Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Silicon Metal From the Russian Federation

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-821-817] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 3, 2002. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva or Aishe Allen, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6412, (202) 482-0172, respectively. INITIATION OF INVESTIGATION The Applicable Statute and Regulations Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (“Act”) by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (“URAA”). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce's (“Department”) regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (2002). The Petition On March 7, 2002, the Department received a petition on imports of silicon metal from the Russian Federation (“Russia”) filed in proper form by Globe Metallurgical Inc., Simcala Inc., the International Union of Electronic, Electrical, Salaried, Machine and Furniture Workers, I.U.E.-C.W.A., AFL-CIO, C.L.C., Local 693, The Paper, Allied-Industrial, Chemical and Energy Workers International Union, Local 5-89, and the United Steel Workers of America, AFL-CIO, Local 9436, hereinafter referred to as “the petitioners.&…