Notice2026-09902
Silicomanganese From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
May 18, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the sole producer and/or exporter subject to this review, Maithan Alloys Limited (MAL), made sales of subject merchandise in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 95 (Monday, May 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28562-28564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-09902]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-823]
Silicomanganese From India: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that the
sole producer and/or exporter subject to this review, Maithan Alloys
Limited (MAL), made sales of subject merchandise in the United States
at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), May 1,
2023, through April 30, 2024.
DATES: Applicable May 18, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zachary Shaykin, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 11, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the preliminary results of the 2023-2024 administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from India.\1\ We invited
interested parties to comment on
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the Preliminary Results.\2\ We received a case brief from Eramet
Marietta, Inc. (the petitioner).\3\ No other interested parties
commented on the Preliminary Results. Commerce conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act).
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\1\ See Silicomanganese from India: Preliminary Results,
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 2023-
2024, 90 FR 44045 (September 11, 2025) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ Id.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Letter in Lieu of Case Brief
Concerning Clerical Errors,'' dated March 23, 2025.
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\4\ Additionally, due to a backlog of documents
that were electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service
System (ACCESS) during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24,
2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an
additional 21 days.\5\ On March 17, 2026, Commerce extended the
deadline for the final results by 53 days.\6\ Accordingly, the deadline
for these final results is now May 11, 2026.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Silicomanganese from India: Extension of
Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,'' dated March 17, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\7\ The
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file
electronically via ACCESS. ACCESS is available to registered users at
<a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Silicomanganese from India; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice. (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \8\
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\8\ See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less
than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Orders: Silicomanganese from
India, Kazakhstan, and Venezuela, 67 FR 36149 (May 23, 2002)
(Order).
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The merchandise covered by the scope of the Order is
silicomanganese from India. A full description of the scope of the
Order is provided in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised by interested parties for these final results of
review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of
the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached
as an appendix to this notice.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested
parties, we made certain changes to the margin calculations for MAL.
For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\9\
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\9\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comments 1 and 2.
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Final Results of the Review
We determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping
margin for the period May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024:
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Weight-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Maithan Alloys Limited................................. 0.53
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose the calculations performed in these final
results to parties in this proceeding within five days after the date
of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days after the date of publication of these final results
in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
If the weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent), upon completion of the final results,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales.
Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular
importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total quantity of
those sales.\10\ To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),
we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on
estimated entered values. Where the weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate
is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\11\
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\10\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\11\ See 19 CFR 352.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
8101, 8103 (February 14, 2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by MAL
for which it did not know that the merchandise it sold to the
intermediary (e.g., reseller, trading company, or exporter) was
destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 17.74) if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\12\
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\12\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of the final results of this
review in the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the
U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment instructions will
direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of this notice \13\ for all
shipments of silicomanganese from India entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate
for MAL will be 0.53 percent, the weighted-average dumping margin
established in these final results; (2) for previously investigated
companies not subject to this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published in the most recently
completed segment of this proceeding in which the company participated;
(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior
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review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but
the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established in
the most recent completed segment for the producer of the merchandise;
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will
continue to be 17.74 percent, the all-others rate established in the
LTFV investigation.\14\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\13\ See n.11, supra.
\14\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double
antidumping duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping
duties by the amount of the countervailing duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an APO
of their responsibility concerning the destruction or return of
proprietary information disclosed under the APO in accordance with 19
CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary
information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the destruction or return 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 sanctionable
violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
Commerce is issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: May 11, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy Negotiations, performing the non-
exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Inclusion of Sales Not Produced by Maithan Alloys
Limited (MAL)
Comment 2: Failure To Account for Direct Selling Expenses in
MAL's Dumping Margin Calculation
VI. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2026-09902 Filed 5-15-26; 8:45 am]
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