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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 22–2009]
Foreign-Trade Zone 203; Application
for Subzone Authority; REC Silicon;
Invitation for Public Comment on
Preliminary Recommendation
The FTZ Board is inviting public
comment on its staff’s preliminary
recommendation pertaining to the
application by the Port of Moses Lake
Public Corporation to establish a
subzone at the REC Silicon facility in
Moses Lake, Washington (Docket 22–
2009). The staff’s preliminary
recommendation is for approval of the
application with a restriction
prohibiting admission of foreign status
silicon metal subject to an anti-dumping
duty (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD)
order. The bases for this finding are as
follows:
Analysis of the application record
indicates that full approval of the
request could negatively impact
domestic silicon metal production. This
finding is based primarily on the
potential impact to domestic silicon
metal prices compounded by multiple
applications potentially involving
avoidance of AD/CVD duties on silicon
metal used in export production.
Although REC Silicon’s current
domestic purchases account for only a
small portion of domestic silicon metal
production, the company has been
expanding its capacity and will need
increased amounts of silicon metal as
that production comes online. Thus,
access to silicon metal subject to AD/
CVD duties for its export production
(currently over 95% of production)
could encourage the company to source
silicon metal subject to AD/CVD orders
for its expanded production, instead of
increasing domestic sourcing or
sourcing imported silicon metal that is
not subject to AD/CVD orders.
A key consideration in this request is
the cumulative effect on domestic
silicon metal prices and on the integrity
of the domestic silicon metal industry’s
AD/CVD relief should there be multiple
applications to avoid AD/CVD duties on
silicon metal for export production. In
addition to the REC Silicon application,
a similar application is pending for Dow
Corning Corporation in Kentucky and
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we have received indication that further
requests are being prepared for
additional facilities. In its application,
REC Silicon indicates that if it is granted
full approval, other U.S. polysilison
producers will likely apply for similar
benefits. Given the production capacity
of REC Silicon’s domestic facilities, as
well as those of the other U.S.
producers, the ripple effect on silicon
metal suppliers would be significant
and the resulting impact would likely be
a decline in the U.S. price of silicon
metal.
Currently, very little silicon metal
subject to AD/CVD orders is imported
into the United States. However, the
potential increase in supply to the U.S.
market from the use of silicon metal
subject to AD/CVD orders at this plant
and others in the industry, and the
resulting price effect, would likely be
significant.
In part due to the AD/CVD duties in
place, U.S. silicon metal prices have
increased. This has led to the recent
restarting of a shuttered silicon metal
production facility in New York. A
weakening of the U.S. price of silicon
metal could threaten the viability of this
facility as well as the continuation of
production at other domestic facilities.
Given the volume of silicon metal
involved in the current and anticipated
applications, even a limit on the amount
of silicon metal subject to AD/CVD
orders that could be used in the facility
for export production could have a
significant impact on the U.S. price of
silicon metal. The timing of that impact
would also be occurring as domestic
silicon metal production facilities are
recovering and restarting, likely due (at
least in part) to the relief provided
through the AD/CVD orders that are in
place. The FTZ regulations require that
evaluations of manufacturing authority
consider, ‘‘whether the approval is
consistent with trade policy and
programs, and whether its net economic
effect is positive’’ (15 CFR 400.31(a)). In
this case, given the potential impact on
the silicon metal industry and based on
the evidence currently on the record,
the staff is unable to find that the net
(national) economic effect of approving
the use of silicon metal subject to AD/
CVD orders for export production would
be positive.
While unrestricted approval could
have a negative impact, the issues raised
do not extend to silicon metal not
subject to AD/CVD orders. No
arguments or evidence have been
presented to the FTZ Board in
opposition to FTZ savings on silicon
metal not subject to AD/CVD orders.
Since REC Silicon indicated that they
do not currently anticipate using silicon
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metal subject to AD/CVD orders, activity
under the proposed restricted approval
would provide REC Silicon with the full
savings estimated in the application.
The company has indicated that those
savings would enhance the cost
competitiveness of its Washington
facility, which would help to encourage
continued production and employment
at the facility.
Public comment on the preliminary
recommendation and the bases for the
finding is invited through July 12, 2010.
Rebuttal comments may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period,
until July 27, 2010. Submissions
(original and one electronic copy) shall
be addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary at: Foreign-Trade Zones
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
For further information, contact
Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)
482–0473.
Dated: May 28, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 20–2009]
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Foreign-Trade Zone 29; Application for
Subzone Authority; Dow Corning
Corporation; Invitation for Public
Comment on Preliminary
Recommendation
The FTZ Board is inviting public
comment on its staff’s preliminary
recommendation pertaining to the
application by the Louisville and
Jefferson County Riverport Authority to
establish a subzone at the Dow Corning
Corporation (Dow Corning) facilities in
Carrollton, Elizabethtown and
Shepherdsville, Kentucky (Docket 20–
2009). The staff’s preliminary
recommendation is for approval of the
application with a restriction
prohibiting admission of foreign status
silicon metal subject to an anti-dumping
duty (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD)
order. The bases for this finding are as
follows:
Analysis of the application record
indicates that full approval of the
request could negatively impact
domestic silicon metal production. This
finding is based primarily on the
potential impact to domestic silicon
metal prices from the volume of
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production involved and the cumulative
impact of multiple applications
potentially involving avoidance of AD/
CVD duties on silicon metal used in
export production.
Dow Corning is a major U.S.
consumer of silicon metal, and access to
the material for its export production
without the payment of AD/CVD duties
would decrease the average price of
silicon metal paid by the company,
providing a new, lower benchmark to be
used in supply negotiations. Given the
volume of silicon metal consumed by
the company in the U.S., the ripple
effect on silicon metal suppliers could
be significant and the likely resulting
impact would be a decline in the U.S.
price of silicon metal.
Currently, very little silicon metal
subject to AD/CVD orders is imported
into the United States. However, due to
the size of Dow Corning’s production in
the U.S., and the amount of silicon
metal consumed by the company’s
operations, the potential increase in
supply to the U.S. market and resulting
price effect would likely be significant.
In part due to the AD/CVD duties in
place, U.S. silicon metal prices have
increased. This has led to the recent
restarting of a shuttered silicon metal
production facility in New York. A
weakening of the U.S. price of silicon
metal could threaten the viability of this
facility as well as the continuation of
production at other domestic facilities.
The preliminary recommendation also
reflects the cumulative effect on
domestic silicon metal prices and on the
integrity of the domestic silicon metal
industry’s AD/CVD relief should there
be multiple applications to avoid AD/
CVD duties on silicon metal for export
production. In addition to the Dow
Corning application, a similar
application is pending for REC Silicon
in Moses Lake, Washington and we have
received indication that further requests
are being prepared for additional
facilities.
Given the volume of silicon metal
involved in the current and anticipated
applications, even a limit on the amount
of silicon metal subject to AD/CVD
orders that could be used in the
facilities for export production could
have a significant impact on the U.S.
price of silicon metal. The timing of that
impact would also be occurring as
domestic silicon metal production
facilities are recovering and restarting,
likely due (at least in part) to the relief
provided through the AD/CVD orders
that are in place. The FTZ regulations
require that evaluations of
manufacturing authority consider,
‘‘whether the approval is consistent with
trade policy and programs, and whether
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its net economic effect is positive’’ (15
CFR 400.31(a)). In this case, given the
potential impact on the silicon metal
industry and based on the evidence
currently on the record, the staff is
unable to find that the net (national)
economic effect of approving the use of
silicon metal subject to AD/CVD orders
for export production would be positive.
While unrestricted approval could
have a negative impact, the issues raised
do not extend to silicon metal not
subject to AD/CVD orders. No
arguments or evidence have been
presented to the FTZ Board in
opposition to FTZ savings on silicon
metal not subject to AD/CVD orders and
on other imported components. Such
savings would allow for duty deferral,
inverted tariff, scrap and export savings
on imported silicon metal and other
components not subject to AD/CVD
orders. In addition, the facilities could
benefit from logistical savings involved
in FTZ operations. The savings from
restricted approval would constitute a
significant portion of those projected in
the application and could help
encourage continued production and
employment at Dow Corning’s Kentucky
facilities.
Public comment on the preliminary
recommendation and the bases for the
finding is invited through July 12, 2010.
Rebuttal comments may be submitted
during the subsequent 15-day period,
until July 27, 2010. Submissions
(original and one electronic copy) shall
be addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary at: Foreign-Trade Zones
Board, U.S. Department of Commerce,
Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC 20230.
For further information, contact
Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202)
482–0473.
Dated: May 28, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Docket 22-2009]
Foreign-Trade Zone 203; Application for Subzone Authority; REC
Silicon; Invitation for Public Comment on Preliminary Recommendation
The FTZ Board is inviting public comment on its staff's preliminary
recommendation pertaining to the application by the Port of Moses Lake
Public Corporation to establish a subzone at the REC Silicon facility
in Moses Lake, Washington (Docket 22-2009). The staff's preliminary
recommendation is for approval of the application with a restriction
prohibiting admission of foreign status silicon metal subject to an
anti-dumping duty (AD) or countervailing duty (CVD) order. The bases
for this finding are as follows:
Analysis of the application record indicates that full approval of
the request could negatively impact domestic silicon metal production.
This finding is based primarily on the potential impact to domestic
silicon metal prices compounded by multiple applications potentially
involving avoidance of AD/CVD duties on silicon metal used in export
production.
Although REC Silicon's current domestic purchases account for only
a small portion of domestic silicon metal production, the company has
been expanding its capacity and will need increased amounts of silicon
metal as that production comes online. Thus, access to silicon metal
subject to AD/CVD duties for its export production (currently over 95%
of production) could encourage the company to source silicon metal
subject to AD/CVD orders for its expanded production, instead of
increasing domestic sourcing or sourcing imported silicon metal that is
not subject to AD/CVD orders.
A key consideration in this request is the cumulative effect on
domestic silicon metal prices and on the integrity of the domestic
silicon metal industry's AD/CVD relief should there be multiple
applications to avoid AD/CVD duties on silicon metal for export
production. In addition to the REC Silicon application, a similar
application is pending for Dow Corning Corporation in Kentucky and we
have received indication that further requests are being prepared for
additional facilities. In its application, REC Silicon indicates that
if it is granted full approval, other U.S. polysilison producers will
likely apply for similar benefits. Given the production capacity of REC
Silicon's domestic facilities, as well as those of the other U.S.
producers, the ripple effect on silicon metal suppliers would be
significant and the resulting impact would likely be a decline in the
U.S. price of silicon metal.
Currently, very little silicon metal subject to AD/CVD orders is
imported into the United States. However, the potential increase in
supply to the U.S. market from the use of silicon metal subject to AD/
CVD orders at this plant and others in the industry, and the resulting
price effect, would likely be significant.
In part due to the AD/CVD duties in place, U.S. silicon metal
prices have increased. This has led to the recent restarting of a
shuttered silicon metal production facility in New York. A weakening of
the U.S. price of silicon metal could threaten the viability of this
facility as well as the continuation of production at other domestic
facilities.
Given the volume of silicon metal involved in the current and
anticipated applications, even a limit on the amount of silicon metal
subject to AD/CVD orders that could be used in the facility for export
production could have a significant impact on the U.S. price of silicon
metal. The timing of that impact would also be occurring as domestic
silicon metal production facilities are recovering and restarting,
likely due (at least in part) to the relief provided through the AD/CVD
orders that are in place. The FTZ regulations require that evaluations
of manufacturing authority consider, ``whether the approval is
consistent with trade policy and programs, and whether its net economic
effect is positive'' (15 CFR 400.31(a)). In this case, given the
potential impact on the silicon metal industry and based on the
evidence currently on the record, the staff is unable to find that the
net (national) economic effect of approving the use of silicon metal
subject to AD/CVD orders for export production would be positive.
While unrestricted approval could have a negative impact, the
issues raised do not extend to silicon metal not subject to AD/CVD
orders. No arguments or evidence have been presented to the FTZ Board
in opposition to FTZ savings on silicon metal not subject to AD/CVD
orders. Since REC Silicon indicated that they do not currently
anticipate using silicon
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metal subject to AD/CVD orders, activity under the proposed restricted
approval would provide REC Silicon with the full savings estimated in
the application. The company has indicated that those savings would
enhance the cost competitiveness of its Washington facility, which
would help to encourage continued production and employment at the
facility.
Public comment on the preliminary recommendation and the bases for
the finding is invited through July 12, 2010. Rebuttal comments may be
submitted during the subsequent 15-day period, until July 27, 2010.
Submissions (original and one electronic copy) shall be addressed to
the Board's Executive Secretary at: Foreign-Trade Zones Board, U.S.
Department of Commerce, Room 2111, 1401 Constitution Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20230.
For further information, contact Elizabeth Whiteman at
Elizabeth.Whiteman@trade.gov or (202) 482-0473.
Dated: May 28, 2010.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-13455 Filed 6-3-10; 8:45 am]
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