MESSAGE NO: 4349111
DATE: 12 15 1993
CATEGORY: ADA
TYPE: INI
REFERENCE:
REFERENCE DATE:
CASES:
A - 351 - 824
A - 570 - 828
A - 307 - 811
A - 462 - 305
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PERIOD COVERED:
12 08 1993
TO
LIQ SUSPENSION DATE:
TO: REGIONAL DIRECTORS, COMMERCIAL OPERATIONS
DISTRICT DIRECTORS, AREA AND PORT DIRECTORS
FROM: DIRECTOR, IMPORT SPECIALIST DIVISION
RE: INITIATION OF ANTIDUMPING DUTY INVESTIGATION OF
SILICOMANGANESE FROM BRAZIL, PRC, UKRAINE AND
VENEZUELA
1.
THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE PUBLISHED IN
THE FEDERAL REGISTER
ON
DECEMBER
8,
1993,
ITS INITIATION OF
THE ANTIDUMPING DUTY
INVESTIGATION
OF
SILICOMANGANESE FROM
BRAZIL
(A351-824),
THE
PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC
OF
CHINA
(PRC)
(A-570-828),
UKRAINE
(A-823-805), AND VENEZUELA (A-307-811).
2.
THE
MERCHANDISE
COVERED
BY
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS
IS
SILICOMANGANESE,
SOMETIMES
CALLED
FERROSILICON
MANGANESE,
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
4%
IRON, MORE THAN 30% MANGANESE, MORE THAN 8% SILICON AND
NOT MORE
THAN
3%
PHOSPHOROUS.
ALL
COMPOSITIONS
FORMS
AND
SIZES
OF
SILICOMANGANESE
ARE
INCLUDED
WITHIN
THE
SCOPE
OF
THESE
INVESTIGATIONS,
INCLUDING
SILICOMANGANESE
SLAG,
FINES
AND
BRIQUETTES.
SILCOMANGANESE IS USED PRIMARILY IN STEEL PRODUCTION
AS
A SOURCE OF BOTH SILICON AND MANGANESE.
THESE INVESTIGATIONS
COVER ALL SILICOMANGANESE, REGARDLESS OF ITS TARIFF
CLASSIFICATION.
MOST SILICOMANGANESE IS
CURRENTLY
CLASSIFIABLE
UNDER SUBHEADING 7202.30.0000 OF
THE HARMONIZED TARIFF
SCHEDULE
OFTHE
THE UNITED STATES (HTSUS).
SOME SILICOMANGANESE MAY
ALSO
BE CLASSIFIABLE UNDER HTS SUBHEADING 7202.99.5040.
ALTHOUGH
THE
HTS
SUBHEADING
IS
PROVIDED
FOR CONVENIENCE AND
CUSTOMS PURPOSES, THE WRITTEN DESCRIPTION REMAINS DISPOSITIVE.
3.
FOR FURTHER REPORTING PURPOSES THESE CASES HAVE BEEN ASSIGNED
INVESTIGATION NUMBERS:
BRAZIL
A-351-824
PRC
A-570-828
UKRAINE
A-823-805
VENEZUELA
A-307-811
THE CUSTOMS IDENTIFICATION NUMBER
SHOULD
BE
USED
FOR
CUSTOMS
PURPOSES ONLY
UKRAINE A-462-805
4.
IF THERE ARE
ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS MATTER BY CUSTOMS
OFFICERS,
THEY
SHOULD
CONTACT
THE
TRADE COMPLIANCE DIVISION,
ANTIDUMPING/COUNTERVAILING DUTY BRANCH, VIA
E-MAIL
TO ATTRIBUTE
"HQ
OAB".
THE
IMPORTING PUBLIC
AND
OTHER INTERESTED PARTIES
SHOULD CONTACT MICHAEL READY OR
LORI
WAY, OFFICE OF ANTIDUMPING
INVESTIGATIONS,
IMPORT
ADMINISTRATION,
INTERNATIONAL
TRADE
ADMINISTRATION, U.S.
DEPARTMENT
OF
COMMERCE,
TELEPHONE
(202)
482-2613 OR (202) 482-0114, RESPECTIVELY.
5.
THERE ARE NO RESTRICTIONS ON THE RELEASE OF THIS INFORMATION.
NANCY MCTIERNAN