Ferrovanadium and Nitrided Vanadium From the Russian Federation: Negative Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order

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-821-807] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. Final Determination We determine that the importation of vanadium pentoxide from the Russian Federation (Russia) by the Evraz Group, [ 1 ] which is toll-converted into ferrovanadium in the United States by Bear Metallurgical Corporation (Bear), prior to sale to unaffiliated customers in the United States, does not constitute circumvention of the antidumping duty order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium (ferrovanadium) from Russia, within the meaning of section 781(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). DATES: Effective Date: August 6, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger or Rebecca Trainor, AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4136 or (202) 482-4007, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 8, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its negative preliminary determination that Evraz's imports of vanadium pentoxide from Russia that are toll-converted into ferrovanadium in the United States by Bear are not circumventing the antidumping duty order on ferrovanadium and nitrided vanadium from Russia, [ 2 ] pursuant to section 781(a) of the Act. [ 3 ] AMG Vanadiu…