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DE RUEHKV #0464 0541414
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P 231414Z FEB 07
FM AMEMBASSY KYIV
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 1310
INFO RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC

UNCLAS KYIV 000464 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE PLEASE PASS TO USITC FOR LMSCHLITT 
STATE PLEASE PASS TO USTR FOR KLEIN/MOLNAR 
USDOC FOR 4231/ITA/OEENIS/NISD/CLUCYCK 
STATE FOR EUR/UMB, EB/TPP/BTA, EB/TPP/MTA 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ETRD ECON UP
SUBJECT: UKRAINE: USITC ANTIDUMPING INVESTIGATION ON SILICON METAL 
FROM RUSSIA 
 
REFS: A) KYIV 220 
 
      B) STATE 4821 
 
¶1. Ref A contained Post's response to ref B request for information 
regarding silicon metal production in Ukraine. 
 
¶2. Post had filed a formal request for information with the Ministry 
of Industrial Policy of Ukraine, which maintains oversight of the 
metallurgy industry, and is responsible for state-owned enterprises 
operating in this sphere.  Post received the following response from 
the Ministry of Industrial Policy on February 21. 
 
Begin Text: 
 
In early 2000 the Zaporizhskiy Titanium-Magnesium Combine (ZTMC) was 
restructured, and a separate semi-conductor plant was established 
with access to the key assets for silicon production. 
 
According to management of the enterprise, the material mentioned in 
your letter, namely silicon metal covered by subheadings 2804.69.10 
and 2804.69.50 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 
States (HTS), was not produced at the Zaporizhskiy 
Titanium-Magnesium Combine. 
 
Until 1997 the ZTMC produced silicon metal of semi-conductor quality 
(more than 99.99% silicon by weight).  To date this production has 
not resumed. 
 
End Text. 
 
¶3. This telegram contains no business proprietary information. 
 
TAYLOR