Uranium From the Russian Federation: Continuation of Suspension of Antidumping Investigation, 21973-21974 [2023-07625]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 12, 2023 / Notices Dated: April 6, 2023. Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–469–818] [FR Doc. 2023–07622 Filed 4–11–23; 8:45 am] Ripe Olives From Spain: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020; Correction Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice; correction. AGENCY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) published a notice in the Federal Register of March 9, 2023, in which Commerce determined that certain producers/ exporters of ripe olives from Spain received countervailable subsidies during the period of review January 1, 2020, through December 31, 2020. This notice corrects the final results as it pertains to the net countervailable subsidy rate for Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L.U. and its cross-owned affiliates. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Kolberg, 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) 482–1785. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: SUMMARY: Correction In the Federal Register of March 9, 2023, in FR Doc 2023–04851, on page 14606, in the second column, correct the name of producer/exporter, Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L., to Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L.U. and its cross-owned affiliates.1 Background On March 9, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the final results of the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on ripe olives from Spain.2 We inadvertently omitted the names of Aceitunas Guadalquivir S.L.U.’s cross-owned affiliates. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Notification to Interested Parties This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5). 1 Commerce found the following companies to be cross-owned with Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L.U.: Coromar Inversiones, S.L., AG Explotaciones Agricolas, S.L.U., and Grupo Aceitunas Guadalquivir, S.L. 2 See Ripe Olives from Spain: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2020, 88 FR 14605 (March 9, 2023). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:25 Apr 11, 2023 Jkt 259001 BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–821–802] Uranium From the Russian Federation: Continuation of Suspension of Antidumping Investigation Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: As a result of determinations by the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) that termination of the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation (Agreement) and the suspended investigation on uranium from the Russian Federation (Russia) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping, and by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that termination of the suspended investigation would likely lead to material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is publishing this notice of continuation of the Agreement. AGENCY: DATES: Applicable April 12, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0162 or (202) 482–6230, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On September 1, 2022, Commerce initiated the fifth sunset review of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on uranium from the Russian Federation (Russia), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).1 On the basis of the notice of intent to participate and adequate substantive responses filed by domestic interested parties and the lack of response from any respondent interested party, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) sunset review, in accordance with 19 CFR 1 See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 53727 (September 1, 2022). PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 21973 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).2 As a result of its review, Commerce determined that termination of the Agreement and suspended antidumping duty investigation on uranium from Russia would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail, should the Agreement be terminated.3 On April 6, 2023, pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, the ITC published its determination that termination of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on uranium from Russia would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably foreseeable time.4 Scope of the Agreement The product covered by the Agreement is natural uranium in the form of uranium ores and concentrates; natural uranium metal and natural uranium compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products, and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium compounds; uranium enriched in U235 and its compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products, and mixtures containing uranium enriched in U235 or compounds of uranium enriched in U235; and any other forms of uranium within the same class or kind. Uranium ore from Russia that is milled into U3O8 and/or converted into UF6 in another country prior to direct and/or indirect importation into the United States is considered uranium from Russia and is subject to the terms of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, uranium enriched in U235 or compounds of uranium enriched in U235 in Russia are covered by this Agreement, regardless of their subsequent modification or blending. Uranium enriched in U235 in another country prior to direct and/or indirect importation into the United States is not considered uranium from Russia and is not subject to the terms of this Agreement.5 2 See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews Initiated on September 1, 2022,’’ dated October 25, 2022. 3 See Uranium from the Russian Federation; Final Results of the Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the Suspension Agreement, 88 FR 61 (January 3, 2023). 4 See Uranium from Russia, 88 FR 20553 (April 6, 2023) 5 The second amendment of two amendments to the Agreement effective on October 3, 1996, in part included within the scope of the Agreement for Russian uranium which had been enriched in a third country prior to importation into the United E:\FR\FM\12APN1.SGM Continued 12APN1 21974 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 70 / Wednesday, April 12, 2023 / Notices HEU is within the scope of the underlying investigation, and HEU is covered by this Agreement. For the purpose of this Agreement, HEU means uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater in the isotope uranium-235. Imports of uranium ores and concentrates, natural uranium compounds, and all forms of enriched uranium are currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 2612.10.00, 2844.10.20, 2844.20.00, respectively. Imports of natural uranium metal and forms of natural uranium other than compounds are currently classifiable under HTSUS subheadings: 2844.10.10 and 2844.10.50. HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and Customs purposes. The written description of the scope of this proceeding is dispositive. Continuation of Suspension of Investigation As a result of the respective determinations by Commerce and the ITC that termination of the Agreement and suspended antidumping duty investigation on uranium from Russia would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the United States, consistent with section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce hereby gives notice of the continuation of the Agreement. The effective date of continuation will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this notice of continuation. Pursuant to Section XII.A of the Agreement, Commerce intends to initiate the next sunset review of the Agreement in 2028. Administrative Protective Order This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject to sanction. ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with NOTICES1 Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in accordance with States. According to the amendment, this modification remained in effect until October 3, 1998. See Amendments to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 61 FR 56665, 56667 (November 4, 1996). VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:25 Apr 11, 2023 Jkt 259001 sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.218. Dated: April 6, 2023. Abdelali Elouaradia, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2023–07625 Filed 4–11–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–896] Magnesium Metal From the People’s Republic of China: Final 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) continues to find that Tianjin Magnesium International, Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal, Co., Ltd. (TMM) had no shipments of subject merchandise covered by the antidumping duty order on magnesium metal from the People’s Republic of China (China) for the period of review (POR) April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022. DATES: Applicable April 13, 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: AGENCY: Background On December 21, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative review in the Federal Register.1 No interested party submitted comments concerning the Preliminary Results or requested a hearing in this administrative review. Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Scope of the Order 2 The product covered by the Order is magnesium metal from China, which 1 See Magnesium Metal from the People’s Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021– 2022, 87 FR 78049 (December 21, 2022) (Preliminary Results). 2 See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Magnesium Metal from the People’s Republic of China, 70 FR 19928 (April 15, 2005) (Order). PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 includes primary and secondary alloy magnesium metal, regardless of chemistry, raw material source, form, shape, or size. Magnesium is a metal or alloy containing by weight primarily the element magnesium. Primary magnesium is produced by decomposing raw materials into magnesium metal. Secondary magnesium is produced by recycling magnesium-based scrap into magnesium metal. The magnesium covered by the Order includes blends of primary and secondary magnesium. The subject merchandise includes the following alloy magnesium metal products made from primary and/or secondary magnesium including, without limitation, magnesium cast into ingots, slabs, rounds, billets, and other shapes; magnesium ground, chipped, crushed, or machined into rasping, granules, turnings, chips, powder, briquettes, and other shapes; and products that contain 50 percent or greater, but less than 99.8 percent, magnesium, by weight, and that have been entered into the United States as conforming to an ‘‘ASTM Specification for Magnesium Alloy’’ 3 and are thus outside the scope of the existing antidumping orders on magnesium from China (generally referred to as ‘‘alloy’’ magnesium). The scope of the Order excludes: (1) All forms of pure magnesium, including chemical combinations of magnesium and other material(s) in which the pure magnesium content is 50 percent or greater, but less than 99.8 percent, by weight, that do not conform to an ‘‘ASTM Specification for Magnesium Alloy;’’ 4 (2) magnesium that is in liquid or molten form; and (3) mixtures containing 90 percent or less magnesium in granular or powder form by weight and one or more of certain non-magnesium granular materials to make magnesium-based reagent mixtures, including lime, calcium metal, calcium silicon, calcium carbide, calcium carbonate, carbon, slag coagulants, fluorspar, nepheline syenite, feldspar, alumina (Al203), calcium aluminate, soda ash, hydrocarbons, graphite, coke, silicon, rare earth 3 The meaning of this term is the same as that used by the American Society for Testing and Materials in its Annual Book for ASTM Standards: Volume 01.02 Aluminum and Magnesium Alloys. 4 The material is already covered by existing antidumping orders. See 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); see also Antidumping Duty Order: Pure Magnesium in Granular Form from the People’s Republic of China, 66 FR 57936 (November 19, 2001). E:\FR\FM\12APN1.SGM 12APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 2023)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-821-802]


Uranium From the Russian Federation: Continuation of Suspension 
of Antidumping Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: As a result of determinations by the U.S. Department of 
Commerce (Commerce) that termination of the Agreement Suspending the 
Antidumping Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation 
(Agreement) and the suspended investigation on uranium from the Russian 
Federation (Russia) would likely lead to continuation or recurrence of 
dumping, and by the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) that 
termination of the suspended investigation would likely lead to 
material injury to an industry in the United States, Commerce is 
publishing this notice of continuation of the Agreement.

DATES: Applicable April 12, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon or Jill Buckles, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0162 or (202) 482-6230, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 1, 2022, Commerce initiated the fifth sunset review of 
the suspended antidumping duty investigation on uranium from the 
Russian Federation (Russia), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ On the basis of the notice of 
intent to participate and adequate substantive responses filed by 
domestic interested parties and the lack of response from any 
respondent interested party, Commerce conducted an expedited (120-day) 
sunset review, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2).\2\ As 
a result of its review, Commerce determined that termination of the 
Agreement and suspended antidumping duty investigation on uranium from 
Russia would lead to a continuation or recurrence of dumping and 
notified the ITC of the magnitude of the margins likely to prevail, 
should the Agreement be terminated.\3\ On April 6, 2023, pursuant to 
section 751(c) of the Act, the ITC published its determination that 
termination of the suspended antidumping duty investigation on uranium 
from Russia would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of 
material injury to an industry in the United States within a reasonably 
foreseeable time.\4\
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    \1\ See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 87 FR 53727 
(September 1, 2022).
    \2\ See Commerce's Letter, ``Sunset Reviews Initiated on 
September 1, 2022,'' dated October 25, 2022.
    \3\ See Uranium from the Russian Federation; Final Results of 
the Expedited Fifth Sunset Review of the Suspension Agreement, 88 FR 
61 (January 3, 2023).
    \4\ See Uranium from Russia, 88 FR 20553 (April 6, 2023)
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Scope of the Agreement

    The product covered by the Agreement is natural uranium in the form 
of uranium ores and concentrates; natural uranium metal and natural 
uranium compounds; alloys, dispersions (including cermets), ceramic 
products, and mixtures containing natural uranium or natural uranium 
compounds; uranium enriched in U\235\ and its compounds; alloys, 
dispersions (including cermets), ceramic products, and mixtures 
containing uranium enriched in U\235\ or compounds of uranium enriched 
in U\235\; and any other forms of uranium within the same class or 
kind.
    Uranium ore from Russia that is milled into 
U3O8 and/or converted into UF6 in 
another country prior to direct and/or indirect importation into the 
United States is considered uranium from Russia and is subject to the 
terms of this Agreement.
    For purposes of this Agreement, uranium enriched in U\235\ or 
compounds of uranium enriched in U\235\ in Russia are covered by this 
Agreement, regardless of their subsequent modification or blending. 
Uranium enriched in U\235\ in another country prior to direct and/or 
indirect importation into the United States is not considered uranium 
from Russia and is not subject to the terms of this Agreement.\5\
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    \5\ The second amendment of two amendments to the Agreement 
effective on October 3, 1996, in part included within the scope of 
the Agreement for Russian uranium which had been enriched in a third 
country prior to importation into the United States. According to 
the amendment, this modification remained in effect until October 3, 
1998. See Amendments to the Agreement Suspending the Antidumping 
Investigation on Uranium from the Russian Federation, 61 FR 56665, 
56667 (November 4, 1996).

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    HEU is within the scope of the underlying investigation, and HEU is 
covered by this Agreement. For the purpose of this Agreement, HEU means 
uranium enriched to 20 percent or greater in the isotope uranium-235.
    Imports of uranium ores and concentrates, natural uranium 
compounds, and all forms of enriched uranium are currently classifiable 
under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 
subheadings: 2612.10.00, 2844.10.20, 2844.20.00, respectively. Imports 
of natural uranium metal and forms of natural uranium other than 
compounds are currently classifiable under HTSUS subheadings: 
2844.10.10 and 2844.10.50. HTSUS subheadings are provided for 
convenience and Customs purposes. The written description of the scope 
of this proceeding is dispositive.

Continuation of Suspension of Investigation

    As a result of the respective determinations by Commerce and the 
ITC that termination of the Agreement and suspended antidumping duty 
investigation on uranium from Russia would likely lead to continuation 
or recurrence of dumping and material injury to an industry in the 
United States, consistent with section 751(d)(2) of the Act, Commerce 
hereby gives notice of the continuation of the Agreement. The effective 
date of continuation will be the date of publication in the Federal 
Register of this notice of continuation. Pursuant to Section XII.A of 
the Agreement, Commerce intends to initiate the next sunset review of 
the Agreement in 2028.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results and notice in 
accordance with sections 751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.218.

    Dated: April 6, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-07625 Filed 4-11-23; 8:45 am]
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