Notice2026-16012
Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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Published
August 6, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters subject to this review did not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to two companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 150 (Thursday, August 6, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50771-50773]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-16012]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-823]
Silicomanganese From India: Preliminary Results and Rescission,
in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that producers/exporters subject to this review did not make
sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the
period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. In
addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to two companies.
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results
of review.
DATES: Applicable August 6, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gorden Struck, 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 May 5, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from India.\1\ On August
27, 2025, Commerce selected Maithan Alloys Limited (MAL) as a mandatory
respondent in this review.\2\ On September 22, 2025, Eramet timely
withdrew its request for review.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 26967 (June 25, 2025); see also 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).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection'', dated August 27,
2025.
\3\ See Eramet's Letter, ``Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated September 22, 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
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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 27, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this
review to no later than July 31, 2026.\6\
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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, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated March 27,
2026.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 Preliminary
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, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Silicomanganese from India; 2024-2025,'' dated concurrently with,
and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is silicomanganese from India.
For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, In Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested a
review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication
of the notice of initiation. As noted above, Commerce received timely
filed withdrawal requests with respect to the following companies, and
no other parties requested an administrative review of these companies:
(1) Alloys and Metals India and (2) Shyam Sel and Power Ltd. Commerce
is rescinding this administrative review with respect to these
companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. NV is calculated
in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of
the methodology, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine that the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margin exists for the
period May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025:
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Weighted-
average dumping
Producer/exporter margin
(percent)
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Maithan Alloys Limited; Impex Metal & Ferro Alloys 0.00
Ltd.; Maithan Ferrous Private Limited \8\.............
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Disclosure
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\8\ Commerce preliminarily determines that these entities are
affiliated within the meaning of section 771(33) of the Act and
comprise a single entity pursuant to 19 CFR 351.401(f). Commerce has
previously determined that Maithan Alloys Limited and Impex Metal &
Ferro Alloys Ltd. are affiliated within the meaning of section
771(33) of the Act and comprise a single entity pursuant to 19 CFR
351.401(f). See Silicomanganese from India: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 90 FR 44045
(September 11, 2025), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at 3, unchanged in Silicomanganese from India: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR
28562.
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Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice.\9\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\10\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\11\ All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
An electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established
deadline.
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\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1); see also Administrative
Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Procedures).
\11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\12\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\13\
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\12\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\13\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) the party's
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants and
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues
to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to
issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the hearing.\14\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will 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 MAL's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the
basis of the ratio
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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.\15\ 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. If MAL's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de
minimis or where 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.\16\
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.106(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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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by MAL for
which it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate calculated in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\17\
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\17\ 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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With regard to Alloys and Metals India and Shyam Sel, for which the
review is being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice 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 deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the company
listed above will be that established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for 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, or the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 17.74 percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.\18\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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\18\ See Order.
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Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a preliminary reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 31, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
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