Pure Magnesium From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 7402-7404 [2023-02212]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
Notice of Scope Rulings
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 3, 2023.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) hereby publishes a list of
scope rulings and circumvention
determinations made during the period
October 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022. We intend to publish future lists
after the close of the next calendar
quarter.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Marcia E. Short, AD/CVD Operations,
Customs Liaison Unit, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
202–482–1560.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
Commerce regulations provide that it
will publish in the Federal Register a
list of scope rulings on a quarterly
basis.1 Our most recent notification of
scope rulings was published on
November 21, 2022.2 This current notice
covers all scope rulings and scope
ruling/circumvention determination
combinations made by Enforcement and
Compliance between October 1, 2022,
and December 31, 2022.
Scope Rulings Made October 1, 2022,
Through December 31, 2022: People’s
Republic of China (China)
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A–570–967 and C–570–968: Aluminum
Extrusions From China
Requestor: Central Purchasing, LLC
dba Harbor Freight Tools. Three models
of aluminum pair ramps are not covered
by the antidumping duty (AD) and
countervailing duty (CVD) orders on
aluminum extrusions from China
because they satisfy the requirements
for the finished merchandise exclusion;
October 31, 2022.
A–570–979 and C–570–980: Crystalline
Silicon Photovoltaic Cells, Whether or
Not Assembled Into Modules, From
China
Requestor: RNG International Inc.
(RNG) Off-grid 100-watt solar panels
with regular monocrystalline solar cells
(model numbers RNG–KIT–STCS100D–
NC, RNG–KIT–STCS100D[1]VOY20,
1 See
19 CFR 351.225(o).
Notice of Scope Rulings, 87 FR 70787
(November 21, 2022).
2 See
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RNG–100D–SS, and RNG–100DB–H)
and off-grid 50-watt solar panels (model
numbers RNG–50D–SS and
RKIT50DST) imported by RNG from
China are not within the scope of the
AD/CVD orders on crystalline silicon
photovoltaic cells, whether or not
assembled into modules, from China
because the orders’ scope language is
dispositive that the products subject to
the request are not within the scope of
the orders; November 7, 2022.
A–570–891: Hand Trucks and Certain
Parts Thereof From China
Requestor: Carbon, Inc. One cassette
cart is not covered by the AD order on
hand trucks and certain parts thereof
from China because the cart lacks a
projecting edge or toeplate capable of
sliding under a load for the purposes of
lifting and/or moving the load:
December 20, 2022.
A–570–124 and C–570–125: Certain
Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc
and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof,
From China
Requestor: Briggs and Stratton, LLC.
Modified vertical shaft engines, such as
the modified R210–S engine
manufactured by Chongqing Rato
Technology Co., Ltd., fall within the
scope of the AD/CVD orders on certain
vertical shaft engines between 99cc and
Up To 225cc, and parts thereof, from
China because we find that these
engines have a vertical power take off
shaft and otherwise meet the
description of in-scope merchandise;
December 22, 2022.
Preliminary Scope Rulings Made
October 1, 2022, Through December 31,
2022: China
A–570–601: Tapered Roller Bearings
and Parts Thereof, Finished and
Unfinished, From China
Requestor: Dorman Products Inc.
(Dorman) Preliminary scope ruling that
eight models of rear loaded knuckles
that Dorman imports from China are not
covered by the scope of the AD order on
tapered roller bearings and parts thereof,
finished and unfinished, from China
based on the criteria set forth under 19
CFR 351.225(k)(3); October 21, 2022.
A–570–082 and C–570–083: Certain
Steel Wheels From China
Requestor: Asia Wheel Co., Ltd. (Asia
Wheel) Preliminary scope ruling that
the truck wheels manufactured by Asia
Wheel in Thailand using Chinese-origin
discs and rims manufactured in
Thailand from Chinese-origin (or
another foreign country) steel sheet
plates are subject to the scope of the
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AD/CVD orders on certain steel wheels
from China; December 13, 2022.
Circumvention Determination Made
October 1, 2022, Through December 31,
2022
A–570–124 and C–570–125: Certain
Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc
and Up to 225cc, and Parts Thereof,
From China: 60cc Up to 99cc Engines
Requestor: Briggs & Stratton, LLC.
Final circumvention ruling that vertical
shaft engines with displacements
between 60 cubic centimeters (cc) and
up to 99cc produced in China and
exported to the United States are
circumventing the AD/CVD orders on
small vertical engines from China by
means of being merchandise ‘‘altered in
form or appearance in minor respects’’;
December 16, 2022.
Notification to Interested Parties
Interested parties are invited to
comment on the completeness of this
list of completed scope inquiries and
scope/circumvention inquiry
combinations made during the period
October 1, 2022, through December 31,
2022. Any comments should be
submitted to the Deputy Assistant
Secretary for AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, via
email to CommerceCLU@trade.gov.
This notice is published in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.225(o).
Dated: January 31, 2023.
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–570–832]
Pure Magnesium From the People’s
Republic of China: Preliminary Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2021–2022
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on pure
magnesium from the People’s Republic
of China (China). The period of review
(POR) is May 1, 2021, through April 30,
2022. Commerce preliminarily
determines that Tianjin Magnesium
International Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin
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Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM)
(collectively, TMI/TMM) did not have
any shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR.1 We invite interested
parties to comment on these preliminary
results.
DATES: Applicable February 3, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John
Conniff, 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) 482–1009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2022, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order
on pure magnesium from China for the
POR.2 On May 20, 2022, and in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
we received a timely request from US
Magnesium LLC (the petitioner) for a
review of TMI/TMM.3 On June 9, 2022,
TMI/TMM objected to the request on the
basis that it had not sold merchandise
in the United States for an extended
period of years.4 On July 14, 2022, in
response to the petitioner’s request, we
initiated an administrative review of the
Order with respect to TMI/TMM, in
accordance with section 751(a) of the
Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i).5
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Scope of the Order
Merchandise covered by the Order is
pure magnesium 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
1 In the 2011 and 2012 administrative review,
Commerce collapsed both TMI and TMM into a
single entity. 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), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at
footnote 1.
2 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual
Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 25619 (May 2, 2022); see
also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 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).
3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request For
Administrative Review,’’ dated May 20, 2022.
4 See TMI/TMM’s Letter, ‘‘Objection to Request
for Review,’’ dated June 9, 2022.
5 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR
42144 (July 14, 2022).
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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’’ 3 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
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.
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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.6 On July 21,
2022, we requested U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) entry data of
subject merchandise imported into the
United States during the POR, and
exported by TMI/TMM.7 This query
returned no entries during the POR.8
Additionally, on August 9, 2022,
Commerce submitted a no-shipments
inquiry to CBP with regard to TMI/
TMM, to which CBP did not respond
with any contrary information by the
expiration of the ten-day deadline on
August 19, 2022.9
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.10
Disclosure and Public Comment
Because Commerce has not calculated
weighted-average dumping margins for
these preliminary results, there are no
calculations to disclose to interested
parties.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results of
the review. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than 30 days
after the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the
case briefs, may be filed no later than
seven days after the deadline for filing
case briefs.11 Parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this
proceeding are encouraged to submit
with each brief: (1) a statement of the
issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of
6 See TMI’s Letter, ‘‘No Shipment Certification,’’
dated July 27, 2022; see also TMM’s Letter, ‘‘No
Shipment Certification,’’ dated July 27, 2022.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Release of U.S. Customs
and Border Protection Data,’’ dated August 23,
2022, at Attachment 1.
8 Id. at Attachment 2.
9 Id. at 1 and Attachment 3.
10 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, infra.
11 See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
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authorities.12 Executive summaries
should be limited to five pages total,
including footnotes.13 Case and rebuttal
briefs should be filed using Enforcement
and Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).14
Note that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business
proprietary information, until further
notice.15
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any
interested party may request a hearing
within 30 days of the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register.
Interested parties who wish to request a
hearing must submit a written request to
the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS, by the deadline noted above.
If a hearing is requested, Commerce will
notify interested parties of the hearing
date and time. Requests for a hearing
should contain: (1) the requesting
party’s name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of individuals
from the requesting party’s firm that
will attend the hearing; and (3) a list of
issues the party intends to discuss at the
hearing. Issues raised in the hearing will
be limited to those raised in the
respective case and rebuttal briefs.
Unless we extend the deadline for the
final results of this review, we intend to
issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the
results of our analysis of issues raised
by the parties in their briefs, within 120
days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.16
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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.17 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
12 See
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
13 Id.
14 See
19 CFR 351.303.
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension
of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
16 See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19
CFR 351.213(h)(1).
17 See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
15 See
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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.18
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; 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.
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).
18 For a full discussion of this practice, see NonMarket Economy Antidumping Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694
(October 24, 2011).
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Dated: January 27, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023–02212 Filed 2–2–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–520–807]
Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel
Pipe From the United Arab Emirates:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2020–
2021
Correction
In notice document 2022–28171,
appearing on page 79862 through 79865
in the issue of Wednesday, December
28, 2022, make the following correction:
On page 79862, in the heading the
docket number should read ‘‘A–520–
807’’.
[FR Doc. C1–2022–28171 Filed 2–2–23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 0099–10–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–570–968]
Aluminum Extrusions From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review, and
Rescission, in Part; 2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of aluminum
extrusions from the People’s Republic of
China (China) during the period or
review (POR), January 1, 2021, through
December 31, 2021. Interested parties
are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 3, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Caitlin Monks, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2670.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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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; 2021-2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on pure magnesium
from the People's Republic of China (China). The period of review (POR)
is May 1, 2021, through April 30, 2022. Commerce preliminarily
determines that Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (TMI) and
Tianjin
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Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM) (collectively, TMI/TMM) did not have
any shipments of subject merchandise during the POR.\1\ We invite
interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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\1\ In the 2011 and 2012 administrative review, Commerce
collapsed both TMI and TMM into a single entity. 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),
and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at footnote 1.
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DATES: Applicable February 3, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, 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) 482-1009.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice
of opportunity to request an administrative review of the antidumping
duty order on pure magnesium from China for the POR.\2\ On May 20,
2022, and in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930,
as amended (the Act), we received a timely request from US Magnesium
LLC (the petitioner) for a review of TMI/TMM.\3\ On June 9, 2022, TMI/
TMM objected to the request on the basis that it had not sold
merchandise in the United States for an extended period of years.\4\ On
July 14, 2022, in response to the petitioner's request, we initiated an
administrative review of the Order with respect to TMI/TMM, in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i).\5\
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\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 25619 (May 2,
2022); see also Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: 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).
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request For Administrative
Review,'' dated May 20, 2022.
\4\ See TMI/TMM's Letter, ``Objection to Request for Review,''
dated June 9, 2022.
\5\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 42144 (July 14, 2022).
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Scope of the Order
Merchandise covered by the Order is pure magnesium 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'' \3\ 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 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.\6\ On July 21, 2022, we requested U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) entry data of subject merchandise
imported into the United States during the POR, and exported by TMI/
TMM.\7\ This query returned no entries during the POR.\8\ Additionally,
on August 9, 2022, Commerce submitted a no-shipments inquiry to CBP
with regard to TMI/TMM, to which CBP did not respond with any contrary
information by the expiration of the ten-day deadline on August 19,
2022.\9\
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\6\ See TMI's Letter, ``No Shipment Certification,'' dated July
27, 2022; see also TMM's Letter, ``No Shipment Certification,''
dated July 27, 2022.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Data,'' dated August 23, 2022, at Attachment 1.
\8\ Id. at Attachment 2.
\9\ Id. at 1 and 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.\10\
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\10\ 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,
infra.
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Because Commerce has not calculated weighted-average dumping
margins for these preliminary results, there are no calculations to
disclose to interested parties.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results of the review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested
parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Rebuttal briefs,
limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than
seven days after the deadline for filing case briefs.\11\ Parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged
to submit with each brief: (1) a statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
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authorities.\12\ Executive summaries should be limited to five pages
total, including footnotes.\13\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be
filed using Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS).\14\ Note that
Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business proprietary information, until
further notice.\15\
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\13\ Id.
\14\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\15\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements
Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July
10, 2020).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a
hearing within 30 days of the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register. Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must
submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS, by the deadline noted
above. If a hearing is requested, Commerce will notify interested
parties of the hearing date and time. Requests for a hearing should
contain: (1) the requesting party's name, address, and telephone
number; (2) the number of individuals from the requesting party's firm
that will attend the hearing; and (3) a list of issues the party
intends to discuss at the hearing. Issues raised in the hearing will be
limited to those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs.
Unless we extend the deadline for the final results of this review,
we intend to issue the final results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties
in their briefs, within 120 days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.\16\
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\16\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
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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.\17\ 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.\18\
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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\18\ 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; 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.
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: January 27, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-02212 Filed 2-2-23; 8:45 am]
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