Magnesium Metal From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2021-2022

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-570-896] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that there were no shipments of merchandise subject to the antidumping duty (AD) order on magnesium metal from the People's Republic of China (China) during the period of review (POR), April 1, 2021, through March 31, 2022, from Tianjin Magnesium International Co., Ltd. (TMI) and Tianjin Magnesium Metal Co., Ltd. (TMM). We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable December 21, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1009. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On April 1, 2022, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the AD order on magnesium metal from China for the POR. [ 1 ] On April 15, 2022, we received a timely request from US Magnesium LLC (the petitioner). [ 2 ] On May 16, 2022, TMI and TMM, upon which the petitioner requested a review, objected to the request on the basis that they had not sold merchandise in the United States for more than ten years. [ 3 ] On June 9, 2022, in response to the petitioner's request, we …