[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 7, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 58538-58539]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-2360]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-602-806]
Antidumping Duty Order: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide From
Australia
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on an affirmative final determination by the Department
of Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission
(ITC), the Department is issuing the antidumping duty order on
electrolytic manganese dioxide (EMD) from Australia.
DATES: Effective Date: October 7, 2008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla at (202) 482-3477 or
Minoo Hatten at (202) 482-1690, Import Administration, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 14, 2008, the Department published the final
determination of sales at less than fair value of EMD from Australia.
See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and
Termination of Critical-Circumstances Investigation: Electrolytic
Manganese Dioxide from Australia, 73 FR 47586 (August 14, 2008).
On September 26, 2008, the ITC notified the Department of its final
determination pursuant to section 735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), that an industry in the United States is materially
injured within the meaning of section 735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by
reason of less-than-fair-value imports of EMD from Australia. See
Letter from the ITC to the Secretary of Commerce, ``Notification of
Final Affirmative Determination of Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide from
Australia and the People's Republic of China,'' Investigation Nos. 731-
TA-1124 and 1125 (September 26, 2008). Pursuant to section 736(a) of
the Act, the Department is publishing an antidumping duty order on the
subject merchandise.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order includes all manganese
dioxide (MnO2) that has been manufactured in an electrolysis
process, whether in powder, chip, or plate form. Excluded from the
scope are natural manganese dioxide (NMD) and chemical manganese
dioxide (CMD). The merchandise subject to this order is classified in
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) at
subheading 2820.10.00.00. While the HTSUS
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subheading is provided for convenience and customs purposes, the
written description of the scope of this order is dispositive.
Antidumping Duty Order
In accordance with section 736(a)(1) of the Act, the Department
will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon
further information from the Department, antidumping duties equal to
the amount by which the normal value of the merchandise exceeds the
export price (or the constructed export price) of the merchandise for
all relevant entries of EMD from Australia. These antidumping duties
will be assessed on all entries of EMD entered, or withdrawn from the
warehouse, for consumption on or after March 26, 2008, the date on
which the Department published its notice of preliminary determination
in the Federal Register. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Affirmative Preliminary Determination
of Critical Circumstances: Electrolytic Manganese Dioxide from
Australia, 73 FR 15982 (March 26, 2008).
Section 733(d) of the Act states that instructions issued pursuant
to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect
for more than four months except where exporters representing a
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise request
the Department to extend that four-month period to no more than six
months. At the request of the exporter that accounts for a significant
proportion of EMD in Australia, we extended the four-month period to no
more than six months. See Letter from Delta EMD Australia Ltd. (March
25, 2008). In the underlying investigation, the six-month period
beginning on the date of the publication of the preliminary
determinations ended on September 22, 2008. Furthermore, section 737(b)
of the Act states that definitive duties are to begin on the date of
publication of the ITC's final injury determination. Therefore, in
accordance with section 733(d) of the Act and our practice, we will
instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to
liquidate, without regard to antidumping duties, unliquidated entries
of EMD from Australia entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after September 22, 2008, through the day preceding
the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the
Federal Register.
On and after the date of publication of the ITC's notice of final
determination in the Federal Register, CBP will require, at the same
time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties on this
merchandise, cash deposits for the subject merchandise equal to the
estimated weighted-average antidumping margins listed below.
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Weighted-average
Producer or exporter margin (percent)
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Delta EMD Australia Pty. Limited.................... 83.66
All Others.......................................... 83.66
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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to
EMD from Australia, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act. Interested
parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit, Room 1117 of
the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of
antidumping duty orders currently in effect.
This order is issued and published in accordance with section
736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: October 1, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-23603 Filed 10-6-08; 8:45 am]
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