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AD: Russia Magnesium Metal

The International Trade Administration has issued its final results of the antidumping duty administrative review of magnesium metal from Russia for the period of October 4, 2004 through March 31, 2006.

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AD Cash Deposit Instructions for a Time of Entry on or after 09/11/07:

Company
(a)
3.77%
(b),(c),(d)

(a) The ITA has determined a de minimis AD duty cash deposit rate of 0.41% for AVISMA, therefore, no cash deposit will be required, but it remains subject to the order;

(b) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, but was covered in a previous review or the original AD investigation, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period;

(c) If the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original AD investigation, but the manufacturer is, the AD duty cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and

(c) If neither the exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous review conducted by the ITA, the AD duty cash deposit rate will continue to be 21.01%, the "all others" rate established in the AD investigation.

1The preliminary results of this administrative review indicated that AVISMA is the successor-in-interest to JSC AVISMA Titianium-Magnesium Works (JSC) for purposes of this AD proceeding.

Assessment Instructions for the Review Period (10/04/04 - 03/31/06)

The ITA states that it intends to issue assessment instructions directly to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after September 11, 2007.

The ITA states that it will issue importer-specific duty assessment rates for entries of subject merchandise, which trade sources note may differ significantly from the AD cash deposit rate listed above (which is a weighted average).

The ITA adds that for entries of subject merchandise during the review period produced by companies included in these final results of review for which the reviewed companies did not know their merchandise was destined for the U.S., the ITA will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the "all-others" rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. (See ITT's Online Archives or 06/02/03 news, 03060245, for BP summary of the ITA's May 2003 "automatic assessment" regulation.)

(See ITA notice for more information, including the scope of the order, etc.

See ITT's Online Archives or 05/16/07 news, 07051640, for BP summary of the preliminary results of this AD duty administrative review.)

ITA contact - Mark Hoadley (202) 482-3148

ITA notice (FR Pub 09/11/07) available at http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20071800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2007/pdf/E7-17859.pdf