The US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced Friday its affirmative preliminary determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of silicomanganese from Australia.
The sole mandatory respondent, Tasmanian Electro Metallurgical Company Pty Ltd. (TEMCO), received a preliminary dumping margin of 11.93 percent. Because there were no other respondents, TEMCO’s margin also serves as the preliminary dumping margin for all other producers/exporters in Australia.
The petitioner for this investigation is Felman Production, LLC. In 2014, imports of silicomanganese from Australia were valued at an estimated $76.9 million.
The DOC is scheduled to announce its final determination on or about December 1, 2015, unless the statutory deadline is extended. If Commerce makes an affirmative final determination, and the US International Trade Commission (ITC) makes an affirmative final determination that imports of silicomanganese from Australia materially injure, or threaten material injury to, the domestic industry, the DOC will issue an AD order. If either Commerce or the ITC final determinations are negative, no AD order will be issued. The ITC is scheduled to make its final injury determination 45 days after the Department’s final determination, i.e., on or about January 15, 2016.