Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of the 2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 32089-32090 [2015-13828]
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result in the Department’s presumption
that reimbursement of antidumping
duties has occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping
duties.
Notifications to All Parties
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to Administrative
Protective Order (‘‘APO’’) of their
responsibility concerning the return or
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues
to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the
proceeding. Timely written notification
of the return or destruction of APO
materials, or conversion to judicial
protective order, 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 this
administrative review and notice in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i) of the Act.
Dated: May 29, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix—Issues and Decision
Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms
Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether the Department
Properly Adjusted for VAT
Comment 2: Whether the Department
Properly Applied Its Differential Pricing
Analysis
Comment 3: Whether Golden Dragon
Accurately Reported Its Copper
Consumption Rate
Comment 4: Whether Golden Dragon Is
Entitled to a By-Product Offset
Comment 5: Whether the Department
Accurately Calculated Credit Expenses
Comment 6: Whether the Department
Accurately Calculated the Truck
Surrogate Value
Comment 7: Whether the Department
Accurately Calculated the Solvents
Surrogate Value
Recommendation
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–832]
Pure Magnesium From the People’s
Republic of China: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony With Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Notice of
Amended Final Results of the 2009–
2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 21, 2015, the United
States Court of International Trade
(‘‘CIT’’ or ‘‘Court’’) sustained the Final
Remand Results 1 issued by the
Department of Commerce
(‘‘Department’’) concerning the 2009–
2010 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on pure
magnesium from the People’s Republic
of China.2 In the Final Remand Results,
the Department changed the data source
for inland freight and selected different
financial statements for the calculation
of the surrogate financial ratios, while it
continued to find that the untimely and
thus previously rejected factual
information was irrelevant and showed
no ‘‘fraud’’ on the part of the
respondent, Tianjin Magnesium
International Co., Ltd. (‘‘TMI’’).
Consistent with the decision of the
United States Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit (‘‘CAFC’’) in Timken,3 as
clarified by Diamond Sawblades,4 the
Department is notifying the public that
the final judgment in this case is not in
harmony with the Department’s final
results of the administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on pure
magnesium from the People’s Republic
of China covering the period of review
(‘‘POR’’) from May 1, 2009, through
April 30, 2010.5
DATES: Effective Date: May 31, 2015
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eve
Wang, AD/CVD Operations Office III,
AGENCY:
1 See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant
to Court Remand, Court Order No. 12–00006, Slip
Op. 13–9 (CIT 2013), dated January 22, 2013 (‘‘Final
Remand Results’’).
2 See US Magnesium LLC v. United States, Court
Order No. 12–00006, Slip Op. 15–47 (CIT May 21,
2015) (‘‘TMI II’’).
3 See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337
(Fed. Cir. 1990) (‘‘Timken’’).
4 See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v.
United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010)
(‘‘Diamond Sawblades’’).
5 See Pure Magnesium from the People’s Republic
of China: Final Results of the 2009–2010
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76945 (December
9, 2011) and accompanying Issues and Decision
Memorandum (‘‘Final Results’’).
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Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th
Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202)
482–6231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 9, 2011, the Department
issued the Final Results.6 US
Magnesium LLC (‘‘USM’’) challenged
certain aspects of the Department’s
Final Results. On January 22, 2013, the
Court remanded the Final Results to the
Department: (1) To consider whether
previously rejected factual information
contained prima facie evidence of fraud
by TMI in accordance with the factors
outlined in Home Products,7 and (2) to
explain its rationale for selecting
Infobanc data based on substantial
evidence on the record or, alternatively,
to select a new surrogate value for truck
freight.8 Additionally, the Department
requested a voluntary remand to
reconsider: (1) The selection of
Hindalco Industries Limited’s
(‘‘Hindalco’’) financial statements for
calculating surrogate financial ratios,
and (2) USM’s claim that the
Department made errors when
calculating the surrogate value for
labor.9
In accordance with TMI I, the
Department opened the administrative
record to accept the previously rejected
factual information and concluded that
this factual information did not
demonstrate prima facie evidence of
fraud by TMI.10 The Department also
determined that the Infobanc data did
not constitute the best information
available to value truck freight and,
instead, selected World Bank data for
the Final Remand Results.11
Additionally, the Department selected
Madras Aluminum Company’s financial
statements to value the surrogate
financial ratios. Lastly, the Department
corrected errors in its calculation of the
labor rate.12 On May 21, 2015, the Court
entered judgement sustaining the Final
Remand Results entirely.
Timken Notice
In Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as
clarified by Diamond Sawblades, the
CAFC held that, pursuant to section
6 See
Final Results.
Home Prods. Int’l v. United States, 633 F.3d
1369 (Fed. Cir. 2011) (‘‘Home Products’’).
8 See US Magnesium LLC v. United States, Court
Order No. 12–00006, Slip Op. 13–9 (CIT January 22,
2013) (‘‘TMI I’’).
9 Id.
10 See Final Remand Results.
11 Id.
12 Id.
7 See
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 516A(e),
751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (‘‘the Act’’), the Department
must publish a notice of a court
decision that is not ‘‘in harmony’’ with
a Department determination and must
suspend liquidation of entries pending
a ‘‘conclusive’’ court decision. The
Court’s judgment in TMI II sustaining
the Final Remand Results constitutes a
final decision of the Court that is not in
harmony with the Department’s Final
Results. This notice is published in
fulfillment of the publication
requirement of Timken.
Dated: May 29, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Amended Final Results
International Trade Administration
Because there is now a final court
decision, the Department is amending
the Final Results with respect to the
surrogate value for truck freight and
financial ratios, in addition to correcting
the errors in its calculation of the labor
rate. The revised weighted-average
dumping margin for TMI during the
period May 1, 2009, through April 30,
2010, is as follows:
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Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe
and Tube Products From Turkey:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2013–
2014
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request by
interested parties,1 the Department of
WEIGHTED-AVERAGE DUMPING
Commerce (the Department) is
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conducting an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on welded
Weighted- carbon steel standard pipe and tube
average
products (welded pipe and tube) from
Exporter
dumping
Turkey.2 The period of review (POR) is
margin
(percent)
May 1, 2013, to April 30, 2014. This
review covers the following companies:
TMI ..............................................
51.26 Borusan Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S., and
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve
Accordingly, the Department will
Ticaret A.S. (collectively ‘‘Borusan’’);
continue the suspension of liquidation
ERBOSAN Erciyas Boru Sanayi ve
of the subject merchandise pending the
Ticaret A.S. (Erbosan); Toscelik Profil ve
Sac Endustrisi A.S. (Toscelik) and
expiration of the period of appeal or, if
Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. (Tosyali)
appealed, pending a final and
(collectively ‘‘Toscelik’’).3 The
conclusive court decision. In the event
the Court’s ruling is not appealed or, if
1 Wheatland Tube Company, Borusan
appealed, upheld by the CAFC, the
Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., and
Department will instruct U.S. Customs
Borusan Istikbal Ticaret requested the instant
and Border Protection to assess
administrative review.
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
antidumping duties on unliquidated
entries of subject merchandise exported Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 79 FR
36462 (June 27, 2014) (Initiation Notice). The
by the above listed exporter at the rate
Initiation Notice inadvertently referenced the
listed above.
incorrect order title. This Federal Register notice
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Cash Deposit Requirements
Since the Final Remand Results, the
Department has established a new cash
deposit rate for TMI.13 Therefore, the
cash deposit rate for TMI does not need
to be updated as a result of these
amended final results.
13 See Pure Magnesium From the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2011–2012, 79 FR 94
(January 2, 2014); Pure Magnesium From the
People’s Republic of China: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2013–
2014, 80 FR 26541 (May 8, 2015).
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AGENCY:
and the decision memorandum accompanying these
preliminary results use the original and correct
order title, as reflected in the original 1986 order.
See Antidumping Duty Order; Welded Carbon Steel
Standard Pipe and Tube Products from Turkey, 51
FR 17784 (May 15, 1986).
3 In prior segments of this proceeding, we treated
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
and Borusan Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S. as the same
legal entity. See, e.g., Welded Carbon Steel
Standard Pipe and Tube Products From Turkey:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR 71087, 71088 (December
1, 2014). We preliminarily determine that there is
no evidence on the record for altering such
treatment of these two parties, referred to
collectively as Borusan. Similarly, in prior segments
of this proceeding we treated Toscelik and Tosyali
as the same legal entity. See, e.g., id. There is also
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Department preliminarily determines
that Borusan and Toscelik both made
U.S. sales of subject merchandise below
normal value. In addition, the
Department preliminarily finds that
Erbosan had no shipments. The
preliminary results are listed below in
the section titled ‘‘Preliminary Results
of Review.’’
DATES: Effective Date: June 5, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred
Baker, Deborah Scott, or Robert James at
(202) 482–2924, (202) 482–2657, or
(202) 482–0649, respectively; AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is welded pipe and tube. The welded
pipe and tube subject to the order is
currently classifiable under subheading
7306.30.10.00, 7306.30.50.25,
7306.30.50.32, 7306.30.50.40,
7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.85, and
7306.30.50.90 of the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS).
The HTSUS subheading is provided for
convenience and customs purposes. A
full description of the scope of the order
is contained in the memorandum from
Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul
Piquado, Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance,
‘‘Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review: Welded Carbon
Steel Standard Pipe and Tube Products
from Turkey; 2013–2014 Administrative
Review’’ (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum), which is hereby
adopted by this notice. The written
description of the scope of the order is
dispositive.
Methodology
The Department has conducted this
review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act). Export
price is calculated in accordance with
section 772 of the Act. Normal value
(NV) is calculated in accordance with
section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. The
no record evidence for altering this treatment.
Therefore, for these preliminary results, we are
treating Toscelik and Tosyali as the same legal
entity.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-832]
Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Notice of
Court Decision Not in Harmony With Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Notice of Amended Final Results of the 2009-
2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: On May 21, 2015, the United States Court of International
Trade (``CIT'' or ``Court'') sustained the Final Remand Results \1\
issued by the Department of Commerce (``Department'') concerning the
2009-2010 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure
magnesium from the People's Republic of China.\2\ In the Final Remand
Results, the Department changed the data source for inland freight and
selected different financial statements for the calculation of the
surrogate financial ratios, while it continued to find that the
untimely and thus previously rejected factual information was
irrelevant and showed no ``fraud'' on the part of the respondent,
Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (``TMI'').
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\1\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court
Remand, Court Order No. 12-00006, Slip Op. 13-9 (CIT 2013), dated
January 22, 2013 (``Final Remand Results'').
\2\ See US Magnesium LLC v. United States, Court Order No. 12-
00006, Slip Op. 15-47 (CIT May 21, 2015) (``TMI II'').
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Consistent with the decision of the United States Court of Appeals
for the Federal Circuit (``CAFC'') in Timken,\3\ as clarified by
Diamond Sawblades,\4\ the Department is notifying the public that the
final judgment in this case is not in harmony with the Department's
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty
order on pure magnesium from the People's Republic of China covering
the period of review (``POR'') from May 1, 2009, through April 30,
2010.\5\
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\3\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir.
1990) (``Timken'').
\4\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. United States, 626
F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (``Diamond Sawblades'').
\5\ See Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of the 2009-2010 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 76 FR 76945 (December 9, 2011)
and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (``Final Results'').
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DATES: Effective Date: May 31, 2015
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eve Wang, AD/CVD Operations Office
III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 9, 2011, the Department issued the Final Results.\6\ US
Magnesium LLC (``USM'') challenged certain aspects of the Department's
Final Results. On January 22, 2013, the Court remanded the Final
Results to the Department: (1) To consider whether previously rejected
factual information contained prima facie evidence of fraud by TMI in
accordance with the factors outlined in Home Products,\7\ and (2) to
explain its rationale for selecting Infobanc data based on substantial
evidence on the record or, alternatively, to select a new surrogate
value for truck freight.\8\ Additionally, the Department requested a
voluntary remand to reconsider: (1) The selection of Hindalco
Industries Limited's (``Hindalco'') financial statements for
calculating surrogate financial ratios, and (2) USM's claim that the
Department made errors when calculating the surrogate value for
labor.\9\
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\6\ See Final Results.
\7\ See Home Prods. Int'l v. United States, 633 F.3d 1369 (Fed.
Cir. 2011) (``Home Products'').
\8\ See US Magnesium LLC v. United States, Court Order No. 12-
00006, Slip Op. 13-9 (CIT January 22, 2013) (``TMI I'').
\9\ Id.
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In accordance with TMI I, the Department opened the administrative
record to accept the previously rejected factual information and
concluded that this factual information did not demonstrate prima facie
evidence of fraud by TMI.\10\ The Department also determined that the
Infobanc data did not constitute the best information available to
value truck freight and, instead, selected World Bank data for the
Final Remand Results.\11\ Additionally, the Department selected Madras
Aluminum Company's financial statements to value the surrogate
financial ratios. Lastly, the Department corrected errors in its
calculation of the labor rate.\12\ On May 21, 2015, the Court entered
judgement sustaining the Final Remand Results entirely.
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\10\ See Final Remand Results.
\11\ Id.
\12\ Id.
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Timken Notice
In Timken, 893 F.2d at 341, as clarified by Diamond Sawblades, the
CAFC held that, pursuant to section
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516A(e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the
Department must publish a notice of a court decision that is not ``in
harmony'' with a Department determination and must suspend liquidation
of entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The Court's
judgment in TMI II sustaining the Final Remand Results constitutes a
final decision of the Court that is not in harmony with the
Department's Final Results. This notice is published in fulfillment of
the publication requirement of Timken.
Amended Final Results
Because there is now a final court decision, the Department is
amending the Final Results with respect to the surrogate value for
truck freight and financial ratios, in addition to correcting the
errors in its calculation of the labor rate. The revised weighted-
average dumping margin for TMI during the period May 1, 2009, through
April 30, 2010, is as follows:
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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TMI......................................................... 51.26
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Accordingly, the Department will continue the suspension of
liquidation of the subject merchandise pending the expiration of the
period of appeal or, if appealed, pending a final and conclusive court
decision. In the event the Court's ruling is not appealed or, if
appealed, upheld by the CAFC, the Department will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties on unliquidated
entries of subject merchandise exported by the above listed exporter at
the rate listed above.
Cash Deposit Requirements
Since the Final Remand Results, the Department has established a
new cash deposit rate for TMI.\13\ Therefore, the cash deposit rate for
TMI does not need to be updated as a result of these amended final
results.
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\13\ See Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2011-2012,
79 FR 94 (January 2, 2014); Pure Magnesium From the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2013-2014, 80 FR 26541 (May 8, 2015).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections
516A(e), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: May 29, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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