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1ArcelorMittal did not join in the request for a 

review of AMLT or Sicartsa. On February 28, 2011, 

ArcelorMittal withdrew its participation in this 

administrative review. 

2We are currently in the process of determining 

whether AMLT is the successor-in-interest to 

Sicartsa in an on-going antidumping duty changed 

circumstances review. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Council was re-chartered on April 8, 

2010, to advise the Secretary of 

Commerce on matters relating to the 

U.S. manufacturing industry. 

No time will be available for oral 

comments from members of the public 

attending the meeting. Any member of 

the public may submit pertinent written 

comments concerning the Council’s 

affairs at any time before or after the 

meeting. Comments may be submitted 

to Jennifer Pilat at the contact 

information indicated above. To be 

considered during the meeting, 

comments must be received no later 

than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March 

31, 2011, to ensure transmission to the 

Council prior to the meeting. Comments 

received after that date will be 

distributed to the members but may not 

be considered at the meeting. 

Copies of Council meeting minutes 

will be available within 90 days of the 

meeting. 

Dated: March 18, 2011. 

Jennifer Pilat, 

Executive Secretary, The Manufacturing 

Council. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–830] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod From Mexico: Notice of Partial 

Rescission of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: March 24, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jolanta Lawska, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office 3, Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–8362. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 1, 2010, the Department 

of Commerce (the Department) 

published a notice of opportunity to 

request an administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on carbon and 

certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico. 

See Antidumping or Countervailing 

Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review, 75 FR 60733 

(October 1, 2010). On October 29, 2010, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), 

the Department received a timely 

request from Nucor Corporation (Nucor) 

and Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. 

(Cascade Steel), domestic producers of 

carbon wire rod, to conduct an 

administrative review of the sales of 

Aceros San Luis S.A. de C.V. (Aceros), 

Arcelor Mittal Las Truchas, S.A. de C.V. 

(AMLT), DeAcero de C.V. (DeAcero), 

Siderurgica Lazaro Cardenas Las 

Truchas S.A. de C.V. (Sicartsa), and 

Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Talleres). 

On October 29, 2010, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.213(b), the Department 

also received a timely request from 

ArcelorMittal USA, Inc. 

(ArcelorMittal),1 Gerdau Ameristeel US 

Inc. (Gerdau), and Evraz Rocky 

Mountain Steel (Evraz), domestic 

producers of carbon and certain alloy 

steel wire rod, to conduct an 

administrative review of the sales of 

AMLT, Sicartsa, Ternium Mexico SA. 

de C.V. (Ternium), DeAcero, Aceros, 

Talleres, and Altos Hornos de Mexico 

S.A. de C.V. (Altos Hornos). On 

November 1, 2010, AMLT, a Mexican 

producer of the subject merchandise 

requested an administrative review of 

its exports subject to the antidumping 

order referenced above. 

On November 29, 2010, the 

Department published in the Federal 

Register the notice of initiation of this 

antidumping duty administrative review 

with respect to the following companies 

for the period October 1, 2009, through 

September 30, 2010: Aceros, Altos 

Hornos, AMLT, DeAcero, Sicartsa, 

Talleres, and Ternium. See Initiation of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 73036 

(November 29, 2010) (Initiation Notice). 

In the Initiation Notice, the 

Department stated that in the event the 

Department limits the number of 

respondents for individual examination, 

it intended to select respondents based 

on data from U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP). See Initiation Notice. 

Due to the large number of companies 

for which a review was requested, the 

Department performed a query of the 

CBP database. See November 29, 2010, 

Memorandum to the File ‘‘Placement of 

Query Results of Customs and Border 

Patrol (CBP) Database on Record of 

Review,’’ (November 29, 2010). We 

released the results to interested parties. 

On January 10, 2011, the Department 

announced its intention to limit the 

number of respondents for individual 

examination, based on data from CBP. 

See Memorandum from Eric B. 

Greynolds, Program Manager, to Melissa 

Skinner, Director, Operations, Office 3, 

entitled ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ dated 

January 10, 2011. The Department 

selected AMLT and Sicartsa as 

mandatory respondents in this review.2

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to this order 

is certain hot-rolled products of carbon 

steel and alloy steel, in coils, of 

approximately round cross section, 5.00 

mm or more, but less than 19.00 mm, in 

solid cross-sectional diameter. 

Specifically excluded are steel 

products possessing the above-noted 

physical characteristics and meeting the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) definitions for 

(a) stainless steel; (b) tool steel; (c) high 

nickel steel; (d) ball bearing steel; and 

(e) concrete reinforcing bars and rods. 

Also excluded are (f) free machining 

steel products (i.e., products that 

contain by weight one or more of the 

following elements: 0.03 percent or 

more of lead, 0.05 percent or more of 

bismuth, 0.08 percent or more of sulfur, 

more than 0.04 percent of phosphorus, 

more than 0.05 percent of selenium, or 

more than 0.01 percent of tellurium). 

Also excluded from the scope are 

1080 grade tire cord quality wire rod 

and 1080 grade tire bead quality wire 

rod. This grade 1080 tire cord quality 

rod is defined as: (i) Grade 1080 tire 

cord quality wire rod measuring 5.0 mm 

or more but not more than 6.0 mm in 

cross-sectional diameter; (ii) with an 

average partial decarburization of no 

more than 70 microns in depth 

(maximum individual 200 microns); (iii) 

having no non-deformable inclusions 

greater than 20 microns and no 

deformable inclusions greater than 35 

microns; (iv) having a carbon 

segregation per heat average of 3.0 or 

better using European Method NFA 04– 

114; (v) having a surface quality with no 

surface defects of a length greater than 

0.15 mm; (vi) capable of being drawn to 

a diameter of 0.30 mm or less with 3 or 

fewer breaks per ton, and (vii) 

containing by weight the following 

elements in the proportions shown: (1) 

0.78 percent or more of carbon, (2) less 

than 0.01 percent of aluminum, (3) 

0.040 percent or less, in the aggregate, 

of phosphorus and sulfur, (4) 0.006 

percent or less of nitrogen, and (5) not 

more than 0.15 percent, in the aggregate, 

of copper, nickel and chromium. 


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3Effective January 1, 2006, CBP reclassified 

certain HTSUS numbers related to the subject 

merchandise. See http://hotdocs.usitc.gov/tariff 

chapters current/toc.html. 

This grade 1080 tire bead quality rod 

is defined as: (i) Grade 1080 tire bead 

quality wire rod measuring 5.5 mm or 

more but not more than 7.0 mm in 

cross-sectional diameter; (ii) with an 

average partial decarburization of no 

more than 70 microns in depth 

(maximum individual 200 microns); (iii) 

having no non-deformable inclusions 

greater than 20 microns and no 

deformable inclusions greater than 35 

microns; (iv) having a carbon 

segregation per heat average of 3.0 or 

better using European Method NFA 04– 

114; (v) having a surface quality with no 

surface defects of a length greater than 

0.2 mm; (vi) capable of being drawn to 

a diameter of 0.78 mm or larger with 0.5 

or fewer breaks per ton; and (vii) 

containing by weight the following 

elements in the proportions shown: (1) 

0.78 percent or more of carbon, (2) less 

than 0.01 percent of soluble aluminum, 

(3) 0.040 percent or less, in the 

aggregate, of phosphorus and sulfur, (4) 

0.008 percent or less of nitrogen, and (5) 

either not more than 0.15 percent, in the 

aggregate, of copper, nickel and 

chromium (if chromium is not 

specified), or not more than 0.10 percent 

in the aggregate of copper and nickel 

and a chromium content of 0.24 to 0.30 

percent (if chromium is specified). 

For purposes of the grade 1080 tire 

cord quality wire rod and the grade 

1080 tire bead quality wire rod, an 

inclusion will be considered to be 

deformable if its ratio of length 

(measured along the axis—that is, the 

direction of rolling—of the rod) over 

thickness (measured on the same 

inclusion in a direction perpendicular 

to the axis of the rod) is equal to or 

greater than three. The size of an 

inclusion for purposes of the 20 microns 

and 35 microns limitations is the 

measurement of the largest dimension 

observed on a longitudinal section 

measured in a direction perpendicular 

to the axis of the rod. This measurement 

methodology applies only to inclusions 

on certain grade 1080 tire cord quality 

wire rod and certain grade 1080 tire 

bead quality wire rod that are entered, 

or withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after July 24, 2003. 

The designation of the products as 

‘‘tire cord quality’’ or ‘‘tire bead quality’’ 

indicates the acceptability of the 

product for use in the production of tire 

cord, tire bead, or wire for use in other 

rubber reinforcement applications such 

as hose wire. These quality designations 

are presumed to indicate that these 

products are being used in tire cord, tire 

bead, and other rubber reinforcement 

applications, and such merchandise 

intended for the tire cord, tire bead, or 

other rubber reinforcement applications 

is not included in the scope. However, 

should the petitioners or other 

interested parties provide a reasonable 

basis to believe or suspect that there 

exists a pattern of importation of such 

products for other than those 

applications, end-use certification for 

the importation of such products may be 

required. Under such circumstances, 

only the importers of record would 

normally be required to certify the end 

use of the imported merchandise. 

All products meeting the physical 

description of subject merchandise that 

are not specifically excluded are 

included in this scope. 

The products subject to this order are 

currently classifiable under subheadings 

7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 

7213.91.3092, 7213.91.4500, 

7213.91.6000, 7213.99.0030, 

7213.99.0090, 7227.20.0000, 

7227.90.6010, and 7227.90.6080 of the 

HTSUS. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of this 

proceeding is dispositive.3

Partial Rescission of the 2009–2010 

Administrative Review 

If a party that requested a review 

withdraws the request within 90 days of 

the date of publication of notice of 

initiation of the requested review, the 

Secretary will rescind the review 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). On 

February 24, 2011, Nucor and Cascade 

Steel withdrew their request for 

antidumping duty administrative review 

for the above referenced order with 

respect to the following Mexican 

producers: DeAcero, Aceros, and 

Talleres. On February 25, 2011, 

ArcelorMittal, Gerdau, and Evraz, 

withdrew their request with respect to 

the following Mexican producers: 

DeAcero, Aceros, Talleres, Ternium, 

and Altos Hornos. Both requests for 

withdrawal were submitted within 90 

days of the initiation notice, and are 

therefore timely, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1). No other party requested 

a review of any of these five companies. 

Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), and consistent with our 

practice, the Department is rescinding 

this review of the antidumping duty 

order on carbon and certain alloy steel 

wire rod from Mexico, in part, with 

respect to DeAcero, Aceros, Talleres, 

Ternium, and Altos Hornos. This 

administrative review will continue 

with respect to AMLT and Sicartsa. 

Assessment 

The Department will instruct CBP to 

assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. For the companies 

for which this review is rescinded, 

antidumping duties shall be assessed at 

rates equal to the cash deposit of 

estimated antidumping duties required 

at the time of entry, or withdrawal from 

warehouse, for consumption, during the 

period October 1, 2009, through 

September 30, 2010, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). 

The Department intends to issue 

appropriate assessment instructions 

directly to CBP 15 days after publication 

of this notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a reminder to 

importers of their responsibility under 

19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping and/or countervailing 

duties prior to liquidation of the 

relevant entries during this review 

period. Failure to comply with this 

requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping and/or 

countervailing duties occurred and the 

subsequent assessment of doubled 

antidumping duties. 

Notification Regarding APOs 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (APOs) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305, which continues 

to govern business proprietary 

information in this segment of the 

proceeding. Timely written notification 

of the return/destruction of APO 

materials or conversion to judicial 

protective order is hereby requested. 

Failure to comply with the regulations 

and terms of an APO is a violation 

which is subject to sanction. 

This notice is issued and published in 

accordance with section 777(i)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 

CFR 351.213(d)(4). 

Dated: March 17, 2011. 

Christian Marsh, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

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