On November 21, 2013, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) announced its affirmative final determination in the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of imports of silica bricks and shapes from the People's Republic of China (China).
• The AD law provides U.S. businesses and workers with a transparent and internationally approved mechanism to seek relief from the market-distorting effects caused by injurious dumping of imports into the United States, establishing an opportunity to compete on a level playing field.
• For the purpose of AD investigations, dumping occurs when a foreign company sells a product in the
United States at less than its fair value.
• Commerce determined that imports of silica bricks and shapes from China have been sold in the
United States at dumping margins ranging from 63.81 to 73.10 percent.
• The mandatory respondent, the New Century Group, which Commerce determined to be a single entity consisting of Tianjin New Century Refractories Co., Ltd.; Tianjin New World Import & Export Trading Co., Ltd.; and XinYi American Advanced Material Co., Ltd., received a final dumping margin of 63.81 percent on exports of subject merchandise produced by Dengfeng Yuzhong Refractories Co. Ltd. All other producer/exporter combinations received a final dumping margin of
73.10 percent.
• As a result of the final determination, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) to collect cash deposits equal to the applicable weighted-average dumping margins.
• The petitioner for this investigation is Utah Refractories Corporation (Lehi, Utah).
• The merchandise subject to this investigation is refractory bricks and shapes, regardless of size, containing at least 90 percent silica (also known as silicon dioxide (SiO2)), where at least 50 percent of the silica content, by weight, is crystalline silica, regardless of other materials contained in the bricks and shapes. Refractory refers to nonmetallic materials having those chemical and physical properties that make them applicable for structures, or as components of systems, that are exposed to environments above 1000 degrees Fahrenheit (538 degrees Celsius).
• The products covered by the scope of this investigation are currently classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States ("HTSUS") subheadings 6902.20.1020 and 6902.20.5020. Because the definition of "refractory" in the HTSUS differs from that in the scope of this investigation, products covered by the scope of this investigation may also enter under HTSUS number 6909.19.5095. These HTSUS categories are provided for convenience and Customs
purposes only; the written description of the scope is dispositive. The scope of this investigation does not cover refractory bricks and shapes, regardless of size, that are made, in part, from non-crystalline
silica (commonly referred to as fused silica) where the silica content is less than 50 percent, by weight, crystalline silica.
• In 2012, imports of silica bricks and shapes from China were valued at an estimated $25.7 million.
However, the silica bricks and shapes subject to this investigation are classified within HTSUS basket categories that contain products beyond the scope of the investigation.
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