Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes From the People's Republic of China: Affirmative 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-570-929] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (“the Department”) continues to determine that certain small diameter graphite electrodes (“SDGE”) are being exported from the United Kingdom (“U.K.”) to the United States by UK Carbon and Graphite Co., Ltd. (“UKCG”) in circumvention of the antidumping duty order on SDGE from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”), [ 1 ] as provided in section 781(b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Act”). DATES: Effective Date: August 9, 2012. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brendan Quinn, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5848. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On June 6, 2012, the Department published in the Federal Register the affirmative preliminary determination that certain SDGE finished by UKCG from PRC-produced artificial graphite ( printed page 47597) rod/unfinished SDGE component  [ 2 ] inputs are exported to the United States in circumvention of the antidumping duty order on SDGE from the PRC, as provided in section 781(b) of the Act. [ 3 ] Pursuant to section 781(e) of the Act, on June 8, 2012, the Department notified the U.S. International Trade …