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Scope of the measure

The product covered by this order is silicon metal from Laos. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see the appendix to this notice. Order Based on the ITC's affirmative final determination that an industry in the United States is materially injured within the meaning of section 705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of subsidized imports of silicon metal from Laos, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is issuing this CVD order. Moreover, because the ITC determined that imports of silicon metal from Laos are materially injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated entries of such merchandise from Laos entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, are subject to the assessment of countervailing duties. Id. Therefore, in accordance with section 706(a) of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by Commerce, countervailing duties on all relevant entries of silicon metal from Laos, which are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after September 26, 2025, the date of publication of the Preliminary Determination, but will not include entries occurring after the expiration of the provisional measures period and before the publication of the ITC's final injury determination under section 705(b) of the Act, as further described in the ``Provisional Measures'' section of this notice. See Silicon Metal From the Lao People's Democratic Republic: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping Duty Determination, 90 FR 46384 (September 26, 2025) (Preliminary Determination). Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposits In accordance with section 706 of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of silicon metal from Laos, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register. These instructions suspending liquidation will remain in effect until further notice. Commerce also intends, pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the Act, to instruct CBP to require cash deposits equal to the amounts as indicated below. Accordingly, effective on the date of publication of the ITC's final affirmative injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP will require, at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated customs duties on the subject merchandise, a cash deposit for each entry of subject merchandise equal to the subsidy rates listed below. The all-others rate applies to all producers or exporters not specifically listed below, as appropriate. See section 706(a)(3) of the Act. Estimated Countervailable Subsidy Rates Subsidy rate Company (percent ad valorem) Lao Silicon Co., Ltd * 69.10 All Others 69.10 * This rate is based on facts available with adverse inferences. Provisional Measures Section 703(d) of the Act states that the suspension of liquidation pursuant to an affirmative preliminary determination may not remain in effect for more than four months. Commerce published the Preliminary Determination on September 26, 2025. As such, the four-month period beginning on the date of the publication of the Preliminary Determinations ended on January 23, 2026. See Preliminary Determination, 90 FR at 46384. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(d) of the Act, we instructed CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, unliquidated entries of silicon metal from Laos entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption, on or after January 24, 2026, the date on which the provisional measures expired, until and through the day preceding the date of publication of the ITC's final injury determination in the Federal Register. Suspension of liquidation and the collection of cash deposits will resume on the date of publication of the ITC's final determination in the Federal Register. Establishment of Annual Inquiry Service Lists On September 20, 2021, Commerce published the Final Rule in the Federal Register. On September 27, 2021, Commerce also published the Procedural Guidance in the Federal Register. The Final Rule and Procedural Guidance provide that Commerce will maintain an annual inquiry service list for each order or suspended investigation, and any interested party submitting a scope ruling application or request for circumvention inquiry shall serve a copy of the application or request on the persons on the annual inquiry service list for that order, as well as any companion order covering the same merchandise from the same country of origin. See Regulations to Improve Administration and Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021) (Final Rule). See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance). Id.

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