On June 30, 2020, Globe Specialty Metals, Inc. and Mississippi Silicon LLC (“Petitioners”), filed a petition for the imposition of antidumping duties on silicon metal from the Bosnia and Herzegovina (“Bosnia”), Iceland, and Malaysia. In addition, the petition alleges that imports of silicon metal from the Republic of Kazakhstan (“Kazakhstan”) are unfairly subsidized and requests the imposition of countervailing duties.

 

SCOPE OF THE INVESTIGATION

The scope of this investigation covers all forms and sizes of silicon metal, including silicon metal powder. Silicon metal contains at least 85.00 percent but less than 99.99 percent silicon, and less than 4.00 percent iron, by actual weight. Semiconductor grade silicon (merchandise containing at least 99 .99 percent silicon by actual weight and classifiable under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 2804.61.0000) is excluded from the scope of this investigation.

Silicon metal is currently classifiable under subheadings 2804.69.1000 and 2804.69.5000 of the HTSUS. While the HTSUSnumbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, thewritten description of the scope remains dispositive.

 

PETITIONERS

Globe Specialty Metals, Inc.

County Road 32

P.O. Box 157

Beverly. OH 45715

Website: https://www .ferroglobe.com/

Contact: Brian D’ Amico

General Counsel, Americas

Phone: (786)509-6942

Email: bdamico@ferroglobe.com

 

Mississippi Silicon LLC

80 County Road 210

P.O. Box 316

Burnsville, MS 38833

Website: https://www.missilicon.com/

Contact; John Lalley

Vice President, Finance .and Chief Financial Officer

Phone: (662) 696-2600

Email: jlalley@missilicon.com

 

COUNSEL FOR PETITIONERS

Adam H. Gordon

The Bristol Group PLLC

1707 L Street NW

Suite 570

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 991-2701

 

NAMED PRODUCERS/EXPORTERS

For a list of foreign producers/exporters alleged by Petitioner, please see Attachment I.

 

NAMED IMPORTERS

For a list of importers alleged by Petitioner, please see Attachment II.

 

ESTIMATED SCHEDULE

Event	Earliest Date
Petition Filed	June 30, 2020
DOC Initiation	July 20, 2020
ITC Preliminary Investigation:
Questionnaires Due	July 14, 2020
Request to appear at hearing	July 20, 2020
Hearing	July 22, 2020
Briefs	July 27, 2020
ITC Vote	August 14, 2020
DOC Investigation Schedule:
DOC Preliminary Antidumping Determination	December 7, 2020
DOC Preliminary Countervailing Determination	September 23, 2020
DOC Final Antidumping Determination	February 22, 2021
DOC Final Countervailing Determination	December 7, 2020
ITC Final AD Determination	April 6, 2021
ITC Final CVD Determination	January 21, 2021

 

ALLEGED DUMPING MARGINS

Bosnia: 62.65%

Iceland: 60.46% – 84.79%

Malaysia: 54.22%

 

ALLEGED SUBSIDIES

For a list of alleged countervailing duty programs, please see Attachment III.

 

IMPORTS OF SUBJECT MERCHANDISE

 

	2017	2018	2019	Jan-Mar 2019	Jan-Mar 2020
Bosnia
Quantity(Short Tons)	7,211	9,350	10,493	3,237	2,818
Value ($)	14,897,284	21,652,890	20,078,706	6,655,152	4,447,452
AUV ($/Short Tons)	2,066	2,316	1,913	2,056	1,578
Iceland
Quantity(Short Tons)	1,471	1,259	6,947	1,798	1,519
Value ($)	2,413,136	2,369,156	11,711,069	3,278,309	2,221,467
AUV ($/Short Tons)	1,641	1,882	1,686	1,824	1,463
Kazakhstan
Quantity(Short Tons)	10,360	3,045	8,522	2,378	345
Value ($)	17,466,034	6,063,600	15,171,412	4,486,784	518,140
AUV ($/Short Tons)	1,686	1,991	1,780	1,887	1,504
Malaysia
Quantity(Short Tons)	125	0	3,894	0	1,905
Value ($)	178,790	0	6,594,584	0	2,743,161
AUV ($/Short Tons)	1,430	–	1,693	–	1,440

 

CONTACT US

For more information concerning this petition and how it may affect your business, please contact Jeffrey Neeley, Nithya Nagarajan, or Stephen Brophy.