Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 62990-62992 [2021-24820]
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Sixth, this Order is effective
immediately and shall remain in effect
until September 14, 2027.
John Sonderman,
Director, Office of Export Enforcement.
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changes in the final results of this
review.
Final Results of the Administrative
Review
In accordance with section 777A(e)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we
determine that Bessan did not receive
countervailable subsidies during the
POR:
Subsidy
rate
(percent
ad valorem)
International Trade Administration
Company
[C–489–806]
Certain Pasta From the Republic of
Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review; 2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that Bessan
Makarna Gida San. Ve Tic. A.S.
(Bessan), a producer/exporter of certain
pasta from the Republic of Turkey
(Turkey) did not receive countervailable
subsidies during the period of review
(POR), January 1, 2019, through
December 31, 2019.
DATES: Applicable November 15, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brontee Jeffries or Theodore Pearson,
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) 482–4656 or
(202) 482–2631, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On August 3, 2021, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results and
invited parties to comment.1 No
interested party submitted comments.
Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act).
Scope of the Order 2
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The merchandise covered by the order
is pasta from Turkey. For a complete
description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Results.3
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
As no party submitted comments on
the Preliminary Results, we made no
1 See Certain Pasta from the Republic of Turkey:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2019, 86 FR 41816 (August
3, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Preliminary Results PDM.
3 See Preliminary Results PDM.
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Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine, and CBP
shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this
review, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
Because we determined that Bessan did
not receive countervailable subsidies in
the final results of this review, we
intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the
appropriate entries without regard to
countervailing duties in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2) and 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1).
Commerce intends to issue
appropriate assessment instructions to
CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of this publication of the final
results of this review in the Federal
Register. If a timely summons is filed at
the U.S. Court of International Trade,
the assessment instructions will direct
CBP not to liquidate relevant entries
until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired
(i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, Commerce also intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the
appropriate rates. For shipments of
subject merchandise by Bessan entered,
or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of
publication of these final results, the
cash deposit rate will be zero. For all
non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue
to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as a reminder to
parties subject to administrative
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protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
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 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 sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
The final results of this review are
issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the
Act.
Dated: November 8, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, Performing the Non-Exclusive
Functions and Duties of The Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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[A–570–832]
Pure Magnesium From the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2020–2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is conducting the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty (AD) order on pure
magnesium from the People’s Republic
of China (China). The period of review
(POR) is May 1, 2020, through April 30,
2021. Commerce preliminarily
determines that Tianjin Magnesium
International Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin
Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM)
(collectively, TMI/TMM) did not have
any shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable November 15, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Deborah Cohen, 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) 482–4521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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Background
On May 3, 2021, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the Order on pure magnesium
from China for the POR.1 On May 28,
2021, in response to a timely request
from US Magnesium LLC (the
petitioner),2 and in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an
administrative review of the Order with
respect to TMI/TMM.3
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is
pure magnesium from China, regardless
of chemistry, form or size, unless
expressly excluded from the scope of
the order. Pure magnesium is a metal or
alloy containing by weight primarily the
element magnesium and produced by
decomposing raw materials into
magnesium metal. Pure primary
magnesium is used primarily as a
chemical in the aluminum alloying,
desulfurization, and chemical reduction
industries. In addition, pure magnesium
is used as an input in producing
magnesium alloy. Pure magnesium
encompasses products (including, but
not limited to, butt ends, stubs, crowns
and crystals) with the following primary
magnesium contents:
(1) Products that contain at least
99.95% primary magnesium, by weight
(generally referred to as ‘‘ultra pure’’
magnesium) Magnesium Alloy’’ 4 and
are thus outside the scope of the
existing antidumping orders on
magnesium from China (generally
referred to as ‘‘alloy’’ magnesium).
(2) Products that contain less than
99.95%, but not less than 99.8%,
primary magnesium, by weight
(generally referred to as ‘‘pure’’
magnesium); and
(3) Products that contain 50% or
greater, but less than 99.8% primary
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review, 86 FR 23346
(May 3, 2021); see also Notice of Antidumping Duty
Orders: Pure Magnesium from the People’s Republic
of China, the Russian Federation and Ukraine;
Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value: Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Pure Magnesium from the Russian
Federation, 60 FR 25691 (May 12, 1995) (Order).
2 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Pure Magnesium from
the People’s Republic of China: Request for
Administrative Review,’’ dated May 28, 2021.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR
35481 (July 6, 2021).
4 The meaning of this term is the same as that
used by the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ATSM) in its Annual Book for ASTM
Standards: Volume 01.02 Aluminum and
Magnesium Alloys.
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magnesium, by weight, and that do not
conform to ASTM specifications for
alloy magnesium (generally referred to
as ‘‘off-specification pure’’ magnesium).
‘‘Off-specification pure’’ magnesium
is pure primary magnesium containing
magnesium scrap, secondary
magnesium, oxidized magnesium or
impurities (whether or not intentionally
added) that cause the primary
magnesium content to fall below 99.8%
by weight. It generally does not contain,
individually or in combination, 1.5% or
more, by weight, of the following
alloying elements: Aluminum,
manganese, zinc, silicon, thorium,
zirconium and rare earths.
Excluded from the scope of the Order
are alloy primary magnesium (that
meets specifications for alloy
magnesium), primary magnesium
anodes, granular primary magnesium
(including turnings, chips and powder)
having a maximum physical dimension
(i.e., length or diameter) of one inch or
less, secondary magnesium (which has
pure primary magnesium content of less
than 50% by weight), and remelted
magnesium whose pure primary
magnesium content is less than 50% by
weight.
Pure magnesium products covered by
the Order are currently classifiable
under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of
the United States (HTSUS) subheadings
8104.11.00, 8104.19.00, 8104.20.00,
8104.30.00, 8104.90.00, 3824.90.11,
3824.90.19 and 9817.00.90. Although
the HTSUS subheadings are provided
for convenience and customs purposes,
the written description of the scope is
dispositive.
Preliminary Determination of No
Shipments
We received timely submissions from
TMI/TMM certifying that they did not
have sales, shipments, or exports of
subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR.5 On July 26,
2021, we requested the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) data file of
entries of subject merchandise imported
into the United States during the POR,
and exported by TMM/TMI.6 This query
returned no entries during the POR.7
Additionally, on August 3, 2021,
Commerce submitted a no-shipments
5 See TMI’s Letter, ‘‘Pure Magnesium from the
People’s Republic of China; A–570–832; No
Shipment Certification,’’ dated July 14, 2021; see
also TMM’s Letter, ‘‘Pure Magnesium from the
People’s Republic of China; A–570–832; No
Shipment Certification,’’ dated July 14, 2021.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Pure Magnesium from the
People’s Republic of China, 05/01/2020–04/30/
2021: Entry Data and No Shipment Inquiry,’’ dated
August 31, 2021 at Attachment 1.
7 Id. at Attachment 2.
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inquiry to CBP with regard to TMI/
TMM, to which CBP responded that it
found no shipments of subject
merchandise by TMI/TMM during the
POR.8
Accordingly, and consistent with our
practice, we preliminarily determine
that TMI/TMM had no shipments and,
therefore, no reviewable entries during
the POR. In addition, we find it is not
appropriate to rescind the review with
respect to these companies, but rather to
complete the review with respect to
TMI/TMM and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final
results of the review, consistent with
our practice in non-market economy
(NME) cases.9
Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the preliminary results and
may submit case briefs and/or written
comments, filed electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping Duty and Countervailing
Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS), within 30 days after
the date of publication of these
preliminary results of review.10
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, must be filed within seven
days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.11 Parties who submit case or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are
requested to submit with each argument
a statement of the issue, a brief
summary of the argument, and a table of
authorities.12 Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain portions of
its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary
information, until further notice.13
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing, or to participate if one is
requested, must submit a written
request to Commerce within 30 days of
the date of publication of this notice.14
Requests should contain: (1) The party’s
name, address, the telephone number;
(2) the number of participants; and (3)
a list of issues to be discussed. Issues
8 Id.
at Attachment 3.
Glycine from the People’s Republic of
China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review 2014–2015, 81 FR 72567
(October 20, 2016), and the ‘‘Assessment Rates’’
section, below.
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020)
(Temporary Rule).
12 See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR
351.303 (for general filing requirements).
13 See Temporary Rule.
14 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
9 See
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raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case and
rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing
is made, parties will be notified of the
time and date for the hearing to be
held.15 Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative
review, which will include the results of
our analysis of all issues raised in the
case briefs, within 120 days of
publication of these preliminary results
in the Federal Register, unless
extended, pursuant to section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
the most recent period; (3) for all
Chinese exporters of subject
merchandise that have not been found
to be entitled to a separate rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the China-wide rate
of 111.73 percent; 18 and (4) for all nonChinese exporters of subject
merchandise which have not received
their own rate, the cash deposit rate will
be the rate applicable to Chinese
exporter(s) that supplied that nonChinese exporter. These deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of
this review, Commerce will determine,
and CBP will assess, antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries covered
by this review.16 Commerce intends to
issue assessment instructions to CBP no
earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a
timely summons is filed at the U.S.
Court of International Trade, the
assessment instructions will direct CBP
not to liquidate relevant entries until the
time for parties to file a request for a
statutory injunction has expired (i.e.,
within 90 days of publication). Pursuant
to Commerce’s practice in NME cases, if
we continue to determine in the final
results that TMI/TMM had no
shipments of subject merchandise, any
suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR from these
companies will be liquidated at the
China-wide rate.17
Notification to Importers
This notice also 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
review period. 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.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this
administrative review for all shipments
of the subject merchandise entered, or
withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication
date of the final results of review, as
provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act: (1) For TMI/TMM, which
claimed no shipments, the cash deposit
rate will remain unchanged from the
rate assigned to TMI/TMM in the most
recently completed review of the
companies; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed Chinese and
non-Chinese exporters who are not
under review in this segment of the
proceeding but who have separate rates,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the exporter-specific rate published for
19 CFR 310(d).
16 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
17 For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review
are issued and published in accordance
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: November 8, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and
Negotiations, performing the non-exclusive
functions and duties of the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–301–803]
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts
From Colombia: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2019–2020
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that Sucroal
S.A. (Sucroal), a producer/exporter of
citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric
acid) from Colombia, sold subject
merchandise at prices below normal
AGENCY:
15 See
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18 See Pure Magnesium from the People’s
Republic of China: Final Results of the 2008–2009
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of the
Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 80791 (December
23, 2010).
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value during the period of review (POR)
July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020.
DATES: Applicable November 15, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
David Lindgren, AD/CVD Operations,
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482–1671.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 22, 2021, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results.1 This
review covers one producer/exporter of
the subject merchandise, Sucroal. We
invited parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. No party submitted
comments. Accordingly, the final results
remain unchanged from the Preliminary
Results.
Scope of the Order 2
The merchandise covered by the
Order includes all grades and
granulation sizes of citric acid, sodium
citrate, and potassium citrate in their
unblended forms, whether dry or in
solution, and regardless of packaging
type. The scope also includes blends of
citric acid, sodium citrate, and
potassium citrate; as well as blends with
other ingredients, such as sugar, where
the unblended form(s) of citric acid,
sodium citrate, and potassium citrate
constitute 40 percent or more, by
weight, of the blend.
The scope also includes all forms of
crude calcium citrate, including
dicalcium citrate monohydrate, and
tricalcium citrate tetrahydrate, which
are intermediate products in the
production of citric acid, sodium citrate,
and potassium citrate.
The scope includes the hydrous and
anhydrous forms of citric acid, the
dihydrate and anhydrous forms of
sodium citrate, otherwise known as
citric acid sodium salt, and the
monohydrate and monopotassium forms
of potassium citrate. Sodium citrate also
includes both trisodium citrate and
monosodium citrate which are also
known as citric acid trisodium salt and
citric acid monosodium salt,
respectively.
The scope does not include calcium
citrate that satisfies the standards set
forth in the United States Pharmacopeia
and has been mixed with a functional
1 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from
Colombia: Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2019–2020, 86 FR
38677 (July 22, 2021) (Preliminary Results).
2 See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Sales from
Belgium, Colombia and Thailand: Antidumping
Duty Orders, 83 FR 35214 (July 25, 2018) (Order).
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-832]
Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting the
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on pure
magnesium from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of
review (POR) is May 1, 2020, through April 30, 2021. Commerce
preliminarily determines that Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd.
(TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM) (collectively, TMI/
TMM) did not have any shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.
We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable November 15, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Cohen, 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) 482-4521.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On May 3, 2021, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice
of opportunity to request an administrative review of the Order on pure
magnesium from China for the POR.\1\ On May 28, 2021, in response to a
timely request from US Magnesium LLC (the petitioner),\2\ and in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the Order with respect to TMI/TMM.\3\
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\1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review, 86 FR 23346 (May 3, 2021); see also Notice of Antidumping
Duty Orders: Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China, the
Russian Federation and Ukraine; Notice of Amended Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value: Antidumping Duty
Investigation of Pure Magnesium from the Russian Federation, 60 FR
25691 (May 12, 1995) (Order).
\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Pure Magnesium from the People's
Republic of China: Request for Administrative Review,'' dated May
28, 2021.
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 35481 (July 6, 2021).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by the Order is pure magnesium from China,
regardless of chemistry, form or size, unless expressly excluded from
the scope of the order. Pure magnesium is a metal or alloy containing
by weight primarily the element magnesium and produced by decomposing
raw materials into magnesium metal. Pure primary magnesium is used
primarily as a chemical in the aluminum alloying, desulfurization, and
chemical reduction industries. In addition, pure magnesium is used as
an input in producing magnesium alloy. Pure magnesium encompasses
products (including, but not limited to, butt ends, stubs, crowns and
crystals) with the following primary magnesium contents:
(1) Products that contain at least 99.95% primary magnesium, by
weight (generally referred to as ``ultra pure'' magnesium) Magnesium
Alloy'' \4\ and are thus outside the scope of the existing antidumping
orders on magnesium from China (generally referred to as ``alloy''
magnesium).
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\4\ The meaning of this term is the same as that used by the
American Society for Testing and Materials (ATSM) in its Annual Book
for ASTM Standards: Volume 01.02 Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys.
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(2) Products that contain less than 99.95%, but not less than
99.8%, primary magnesium, by weight (generally referred to as ``pure''
magnesium); and
(3) Products that contain 50% or greater, but less than 99.8%
primary magnesium, by weight, and that do not conform to ASTM
specifications for alloy magnesium (generally referred to as ``off-
specification pure'' magnesium).
``Off-specification pure'' magnesium is pure primary magnesium
containing magnesium scrap, secondary magnesium, oxidized magnesium or
impurities (whether or not intentionally added) that cause the primary
magnesium content to fall below 99.8% by weight. It generally does not
contain, individually or in combination, 1.5% or more, by weight, of
the following alloying elements: Aluminum, manganese, zinc, silicon,
thorium, zirconium and rare earths.
Excluded from the scope of the Order are alloy primary magnesium
(that meets specifications for alloy magnesium), primary magnesium
anodes, granular primary magnesium (including turnings, chips and
powder) having a maximum physical dimension (i.e., length or diameter)
of one inch or less, secondary magnesium (which has pure primary
magnesium content of less than 50% by weight), and remelted magnesium
whose pure primary magnesium content is less than 50% by weight.
Pure magnesium products covered by the Order are currently
classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) subheadings 8104.11.00, 8104.19.00, 8104.20.00, 8104.30.00,
8104.90.00, 3824.90.11, 3824.90.19 and 9817.00.90. Although the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope is dispositive.
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments
We received timely submissions from TMI/TMM certifying that they
did not have sales, shipments, or exports of subject merchandise to the
United States during the POR.\5\ On July 26, 2021, we requested the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data file of entries of
subject merchandise imported into the United States during the POR, and
exported by TMM/TMI.\6\ This query returned no entries during the
POR.\7\ Additionally, on August 3, 2021, Commerce submitted a no-
shipments inquiry to CBP with regard to TMI/TMM, to which CBP responded
that it found no shipments of subject merchandise by TMI/TMM during the
POR.\8\
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\5\ See TMI's Letter, ``Pure Magnesium from the People's
Republic of China; A-570-832; No Shipment Certification,'' dated
July 14, 2021; see also TMM's Letter, ``Pure Magnesium from the
People's Republic of China; A-570-832; No Shipment Certification,''
dated July 14, 2021.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China, 05/01/2020-04/
30/2021: Entry Data and No Shipment Inquiry,'' dated August 31, 2021
at Attachment 1.
\7\ Id. at Attachment 2.
\8\ Id. at Attachment 3.
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Accordingly, and consistent with our practice, we preliminarily
determine that TMI/TMM had no shipments and, therefore, no reviewable
entries during the POR. In addition, we find it is not appropriate to
rescind the review with respect to these companies, but rather to
complete the review with respect to TMI/TMM and issue appropriate
instructions to CBP based on the final results of the review,
consistent with our practice in non-market economy (NME) cases.\9\
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\9\ See Glycine from the People's Republic of China: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 2014-2015, 81 FR
72567 (October 20, 2016), and the ``Assessment Rates'' section,
below.
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Public Comment
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary
results and may submit case briefs and/or written comments, filed
electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS),
within 30 days after the date of publication of these preliminary
results of review.\10\ ACCESS is available to registered users at
https://access.trade.gov. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in
the case briefs, must be filed within seven days after the time limit
for filing case briefs.\11\ Parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs
in this proceeding are requested to submit with each argument a
statement of the issue, a brief summary of the argument, and a table of
authorities.\12\ Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain
portions of its requirements for serving documents containing business
proprietary information, until further notice.\13\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1) and (2); see also Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c) and (d); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for
general filing requirements).
\13\ See Temporary Rule.
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing, or to participate
if one is requested, must submit a written request to Commerce within
30 days of the date of publication of this notice.\14\ Requests should
contain: (1) The party's name, address, the telephone number; (2) the
number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed.
Issues
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raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective
case and rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, parties
will be notified of the time and date for the hearing to be held.\15\
Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative
review, which will include the results of our analysis of all issues
raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless extended, pursuant
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\15\ See 19 CFR 310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results of this review, Commerce will
determine, and CBP will assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.\16\ Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date
of publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication). Pursuant to Commerce's practice in NME cases, if we
continue to determine in the final results that TMI/TMM had no
shipments of subject merchandise, any suspended entries of subject
merchandise during the POR from these companies will be liquidated at
the China-wide rate.\17\
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\16\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\17\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Non-Market
Economy Antidumping Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
76 FR 65694 (October 24, 2011).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of review, as provided for by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) For TMI/TMM, which claimed no shipments, the cash deposit rate
will remain unchanged from the rate assigned to TMI/TMM in the most
recently completed review of the companies; (2) for previously
investigated or reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese exporters who are not
under review in this segment of the proceeding but who have separate
rates, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the exporter-specific
rate published for the most recent period; (3) for all Chinese
exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be
entitled to a separate rate, the cash deposit rate will be the China-
wide rate of 111.73 percent; \18\ and (4) for all non-Chinese exporters
of subject merchandise which have not received their own rate, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate applicable to Chinese exporter(s) that
supplied that non-Chinese exporter. These deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\18\ See Pure Magnesium from the People's Republic of China:
Final Results of the 2008-2009 Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty Order, 75 FR 80791 (December 23,
2010).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 review period. 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
These preliminary results of review are issued and published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: November 8, 2021.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
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