deposit equal to the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin, 

adjusted for export subsidy offset(s), as 

follows: (1) The cash deposit rate for the 

respondents listed above will be equal 

to the company-specific estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

determined in this preliminary 

determination; (2) if the exporter is not 

a respondent identified above, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be equal to the company-specific 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin established for that producer of 

the subject merchandise; and (3) the 

cash deposit rate for all other producers 

and exporters will be equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for all other producers and 

exporters. These suspension of 

liquidation instructions will remain in 

effect until further notice. 

The Department normally adjusts 

cash deposits for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of export subsidies 

countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. 

Accordingly, as the Department 

preliminarily made an affirmative 

determination for countervailable export 

subsidies, the Department has offset the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins by the appropriate CVD rate to 

determine the required cash deposit 

rates. The adjusted cash deposit rates 

may be found in the Preliminary 

Determination section above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, the 

Department will direct CBP to begin 

collecting estimated antidumping duty 

cash deposits unadjusted for 

countervailed export subsidies at the 

time that the provisional CVD measures 

expire. These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Normally, the Department discloses to 

interested parties the calculations 

performed in connection with a 

preliminary determination within five 

days of any public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of the notice of preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

However, the Department preliminarily 

determined estimated weighted-avearge 

dumping margins for both respondents 

that are determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. As these rates are 

based solely on margins from the 

Petition, there are no calculations to 

disclose. 

Verification 

As explained in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum, consistent with 

section 782(d), we will afford Palmyra 

do Brasil the opportunity to remedy 

certain deficiencies in its reported sales 

and further manufacturing cost data 

after issuing this preliminary 

determination. As provided in section 

782(i)(1) of the Act, we intend to verify 

this respondent’s information if we rely 

upon it in making our final 

determination. We do not intend to 

verify LIASA as it has been found to 

have been uncooperative in this 

investigation. 

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 five days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.12

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. 

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, the 

Department intends to hold the hearing 

at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 

1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230, at a time and 

date to be determined. Parties should 

confirm by telephone the date, time, and 


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13See Letter from Palmyra do Brasil, ‘‘Silicon 

Metal from Brazil/Exporter’s Request for 

Postponement of Final Antidumping 

Determination’’ dated September 6, 2017. 

1See Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat from the 

People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 

Rescission of Review in Part, and Preliminary Intent 

to Rescind New Shipper Review; 2015–2016, 82 FR 

26435 (June 7, 2017), and accompanying Decision 

Memorandum (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) 

(collectively, Preliminary Results). 

2The Crawfish Processors Alliance consists of the 

following firms: A&S Crawfish; Acadiana 

Fishermen’s Cooperative; Arnaudville Seafood 

Plant; Atchafalaya Crawfish Processors; Atchafalaya 

Crawfish Processing, L.L.C.; Bayou Land Seafood, 

LLC; Bieber Farms Crawfish, Inc.; Blanchard’s 

Seafood, Inc.; Bonanza Crawfish Farm, Inc.; CJL 

Enterprise, Inc. d/b/a C.J.’s; Cajun Central, Inc.; 

Cajun Seafood Distributor, Inc.; Catahoula Crawfish, 

Inc.; Choplin Seafood; Clearwater Crawfish; 

Crawfish Enterprises, Inc.; Dugas Seafood aka Carl’s 

Seafood; Toups Crawfish, L.L.C.; Harvestime 

Seafood; Harvey’s Seafood; Louisiana Seafood Co.; 

Louisiana Premium Seafood; L.T. West, Inc.; 

Continued 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of the 

Department’s regulations requires that a 

request by exporters for postponement 

of the final determination be 

accompanied by a request for extension 

of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than 

six months in duration. 

On September 6, 2017, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), Palmyra do Brasil 

requested that the Department postpone 

the final determination and that 

provisional measures be extended to a 

period not to exceed six months.13 In 

accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), 

because: (1) The preliminary 

determination is affirmative; (2) the 

requesting exporter accounts for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise; and (3) no 

compelling reasons for denial exist, the 

Department is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, the Department 

will make its final determination no 

later than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, the Department will notify the 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: October 4, 2017. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

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 silicon metal, including 

silicon metal powder. Silicon metal contains 

at least 85.00 percent but less than 99.99 

percent silicon, and less than 4.00 percent 

iron, by actual weight. Semiconductor grade 

silicon (merchandise containing at least 

99.99 percent silicon by actual weight and 

classifiable under Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading 2804.61.0000) is excluded from 

the scope of this investigation. 

Silicon metal is currently classifiable 

under subheadings 2804.69.1000 and 

2804.69.5000 of the HTSUS. While 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. Name Change for Dow Corning Silicio do 

Brasil Indu ́ stria e Come ́rcio Ltda. 

IV. Period of Investigation 

V. Scope Comments 

VI. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Facts Available 

A. Application of Facts Available 

B. Use of Adverse Inference for LIASA 

C. Preliminary Estimated WeightedAverage Dumping Margin Based on AFA 

D. Corroboration of Secondary Information 

VII. Conclusion 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–570–848] 

Freshwater Crawfish Tail Meat From 

the People’s Republic of China: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Rescission 

of New Shipper Review; 2015–2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On June 7, 2017, the 

Department of Commerce (the 

Department) published the preliminary 

results of the administrative review and 

intent to rescind the new shipper review 

of the antidumping duty order on 

freshwater crawfish tail meat from the 

People’s Republic of China (PRC). The 

period of review (POR) for the 

administrative review and aligned new 

shipper review is September 1, 2015, 

through August 31, 2016. Based on our 

analysis of the comments received, the 

Department has made changes to the 

margin calculations for the final results 

of the administrative review. The 

Department continues to find that 

Jingzhou Tianhe Aquatic Products, 

Ltd.’s (Jingzhou Tianhe) single sale 

made to the United States during the 

POR was not bona fide and, therefore, 

is rescinding the new shipper review 

with respect to Jingzhou Tianhe. 

DATES: Applicable October 12, 2017. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bryan Hansen or Minoo Hatten, 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) 482–3683 or (202) 482–1690, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On June 7, 2017, the Department 

published the preliminary results of the 

administrative review and intent to 

rescind the new shipper review of the 

antidumping duty order on freshwater 

crawfish tail meat from the People’s 

Republic of China (the PRC) 1 and 

invited interested parties to comment. 

On July 14, 2017, Hubei Nature 

Agriculture Industry Co., Ltd. (Hubei 

Nature) timely submitted its case brief 

in the administrative review and, on 

July 19, 2017, the Crawfish Processors 

Alliance 2 (the petitioners) timely 


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