July 25, 2008

US DOC announces preliminary results of AD on Russian magnesium metal

US Department of Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on magnesium metal from the Russian Federation for the period of review April 1st 2006, through March 31, 2007. The review covers two respondents, PSC VSMPO AVISMA Corporation and Solikamsk Magnesium Works.

The Department preliminarily determined that AVISMA and SMW made sales to the United States at less than normal value. If these preliminary results are adopted in the final results of this administrative review, we will instruct US Customs and Border Protection to assess antidumping duties on entries of AVISMA's and SMW's merchandise during the POR. The preliminary results are listed below in the section titled Preliminary Results of Review.

The merchandise covered by the order is magnesium metal which includes primary and secondary pure and alloy magnesium metal, regardless of chemistry, raw material source, form, shape, or size. Magnesium is a metal or alloy containing by weight primarily the element magnesium. Primary magnesium is produced by decomposing raw materials into magnesium metal. Secondary magnesium is produced by recycling magnesium-based scrap into magnesium metal. The magnesium covered by the order includes blends of primary and secondary magnesium.