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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–873, A–791–815]
Ferrovanadium From the People’s
Republic of China and the Republic of
South Africa: Final Results of the
Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of
the Antidumping Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset
reviews, the Department of Commerce
(‘‘the Department’’) finds that revocation
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AGENCY:
1 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order:
Ferrovanadium from the Republic of South Africa,
68 FR 4169 (January 28, 2003); see also Notice of
Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination
of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping
Duty Order: Ferrovanadium From the People’s
Republic of China, 68 FR 4168 (January 28, 2003).
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of the antidumping duty (‘‘AD’’) orders
on ferrovanadium from the People’s
Republic of China (‘‘PRC’’) and the
Republic of South Africa (‘‘South
Africa’’) would likely lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping.
The magnitudes of the dumping margins
likely to prevail are indicated in the
‘‘Final Results of Sunset Reviews’’
section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: March 13, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori
Apodaca or Howard Smith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230;
telephone: (202) 482–4551 or (202) 482–
5193, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 28, 2003, the Department
published the AD orders on
ferrovanadium from the PRC and South
Africa.1 On November 1, 2013, the
Department published the notice of
initiation of the second sunset reviews
of these AD orders, pursuant to section
751(c) of the Act.2 On November 15,
2013, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1),
the Department received timely and
complete notices of intent to participate
in the sunset reviews of both orders
from Vanadium Producers and
Reclaimers Association (‘‘VPRA’’) and
VPRA members Gulf Chemical &
Metallurgical Corporation (‘‘Gulf’’),
Gulf’s wholly-owned subsidiary Bear
Metallurgical Company (‘‘Bear’’), AMG
Vanadium, Inc. (‘‘AMGV’’), and Evraz
Stratcor, Inc. (‘‘Stratcor’’) (collectively
‘‘Domestic Producers’’). On December 2,
2013, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3),
Domestic Producers filed a timely and
adequate substantive response for both
orders. The Department did not receive
substantive responses from any
respondent interested party. As a result,
pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2),
the Department conducted expedited
(120-day) sunset reviews of these AD
orders.
vanadium that is used chiefly as an
additive in the manufacture of steel. The
merchandise is commercially and
scientifically identified as vanadium. It
specifically excludes vanadium
additives other than ferrovanadium,
such as nitride vanadium, vanadiumaluminum master alloys, vanadium
chemicals, vanadium oxides, vanadium
waste and scrap, and vanadium-bearing
raw materials such as slag, boiler
residues and fly ash. Merchandise under
the following Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States
(‘‘HTSUS’’) item numbers 2850.00.2000,
8112.40.3000, and 8112.40.6000 are
specifically excluded. Ferrovanadium is
classified under HTSUS item number
7202.92.00. Although the HTSUS item
number is provided for convenience and
Customs purposes, the Department’s
written description of the scope of these
orders remains dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues
raised in these sunset reviews is
provided in the accompanying Issues
and Decision Memorandum, which is
hereby adopted by this notice.3 The
issues discussed in the I&D
Memorandum include the likelihood of
continuation or recurrence of dumping
and the magnitude of the dumping
margins likely to prevail if the orders
are revoked. The I&D Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (‘‘IA
ACCESS’’). Access to IA ACCESS is
available in the Central Records Unit,
Room 7046 of the main Department of
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the I&D
Memorandum can be accessed at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed I&D Memorandum and the
electronic version of the I&D
Memorandum are identical in content.
Final Results of Sunset Reviews
Scope of the Orders
The scope of these orders covers all
ferrovanadium regardless of grade,
chemistry, form, shape, or size.
Ferrovanadium is an alloy of iron and
The Department determines that
revocation of the AD orders on
ferrovanadium from the PRC and South
Africa would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping,
with the following dumping margins
likely to prevail:
2 See Initiation of Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review, 78
FR 65614 (November 1, 2013).
3 See ‘‘Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Expedited Second Sunset Reviews of the
Antidumping Duty Orders on Ferrovanadium from
the People’s Republic of China and the Republic of
South Africa,’’ from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, dated concurrently with this notice
(‘‘I&D Memorandum’’).
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Weightedaverage
percentage
margin
Exporter/producer
PRC
Pangang Group International Economic & Trading Corporation ....................................................................................................
PRC-Wide Entity ..............................................................................................................................................................................
12.97
66.71
South Africa
Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation, Ltd. .............................................................................................................................
Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited .......................................................................................................................................
All Others .........................................................................................................................................................................................
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders
(‘‘APO’’) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of
proprietary information disclosed under
APO in accordance with 19 CFR
351.305. Timely notification of the
return or destruction of APO materials
or conversion to judicial protective
orders is hereby requested. Failure to
comply with the regulations and terms
of an APO is a violation which is subject
to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these
results and notice in accordance with
sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, et
al.; Notice of Consolidated Decision on
Applications for Duty-Free Entry of
Scientific Instruments
This is a decision pursuant to Section
6(c) of the Educational, Scientific, and
Cultural Materials Importation Act of
1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, as amended by
Pub. L. 106–36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR
part 301). Related records can be viewed
between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. in
Room 3720, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th and Constitution Ave.
NW., Washington, DC.
Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the
foreign instruments described below, for
such purposes as each is intended to be
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used, that was being manufactured in
the United States at the time of its order.
Docket Number: 13–034. Applicant:
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities,
Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument:
Diode-Pumped Solid-State Femtosecond
Laser. Manufacturer: Light Conversion,
Luthuania. Intended Use: See notice at
78 FR 64916, October 30, 2013.
Comments: None received. Decision:
Approved. We know of no instruments
of equivalent scientific value to the
foreign instruments described below, for
such purposes as this is intended to be
used, that was being manufactured in
the United States at the time of order.
Reasons: The instrument will be used to
study non-equilibrium materials
processes ranging spatially from the
atomic-scale up to micrometers and
temporally from femtoseconds to
seconds, including thermal transport,
energy conversion (e.g., light to heat),
crystallization, melting, phase
transformations, fracture, and other
dynamic events. The unique
characteristics of the instrument
required for the research objectives
include a variable repetition rate from
single-shot to 1 MHz controlled with
TTL input for external triggering or via
computer interface, 0.2 mJ/pulse (<30
kHz), 6 Watts at 1 MHz, collinear output
from a harmonics module of
fundamental (1030 nm), second
harmonic (515 nm), and third harmonic
(343 nm) with additional optics for
operation at low and high repetition
rates.
Docket Number: 13–036. Applicant:
UChicago Argonne, Lemont, IL 60439.
Instrument: High pressure crystal
growth furnace with Siemens
programmable logic controller.
Manufacturer: SCIDRE-Scientific
Instruments, Germany. Intended Use:
See notice at 78 FR 64916, October 30,
2013. Comments: None received.
Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific
value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as
this is intended to be used, that was
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116.00
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being manufactured in the United States
at the time of order. Reasons: The
instrument will be used to create
transition metal oxides, including
oxides of iron, manganese, copper,
cobalt, vanadium, iridium, ruthenium,
rhenium, titanium, nickel, and zinc. It
will also be used to grow crystals of
intermetallic phases, which are nonoxides of these same transition metals,
alloyed with lanthanide metals and/or
main group metals (e.g., Al, Si, Bi).
These materials will be created to
understand a variety of physical
phenomena including
superconductivity, metal-insulator
transitions, and magnetism. With the
crystals grown on the instrument, a
variety of tests will be performed
including magnetic measurements,
structural determination by x-ray or
neutron scattering, and electrical
transport. The unique characteristics of
this instrument required for the research
objectives include operation at
pressures of oxygen or inert gases up to
150 atm, measurement of image zone
using pyrometric probes, and cleansing
of inert gas stream to better than 10 ¥12
ppm oxygen with monitoring during
process.
Docket Number: 13–037. Applicant:
Georgia Health Sciences University,
Augusta, GA 30912. Instrument:
Imaging System/Digital Microscope and
Accessories. Manufacturer: Till
Photonics, Germany. Intended Use: See
notice at 78 FR 64916l, October 30,
2013. Comments: None received.
Decision: Approved. We know of no
instruments of equivalent scientific
value to the foreign instruments
described below, for such purposes as
this is intended to be used, that was
being manufactured in the United States
at the time of order. Reasons: The
instrument will be used for fluorescence
imaging of cellular organelles and
calcium flux, photo-activation and
photo-bleaching fluorescent proteins to
study cellular organelles (mitochondria)
and intracellular ion flux. The unique
characteristics of the instrument include
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-873, A-791-815]
Ferrovanadium From the People's Republic of China and the
Republic of South Africa: Final Results of the Expedited Second Sunset
Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, formerly Import Administration,
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of these sunset reviews, the Department of
Commerce (``the Department'') finds that revocation of the antidumping
duty (``AD'') orders on ferrovanadium from the People's Republic of
China (``PRC'') and the Republic of South Africa (``South Africa'')
would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping. The
magnitudes of the dumping margins likely to prevail are indicated in
the ``Final Results of Sunset Reviews'' section of this notice.
DATES: Effective Date: March 13, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori Apodaca or Howard Smith, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4551 or (202) 482-5193, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 28, 2003, the Department published the AD orders on
ferrovanadium from the PRC and South Africa.\1\ On November 1, 2013,
the Department published the notice of initiation of the second sunset
reviews of these AD orders, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act.\2\
On November 15, 2013, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(1), the Department
received timely and complete notices of intent to participate in the
sunset reviews of both orders from Vanadium Producers and Reclaimers
Association (``VPRA'') and VPRA members Gulf Chemical & Metallurgical
Corporation (``Gulf''), Gulf's wholly-owned subsidiary Bear
Metallurgical Company (``Bear''), AMG Vanadium, Inc. (``AMGV''), and
Evraz Stratcor, Inc. (``Stratcor'') (collectively ``Domestic
Producers''). On December 2, 2013, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.218(d)(3),
Domestic Producers filed a timely and adequate substantive response for
both orders. The Department did not receive substantive responses from
any respondent interested party. As a result, pursuant to section
751(c)(3)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), the
Department conducted expedited (120-day) sunset reviews of these AD
orders.
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\1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Ferrovanadium from the
Republic of South Africa, 68 FR 4169 (January 28, 2003); see also
Notice of Amended Final Antidumping Duty Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Ferrovanadium From
the People's Republic of China, 68 FR 4168 (January 28, 2003).
\2\ See Initiation of Five-Year (``Sunset'') Review, 78 FR 65614
(November 1, 2013).
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Scope of the Orders
The scope of these orders covers all ferrovanadium regardless of
grade, chemistry, form, shape, or size. Ferrovanadium is an alloy of
iron and vanadium that is used chiefly as an additive in the
manufacture of steel. The merchandise is commercially and
scientifically identified as vanadium. It specifically excludes
vanadium additives other than ferrovanadium, such as nitride vanadium,
vanadium-aluminum master alloys, vanadium chemicals, vanadium oxides,
vanadium waste and scrap, and vanadium-bearing raw materials such as
slag, boiler residues and fly ash. Merchandise under the following
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS'') item
numbers 2850.00.2000, 8112.40.3000, and 8112.40.6000 are specifically
excluded. Ferrovanadium is classified under HTSUS item number
7202.92.00. Although the HTSUS item number is provided for convenience
and Customs purposes, the Department's written description of the scope
of these orders remains dispositive.
Analysis of Comments Received
A complete discussion of all issues raised in these sunset reviews
is provided in the accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum, which
is hereby adopted by this notice.\3\ The issues discussed in the I&D
Memorandum include the likelihood of continuation or recurrence of
dumping and the magnitude of the dumping margins likely to prevail if
the orders are revoked. The I&D Memorandum is a public document and is
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (``IA
ACCESS''). Access to IA ACCESS is available in the Central Records
Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In
addition, a complete version of the I&D Memorandum can be accessed at
https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed I&D Memorandum and the
electronic version of the I&D Memorandum are identical in content.
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\3\ See ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Expedited
Second Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty Orders on
Ferrovanadium from the People's Republic of China and the Republic
of South Africa,'' from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary
for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations to Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, dated
concurrently with this notice (``I&D Memorandum'').
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Final Results of Sunset Reviews
The Department determines that revocation of the AD orders on
ferrovanadium from the PRC and South Africa would be likely to lead to
continuation or recurrence of dumping, with the following dumping
margins likely to prevail:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer percentage
margin
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PRC
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Pangang Group International Economic & Trading 12.97
Corporation..........................................
PRC-Wide Entity....................................... 66.71
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South Africa
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Highveld Steel and Vanadium Corporation, Ltd.......... 116.00
Xstrata South Africa (Proprietary) Limited............ 116.00
All Others............................................ 116.00
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Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders
This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or
conversion to judicial protective orders is hereby requested. Failure
to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which
is subject to sanction.
We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.218.
Dated: February 28, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-05528 Filed 3-12-14; 8:45 am]
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