[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2014)] [Notices] [Pages 62101-62103] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2014-24659] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C-570-955] Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of China: Final Results and Final Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) conducted an administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain magnesia carbon bricks (MCBs) from the People's Republic of China (PRC) covering the period of review (POR) January 1, 2012, through December 31, 2012. On June 2, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary Results for this administrative review and invited interested parties to comment on it.\1\ Based on the analysis of the comments received, the Department has not made any changes to its Preliminary Results. The final subsidy rates are listed in the ``Final Results of Review'' section below. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ See Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2012, 79 FR 32915 (June 9, 2014) (Preliminary Results). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- DATED: Effective Date: October 16, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene Calvert, AD/CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482- 3586. Background On June 2, 2014, the Department published the Preliminary Results. The Department preliminarily determined to apply adverse facts available (AFA) to the sole mandatory respondent, Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City and Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City (collectively, Fengchi), and the Government of the PRC (GOC), because these parties failed to cooperate to the best of their ability in this review.\2\ The Department also stated its preliminary intent to rescind the review for the following companies that timely certified that they had no shipments of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR: RHI AG and its affiliates Liaoning RHI Jinding Magnesia Co.; RHI Refractories (Dalian) Co. Ltd.; RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd.; RHI Trading Shanghai Branch; and RHI Trading (Dalian) Co., Ltd. (collectively, the RHI companies).\3\ The Department invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ Id., and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM) at 3-4. \3\ Id., 79 FR at 32915. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- On July 9, 2014, the Department received a timely filed joint case brief from Resco Products, Inc. (Petitioner) and a domestic producer of MCBs, Magnesita Refractories Company (Magnesita).\4\ No other party filed an administrative case or rebuttal brief. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See the July 9, 2014, submission from Petitioner and Magnesita, ``Petitioner's Case Brief'' (Case Brief). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scope of the Order The scope of the order includes certain MCBs. Certain MCBs that are the subject of this order are currently classifiable under the following subheadings of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS): 6902.10.1000, 6902.10.5000, 66815.91.0000, 6815.99.2000, and 6815.99.4000. Although the HTSUS numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written product description remains dispositive. A full description of the scope of the order is contained in the memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for Certain Magnesia Carbon Bricks from the People's Republic of China: Final Results of the 2012 Administrative Review'' (Issues and Decision Memorandum), which is dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Methodology The Department conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, including our decision to apply facts otherwise available with an adverse inference to Fengchi and the PRC, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. With respect to the companies for which we initiated reviews and that did not file a no-shipments certification,\5\ consistent with the Preliminary Results, we assigned to entries made by these companies the all-others rate from the investigation.\6\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \5\ See Appendix II. \6\ See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 32915; see also the Issues and Decision Memorandum for a description of our methodology underlying our conclusions. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case brief filed are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues raised is attached to this notice at Appendix I. Final Rescission, in Part, of the Administrative Review In the Preliminary Results, we stated that a final decision regarding whether to rescind this review with respect to the RHI companies would be made in the final results of this review.\7\ We continue to find no evidence on the record indicating that the RHI companies had sales of subject merchandise to the United States during the POR. Accordingly, and pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), the Department is rescinding this review with respect to the RHI companies for these final results. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See Preliminary Results, 79 FR at 32915. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [[Page 62102]] Final Results of Review We determine the countervailable subsidy rates for the POR are as follows: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Ad valorem net countervailable Company subsidy rate (percent) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Fengchi Imp. and Exp. Co., Ltd. of Haicheng City and 66.27 Fengchi Refractories Co., of Haicheng City (collectively, Fengchi)............................ Rate Applicable to the Remaining Companies Under 24.24 Review \8\......................................... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Assessment Rates --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ See Appendix II. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b), the Department intends to issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the publication of these final results of review in the Federal Register. The Department will instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on POR entries in the amounts shown above. Cash Deposit Requirements The Department also intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amounts shown above for entries of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after the date of publication of these final results in the Federal Register. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all others rate established in the investigation. Accordingly, the cash deposit rates that will be applied to companies covered by the order, but not examined in this review, are those established in the most recently completed segment of the proceeding for each company. These cash deposit rates shall apply to all non-reviewed companies until a review of a company assigned these rates is requested and completed. 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 protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 a sanctionable violation. These final results are issued and published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act. Dated: October 7, 2014. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I List of Issues Discussed in the Decision Memorandum I. Summary II. Background III. Scope of the Order IV. Discussion of the Methodology V. Discussion of the Issues Comment 1: Whether the Department Should Apply AFA to the Non- Mandatory Respondents Comment 2: Whether the Department Also Should Apply the AFA Rate to the Non-Mandatory Respondents Because the GOC Failed to Respond in this Administrative Review VI. Recommendation Appendix II List of Remaining Companies Under Review ANH (Xinyi) Refractories Co. Ltd Anyang Rongzhu Silicon Industry Co., Ltd Bayuquan Refractories Co., Ltd Beijing Tianxing Ceramic Fiber Composite Materials Corp Changxing Magnesium Furnace Charge Co., Ltd Changxing Wangfa Architectural & Metallurgical Materials Co., Ltd Changzing Zhicheng Refractory Material Factory China Metallurgical Raw Material Beijing Company China Quantai Metallurgical (Beijing) Engineering & Science Co., Ltd Cimm Group of China CNBM International Corporation Dalian Dalmond Trading Co., Ltd Dalian F.T.Z. Huaxin International Dalian F.T.Z. Maylong Resources Co., Ltd Dalian Huayu Refractories International Co., Ltd Dalian LST Metallurgy Co., Ltd Dalian Masoo International Trading Dalian Mayerton Refractories Ltd Dalian Morgan Refractories Ltd Dashiqiao Bozhong Mineral Products Co., Ltd Dashiqiao City Guangcheng Refractory Co., Ltd Dashiqiao Jia Sheng Mining Co., Ltd Dashiqiao RongXing Refractory Material Co., Ltd Dashiqiao Sanqiang Refractory Material Co., Ltd Dashiqiao Yutong Packing Factory Dengfeng Desheng Refractory Co., Ltd DFL Minmet Refractories Corp Duferco BarInvest SA Beijing Office Duferco Ironet Shanghai Representative Office Eastern Industries & Trading Co., Ltd Fengchi Mining Co., Ltd of Haicheng City Fengchi Refractories Corp Haicheng City Qunli Mining Co., Ltd Haicheng City Xiyang Import & Export Corporation Haicheng Donghe Taidi Refractory Co., Ltd Haicheng Ruitong Mining Co., Ltd Haiyuan Talc Powder Manufacture Factory Henan Boma Co. Ltd Henan Kingway Chemicals Co., Ltd Henan Tagore Refractories Co., Ltd Henan Xinmi Changzxing Refractories, Co., Ltd Hebei Qinghe Refractory Group Co. Ltd Huailin Refractories (Dashiqiao) Pte. Ltd Hualude Hardware Products Co. Ltd Jiangsu Sujia Group New Materials Co., Ltd Jiangsu Sujia Joint-Stock Co., Ltd Jinan Forever Imp. & Exp. Trading Co., Ltd Jinan Linquan Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd Jinan Ludong Refractory Co., Ltd Kosmokraft Refractory Limited Kuehne & Nagel Ltd. Dalian Branch Office Lechang City Guangdong Province SongXin Refractories Co., Ltd Liaoning Fucheng Refractories Group Co., Ltd Liaoning Fucheng Special Refractory Co., Ltd Liaoning Jiayi Metals & Minerals Ltd Liaoning Jinding Magnesite Group Liaoning Mayerton Refractories Co., Ltd Liaoning Mineral & Metallurgy Group Co., Ltd Liaoning Qunyi Group Refractories Co., Ltd Liaoning Qunyi Trade Co., Ltd Liaoning RHI Jinding Magnesis Co., Ltd LiShuang Refractory Industrial Co., Ltd Lithomelt Co., Ltd Luheng Refractory Co., Ltd Luoyang Refractory Group Co., Ltd Mayerton Refractories Minsource International Ltd Minteq International Inc National Minerals Co., Ltd North Refractories Co., Ltd Orestar Metals & Minerals Co., Ltd Oreworld Trade (Tangshan) Co., Ltd Puyang Refractories Co., Ltd Qingdao Almatis Co., Ltd. (HQ) Qingdao Almatis Co., Ltd. (Manufacturing) Qingdao Almatis Trading Co., Ltd. (Sales Office) [[Page 62103]] Qingdao Blueshell Import & Export Corp Qingdao Fujing Group Co., Ltd Qingdao Huierde International Trade Co., Ltd RHI Refractories (Dalian) Co., Ltd RHI Refractories Liaoning Co., Ltd RHI Trading Shanghai Branch RHI Trading (Dalian) Co., Ltd Rongyuan Magnesite Co., Ltd. of Dashiqiao City Shandong Cambridge International Trade Inc Shandong Lunai Kiln Refractories Co., Ltd Shandong Refractories Corp Shanxi Dajin International (Group) Co., Ltd Shanxi Xinrong International Trade Co. Ltd Shenyang Yi Xin Sheng Lai Refractory Materials Co., Ltd Shinagawa Rongyuan Refractories Co., Ltd Sinosteel Corporation SMMC Group Co., Ltd Tangshan Success Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd Tianjin New Century Refractories, Ltd Tianjin New World Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd Tianjin Weiyuan Refractory Co., Ltd Vesuvius Advanced Ceramics (Suzhou) Co. Ltd Wonjin Refractories Co., Ltd Xiyuan Xingquan Forsterite Co., Ltd Yanshi City Guangming High-Tech Refractories Products Co., Ltd YHS Minerals Co., Ltd Yingkou Bayuquan Refractories Co., Ltd Yingkou Dalmond Refractories Co., Ltd Yingkou Guangyang Refractories Co., Ltd Yingkou Guangyang Refractories Co., Ltd. (YGR) Yingkou Heping Samwha Minerals Co., Ltd Yingkou Jiahe Refractories Co., Ltd Yingkou Jinlong Refractories Group Yingkou Kyushu Refractories Co., Ltd Yingkou New Century Refractories Ltd Yingkou Qinghua Group Imp. & Exp. Co., Ltd Yingkou Qinghua Refractories Co., Ltd Yingkou Sanhua Refractory Materials Co., Ltd Yingkou Tianrun Refractory Co., Ltd Yingkou Wonjin Refractory Material Co., Ltd Yingkou Yongji Mag Refractory, Ltd Yixing Runlong Trade Co., Ltd Yixing Xinwei Leeshing Refractory Materials Co., Ltd Yixing Zhenqiu Charging Ltd Zhejiang Changxing Guangming Special Refractory Material Foundry, Co., Ltd Zhejiang Deqing Jinlei Refractory Co., Ltd Zhejiang Huzhou Fuzilin Refractory Metals Group Co., Ltd Zhengzhou Annec Industrial Co., Ltd Zhengzhou Huachen Refractory Co., Ltd Zhengzhou Huawei Refractories Co., Ltd Zibo Lianzhu Refractory Materials Co., Ltd [FR Doc. 2014-24659 Filed 10-15-14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P