Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Silicomanganese From Brazil

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

[A-351-824]

Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Silicomanganese From Brazil

Agency: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michelle Frederick or John Brinkmann,

Office of Antidumping Duty Investigations, Import Administration, U.S.

Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-0186 or (202) 482-5288,

respectively.

Scope of Order

The merchandise covered by this order is silicomanganese.

Silicomanganese, which is sometimes called ferrosilicon manganese, is a

ferroalloy composed principally of manganese, silicon, and iron, and

normally containing much smaller proportions of minor elements, such as

carbon, phosphorous and sulfur. Silicomanganese generally contains by

weight not less than four percent iron, more than 30 percent manganese,

more than eight percent silicon and not more than three percent

phosphorous. All compositions, forms and sizes of silicomanganese are

included within the scope of this investigation, including

silicomanganese slag, fines and briquettes. Silicomanganese is used

primarily in steel production as a source of both silicon and

manganese. This investigation covers all silicomanganese, regardless of

its tariff classification. Most silicomanganese is currently

classifiable under subheading 7202.30.0000 of the Harmonized Tariff

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Some silicomanganese may also

currently be classifiable under HTSUS subheading 7202.99.5040. Although

the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs

purposes, our written description of the scope is dispositive.

Antidumping Duty Order

On December 14, 1994, in accordance with section 735(d) of the Act,

the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) notified the Department

that imports of silicomanganese from Brazil materially injure a U.S.

industry. Therefore, in accordance with section 736 of the Act, the

Department will direct United States Customs officers to assess, upon

further advice by the administering authority pursuant to section

736(a)(1) of the Act, antidumping duties equal to the amount by which

the foreign market value of the merchandise exceeds the United States

price for all entries of silicomanganese from Brazil. These antidumping

duties will be assessed on all unliquidated entries of silicomanganese

from Brazil entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or

after June 17, 1994, the date on which the Department published its

preliminary determination notice in the Federal Register (59 FR 14852).

On or after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal

Register, U.S. Customs officers must require, at the same time as

importers would normally deposit estimated duties, the following cash

deposits for the subject merchandise:

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Weighted-

average

Manufacturer/producer/exporter margin

percentage

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Companhia Paulista de Ferro-Ligas and Sibra Eletro

Siderurgica Brasileira S/A................................. 64.93

All Others.................................................. 17.60

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This notice constitutes the antidumping duty order with respect to

silicomanganese from Brazil, pursuant to section 736(a) of the Act.

Interested parties may contact the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of

the Main Commerce Building, for copies of an updated list of

antidumping duty orders currently in effect.

This order is published in accordance with section 736(a) of the

Act and 19 CFR 353.21.

Dated: December 19, 1994.

Susan G. Esserman,

Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

[FR Doc. 94-31623 Filed 12-20-94; 3:01 pm]

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