Silicon Metal from Brazil: Amended Final Results of Administrative Review Pursuant to Court Decision

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-351-806] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 2010. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin, AD/CVD Operations, ( printed page 20813) Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-3936. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background This matter arose from a challenge to the Final Results issued by the Department of Commerce (“the Department”) regarding the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Silicon Metal from Brazil for the period of review beginning July 1, 1996, through June 30, 1997. See Silicon Metal from Brazil: Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review , 64 FR 6305 (February 9, 1999) (“ Final Results ”). Following publication of the Final Results , the petitioners 1 and the respondents Eletrosilex S.A. (“Eletrosilex”) and Ligas de Aluminio S.A. filed lawsuits with the Court of International Trade (“CIT”) challenging the Department's Final Results . Eletrosilex contested the Department's application of total adverse facts available (“AFA”) to Eletrosilex, and the Department's selected AFA rate of 93.20 percent. On July 17, 2000, the CIT issued its decision, remanding the Final Results to the Departmen…