Ferrovanadium From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of No Shipments in Part; 2017-2018, 16326-16328 [2020-06055]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 158—
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Proposed Production Activity, Traxys
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Traxys Cometals USA, LLC (Traxys
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conforming to the requirements of the
regulations of the FTZ Board (15 CFR
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2020.
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The material/component sourced
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Andrew McGilvray,
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–886]
Ferrovanadium From the Republic of
Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination
of No Shipments in Part; 2017–2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) has preliminarily
determined that two of the three
respondents in this administrative
review (AR) of the antidumping duty
(AD) order on ferrovanadium from the
Republic of Korea (Korea), Korvan Ind,
Co., Ltd. (Korvan) and Woojin Ind. Co.,
Ltd. (Woojin), made no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the period of review
(POR), May 1, 2018 through April 30,
2019. Commerce has preliminarily
assigned the third respondent, Fortune
Metallurgical Group Co., Ltd. (Fortune),
an AD margin based upon the
application of total adverse facts
available. We invite interested parties to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Karine Gziryan, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On May 1, 2019, Commerce notified
interested parties of the opportunity to
request an AR of orders, findings, or
suspended investigations with
anniversaries in May 2019, including
the AD order on ferrovanadium from
Korea.1 Commerce received a request
from AMG Vanadium LLC (the
petitioner), to conduct an AR of the AD
order on ferrovanadium from Korea
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 18479
(May 1, 2019).
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with respect to Korvan, Woojin, and
Fortune.2
After initiating this review with
respect to Korvan, Woojin, and Fortune,
on July 25, 2019, Commerce issued an
antidumping duty questionnaire to each
of these companies.3 Korvan and
Woojin submitted no shipments letters.4
Fortune did not respond to the
questionnaire.
On January 22, 2020, Commerce
extended the due date for issuing the
preliminary results of this review until
March 6, 2020.5
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this AR, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum which is hereby adopted
by this notice.6
Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is
ferrovanadium from Korea. For a full
description of the scope see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. A list of the
topics included in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. 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 (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and it is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is available at
2 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Ferrovanadium from the
Republic of Korea: Request For Administrative
Review,’’ dated May 31, 2019.
3 See Commerce Letters to Korvan, Woojin, and
Fortune with the AD Questionnaire attached dated
July 25, 2019.
4 See Woojin’s Letter, ‘‘Ferrovanadium from the
Republic of Korea: Statement of No Shipments’’
dated August 12, 2019; see also Korvan’s
Submission dated August 16, 2019 (which is a
corrected version of an August 8, 2019, submission
that Commerce rejected due to filing deficiencies).
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Ferrovanadium from the
Republic of Korea: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,’’ dated January 22, 2020.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results in the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Ferrovanadium from the
Republic of Korea; 2018–2019,’’ dated concurrently,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The
signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
Commerce preliminarily determines
that Korvan and Woojin, each of which
claimed to have made no shipments of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR, did not have any
shipments during the POR. For details
regarding this determination, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Consistent with Commerce’s practice,
we are not rescinding this AR with
respect to these two companies, but we
intend to complete the review and issue
appropriate instructions to CBP based
on the final results of the review.7
where applicable.9 We intend to issue
liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days
after publication of the final results of
this review. Pursuant to Commerce’s
practice, if we continue to determine
that Korvan and Woojin made no sales
or shipments of subject merchandise to
the United States during the POR, any
suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR under
their case numbers will be liquidated at
the all-others rate.
Cash Deposits
The following cash deposit
requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication
of the notice of final results of this
review for all shipments of
ferrovanadium from Korea entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication of the notice as provided by
Adverse Facts Available
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The
cash deposit rate for Fortune will be
Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of
equal to the weighted-average dumping
the Act, Commerce has preliminarily
assigned Fortune an AD margin of 54.69 margin for Fortune established in the
final results of the review; (2) for
percent, as AFA, because it did not
merchandise exported by companies not
respond to Commerce’s AD
questionnaire. For details regarding this covered in this review but covered in a
prior segment of this proceeding, the
determination, see the Preliminary
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
Decision Memorandum.
company-specific rate established for
Preliminary Results of Review
the most recently completed segment of
Commerce preliminarily determines
the proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not
that the following estimated weighteda firm covered in this review, in a prior
average dumping margin exists:
review, or in the investigation in this
proceeding but the producer is, then the
Estimated cash deposit rate will be the rate
weighted- established for the producer of the
average
Exporter/producer
dumping merchandise in the most recently
completed segment of the proceeding;
margin
(percent) and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to
Fortune Metallurgical Group Co.,
be 3.22 percent, the all-others rate
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54.69
established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.10 These cash deposit
Assessment Rates
requirements, when imposed, shall
Upon issuance of the final results of
remain in effect until further notice.
review, Commerce will determine, and
Public Comment
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c),
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties
interested parties may submit case briefs
on all appropriate entries covered by
this review.8 The final results of this AR to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance not later
shall be the basis for the assessment of
than 30 days after the date of
antidumping duties on entries of
publication of this notice, unless the
merchandise under review and for
Secretary alters the time limit. Rebuttal
future deposits of estimated duties,
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed not later than
7 See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp
from Thailand; Preliminary Results of Antidumping five days after the date for filing case
Duty Administrative Review, Partial Rescission of
briefs.11 Interested parties who submit
Review, Preliminary Determination of No
case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this AR
Shipments; 2012–2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March
24, 2014), unchanged in Certain Frozen Warmwater
Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final
Determination of No Shipments, and Partial
Rescission of Review; 2012–2013, 79 FR 51306
(August 28, 2014).
8 See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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9 See
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
Ferrovanadium From the Republic of
Korea: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value, 82 FR 14874 (March 23, 2017).
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also 19 CFR
351.303 (for general filing requirements).
10 See
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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.12
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request
for a hearing, filed electronically via
ACCESS, to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance within 30
days after the date of publication of this
notice.13 An electronically filed
document must be received successfully
in its entirety by Commerce’s electronic
records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m.
Eastern Time on the due date. Hearing
requests should contain: (1) The
requestor’s name, address and telephone
number; (2) the number of persons from
the requestor that will participate in the
hearing; and (3) a list of issues the
requestor will discuss at the hearing.
Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those issues raised in case
briefs. Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this AR, including the
results of its analysis of the issues raised
in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of
these preliminary results of review in
the Federal Register, pursuant to
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless
extended.
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 period
of review. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce’s
presumption that reimbursement of
antidumping duties occurred and the
subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties.
Commerce is issuing and publishing
these results of review in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 4, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
12 See
13 See
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19 CFR 351.310(c).
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V. Application of Facts Available and
Adverse Inferences
VI. Recommendation
with respect to the 121 companies
named by Nucor.3 On October 17, 2019,
Nucor timely withdrew its July 31,
2019, review request for all 121
companies.4
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–910]
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel
Pipe From the People’s Republic of
China: Rescission of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2018–
2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on
circular welded carbon quality steel
pipe (circular welded pipes) from the
People’s Republic of China (China) for
the period of review (POR) July 1, 2018,
through June 30, 2019, based on the
timely withdrawal of the request for
review.
DATES: Applicable March 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD
Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–4031.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On July 1, 2019, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the Order for the POR.1 In
accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.213(b), on July 31,
2019, Independence Tube Corporation,
a Nucor Company, and Southland Tube,
Incorporated, a Nucor Company (Nucor)
requested a review of the Order with
respect to 121 companies.2 On
September 9, 2019, in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the AD order
on circular welded pipes from China
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 31295
(July 1, 2019) (Order).
2 See Nucor’s letter ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Pipe from The People’s Republic of
China: Request for Administrative Review’’ dated
July 31, 2019.
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the party that requested the
review withdraws its request within 90
days of the publication date of the
notice of initiation of the requested
review. The petitioner withdrew its
request for review within the 90-day
deadline. Because Commerce received
no other requests for review, we are
rescinding the administrative review of
the AD order on circular welded pipes
from China covering the POR July 1,
2018, through June 30, 2019, in full, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
AD duties on all appropriate entries of
circular welded pipes from China
during the period July 1, 2018, through
June 30, 2019, at rates equal to the cash
deposit rate for estimated AD duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as the only
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR
351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of AD
duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the
presumption that reimbursement of AD
duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled AD duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (APO)
of their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
47242 (September 9, 2019).
4 See Nucor’s letter ‘‘Circular Welded Carbon
Quality Steel Pipe from The People’s Republic of
China: Withdraw of Request for Administrative
Review’’ dated October 17, 2019.
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disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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 the terms of an APO is
a sanctionable violation.
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: March 17, 2020.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–920]
Lightweight Thermal Paper From the
People’s Republic of China: Final
Results of Expedited Second Sunset
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: As a result of this sunset
review, the Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that revocation of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on
lightweight thermal paper (LWTP) from
the People’s Republic of China (China)
would be likely to lead to continuation
or recurrence of dumping at the
dumping margins identified in the
‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section of this
notice.
DATES: Applicable March 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle
Clahane, AD/CVD Operations, Office III,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–5449.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On December 2, 2019, Commerce
published the notice of initiation of the
second sunset review of the Order on
LWTP from China, pursuant to section
751(c)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).1 On December 13,
2019, Commerce received a notice of
1 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 84
FR 65968 (December 2, 2019).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-886]
Ferrovanadium From the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Determination of
No Shipments in Part; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has preliminarily
determined that two of the three respondents in this administrative
review (AR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on ferrovanadium from
the Republic of Korea (Korea), Korvan Ind, Co., Ltd. (Korvan) and
Woojin Ind. Co., Ltd. (Woojin), made no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during the period of review (POR), May
1, 2018 through April 30, 2019. Commerce has preliminarily assigned the
third respondent, Fortune Metallurgical Group Co., Ltd. (Fortune), an
AD margin based upon the application of total adverse facts available.
We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 23, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4081.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 1, 2019, Commerce notified interested parties of the
opportunity to request an AR of orders, findings, or suspended
investigations with anniversaries in May 2019, including the AD order
on ferrovanadium from Korea.\1\ Commerce received a request from AMG
Vanadium LLC (the petitioner), to conduct an AR of the AD order on
ferrovanadium from Korea with respect to Korvan, Woojin, and
Fortune.\2\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 84 FR 18479 (May 1, 2019).
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Ferrovanadium from the Republic
of Korea: Request For Administrative Review,'' dated May 31, 2019.
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After initiating this review with respect to Korvan, Woojin, and
Fortune, on July 25, 2019, Commerce issued an antidumping duty
questionnaire to each of these companies.\3\ Korvan and Woojin
submitted no shipments letters.\4\ Fortune did not respond to the
questionnaire.
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\3\ See Commerce Letters to Korvan, Woojin, and Fortune with the
AD Questionnaire attached dated July 25, 2019.
\4\ See Woojin's Letter, ``Ferrovanadium from the Republic of
Korea: Statement of No Shipments'' dated August 12, 2019; see also
Korvan's Submission dated August 16, 2019 (which is a corrected
version of an August 8, 2019, submission that Commerce rejected due
to filing deficiencies).
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On January 22, 2020, Commerce extended the due date for issuing the
preliminary results of this review until March 6, 2020.\5\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Ferrovanadium from the Republic of Korea:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated January 22, 2020.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this AR, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum which is
hereby adopted by this notice.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results in the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Ferrovanadium from the Republic of Korea; 2018-2019,'' dated
concurrently, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this review is ferrovanadium from Korea. For
a full description of the scope see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a
full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the topics included in the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as an appendix to this
notice. 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 (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and it is available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is available at
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https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
Commerce preliminarily determines that Korvan and Woojin, each of
which claimed to have made no shipments of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR, did not have any shipments during the
POR. For details regarding this determination, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum. Consistent with Commerce's practice, we are not
rescinding this AR with respect to these two companies, but we intend
to complete the review and issue appropriate instructions to CBP based
on the final results of the review.\7\
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\7\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand;
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,
Partial Rescission of Review, Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments; 2012-2013, 79 FR 15951, 15952 (March 24, 2014), unchanged
in Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from Thailand: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, Final Determination of No
Shipments, and Partial Rescission of Review; 2012-2013, 79 FR 51306
(August 28, 2014).
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Adverse Facts Available
Pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act, Commerce has
preliminarily assigned Fortune an AD margin of 54.69 percent, as AFA,
because it did not respond to Commerce's AD questionnaire. For details
regarding this determination, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated
weighted-average dumping margin exists:
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Estimated
weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Fortune Metallurgical Group Co., Ltd......................... 54.69
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of review, Commerce will
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review.\8\ The final results of this AR shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review
and for future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.\9\ We
intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review. Pursuant to Commerce's
practice, if we continue to determine that Korvan and Woojin made no
sales or shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during
the POR, any suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR
under their case numbers will be liquidated at the all-others rate.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
\9\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposits
The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping
duties will be effective upon publication of the notice of final
results of this review for all shipments of ferrovanadium from Korea
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication of the notice as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C)
of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Fortune will be equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin for Fortune established in the final
results of the review; (2) for merchandise exported by companies not
covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of this
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-
specific rate established for the most recently completed segment of
the proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, in a prior review, or in the investigation in this proceeding
but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate
established for the producer of the merchandise in the most recently
completed segment of the proceeding; and (4) the cash deposit rate for
all other producers or exporters will continue to be 3.22 percent, the
all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value
investigation.\10\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\10\ See Ferrovanadium From the Republic of Korea: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 14874 (March
23, 2017).
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Public Comment
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance not
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice, unless
the Secretary alters the time limit. 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.\11\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this AR 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.\12\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
filing requirements).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request for a hearing, filed
electronically via ACCESS, to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\13\ An electronically filed document must be received
successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system,
ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. Hearing requests
should contain: (1) The requestor's name, address and telephone number;
(2) the number of persons from the requestor that will participate in
the hearing; and (3) a list of issues the requestor will discuss at the
hearing. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those issues
raised in case briefs. Commerce intends to issue the final results of
this AR, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in
any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of
publication of these preliminary results of review in the Federal
Register, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, unless extended.
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\13\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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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 period of review. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results of review in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 4, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
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V. Application of Facts Available and Adverse Inferences
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2020-06055 Filed 3-20-20; 8:45 am]
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