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respondent data are received by mail, 

telephone, or internet reporting. 

The total revenue estimates produced 

from the QSS provide current trends of 

economic activity in the service 

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In addition to revenue, we also collect 

total expenses from tax-exempt firms in 

industries that have a large not-for-profit 

component. Expenses provide a better 

measure of the economic activity of 

these firms. Expense estimates produced 

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subsectors, and industries on a not 

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found that these selected levels were 

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Beginning with the release of 2019 

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the Advance Quarterly Services Report 

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51406–51408) announcing our plans to 

submit this request included 

information on the possible upcoming 

collection of a new module of business 

expectation. At this time, research and 

testing for an uncertainty pilot 

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concrete timeline is determined, a 

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Reliable measures of economic 

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of, a wide range of public policy 

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Currently, the U.S. Census Bureau 

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percentage of revenue by class of 

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The BEA is the primary Federal user 

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the Chief Information Officer, Commerce 

Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–428–847, A–475–840] 

Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks From 

the Federal Republic of Germany and 

Italy: Amended Final Antidumping 

Duty Determination for the Federal 

Republic of Germany and Antidumping 

Duty Orders 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 


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1See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

Federal Republic of Germany: Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 85 FR 80018 

(December 11, 2020) (Germany Final 

Determination); and Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks 

from Italy: Final Determination of Sales at Less 

Than Fair Value, 85 FR 79996 (December 11, 2020). 

2See FEB Fair Trade Coalition’s Letter, ‘‘Forged 

Steel Fluid End Blocks from Germany: Petitioner’s 

Allegation of Ministerial Errors in the Final 

Determination,’’ dated December 14, 2020. 

3See ITC Notification Letter, Investigation Nos. 

701–TA–632–635 and 731–TA–1466 and 1468 

(Final), dated January 25, 2021 (ITC Notification 

Letter). 

4See section 735(e) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 

351.224(f). 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Determination of 

Sales at Less-Than-Fair-Value: Forged Steel Fluid 

End Blocks from the Federal Republic of Germany: 

Ministerial Error Allegation,’’ dated December 23, 

2020 (Ministerial Error Memorandum). 

6See infra, section on ‘‘Estimated WeightedAverage Dumping Margins’’; see also Ministerial 

Error Memorandum. 

7See ITC Notification Letter; see also Fluid End 

Blocks from China, Germany, India, and Italy (Inv. 

Nos. 701–TA–632–635 and 731–TA–1466 and 1468 

(Final), USITC Publication 5152, January 2021). 

8See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the 

Federal Republic of Germany: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, 

and Extension of Provisional Measures, 85 FR 

44513 (July 23, 2020) (Germany Preliminary 

Determination); and Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks 

from Italy: Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of 

Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional 

Measures, 85 FR 44500 (July 23, 2020) (Italy 

Preliminary Determination). 

SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final 

determinations by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) and the 

International Trade Commission (ITC), 

Commerce is issuing antidumping duty 

orders on forged steel fluid end blocks 

from the Federal Republic of Germany 

(Germany) and Italy. In addition, 

Commerce is amending its final 

affirmative determination with respect 

to Germany. 

DATES: Applicable January 29, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katherine Johnson (Germany) or Hermes 

Pinilla (Italy), AD/CVD Operations, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4929 or 

(202) 482–3477, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 11, 2020, Commerce 

published its affirmative final 

determinations in the less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) investigations of forged 

steel fluid end blocks from Germany 

and Italy.1 On December 14, 2020, 

Commerce received a ministerial error 

allegation with respect to its final 

determination in the forged steel fluid 

end blocks from Germany 

investigation.2 See the ‘‘Amendment to 

Final Determination for Germany’’ 

section of this notice for further 

discussion. On January 25, 2021, the 

ITC notified Commerce of its final 

determinations, pursuant to section 

735(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), that an industry in 

the United States is materially injured 

within the meaning of section 

735(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Act by reason of 

LTFV imports of forged steel fluid end 

blocks from Germany and Italy.3

Scope of the Orders 

The product covered by these orders 

is forged steel fluid end blocks from 

Germany and Italy. For a complete 

description of the scope of these orders, 

see the Appendix to this notice. 

Amendment to Final Determination for 

Germany 

A ministerial error is defined as an 

error in addition, subtraction, or other 

arithmetic function, clerical error 

resulting from inaccurate copying, 

duplication, or the like, and any other 

similar type of unintentional error 

which the Secretary considers 

ministerial.4 Pursuant to section 735(e) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e) and 

(f), Commerce is amending the Germany 

Final Determination to reflect the 

correction of a ministerial error in the 

final estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin calculated for BGH 

Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (BGH).5 In 

addition, because BGH’s estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

the basis for the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins for 

Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH (SWG) 

and voestalpine Bohler Group 

(voestalpine), as well as the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margin 

determined for all other German 

producers and exporters of subject 

merchandise, we also are revising the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins for SWG, voestalpine and the 

all-others rate in the Germany Final 

Determination.6

Antidumping Duty Orders 

On January 25, 2021, in accordance 

with section 735(d) of the Act, the ITC 

notified Commerce of its final 

determinations in these investigations, 

in which it found that an industry in the 

United States is materially injured by 

reason of imports of forged steel fluid 

end blocks from Germany and Italy.7

Therefore, in accordance with section 

735(c)(2) of the Act, Commerce is 

issuing these antidumping duty orders. 

Because the ITC determined that 

imports of forged steel fluid end blocks 

from Germany and Italy are materially 

injuring a U.S. industry, unliquidated 

entries of such merchandise from 

Germany and Italy, entered or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption, are subject to the 

assessment of antidumping duties. 

Therefore, in accordance with section 

736(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce will 

direct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further 

instruction by Commerce, antidumping 

duties equal to the amount by which the 

normal value of the merchandise 

exceeds the export price (or constructed 

export price) of the merchandise, for all 

relevant entries of forged steel fluid end 

blocks from Germany and Italy. With 

the exception of entries occurring after 

the expiration of the provisional 

measures period and before publication 

of the ITC’s final affirmative injury 

determinations, as further described 

below, antidumping duties will be 

assessed on unliquidated entries of 

forged steel fluid end blocks from 

Germany and Italy entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption, on or after July 23, 2020, 

the date of publication of the 

preliminary determinations.8

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

Except as noted in the ‘‘Provisional 

Measures’’ section of this notice, in 

accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of 

the Act, Commerce will instruct CBP to 

continue to suspend liquidation on all 

relevant entries of forged steel fluid end 

blocks from Germany and Italy. These 

instructions suspending liquidation will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Commerce will also instruct CBP to 

require cash deposits equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins indicated in the tables below. 

Accordingly, effective on the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

the notice of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determinations, CBP will require, 

at the same time as importers would 

normally deposit estimated duties on 

subject merchandise, a cash deposit 

equal to the rates listed below. The 

relevant all-others rate applies to all 

producers or exporters not specifically 

listed. 

Because the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin is zero for 

subject merchandise produced and 

exported by Metalcam S.p.A., entries of 

shipments of subject merchandise from 

this producer/exporter combination are 

excluded from the antidumping duty 

order on subject merchandise from Italy. 

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9See Germany Preliminary Determination and 

Italy Preliminary Determination. 

10See, e.g., Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel 

Products from India, India, the People’s Republic of 

China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: 

Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping 

Determination for India and Taiwan, and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390, 48392 

(July 25, 2016). 

11After the final determination, Commerce 

directed CBP not to suspend liquidation of entries 

of subject merchandise produced and exported by 

Metalcam S.p.A. Subject merchandise from this 

producer/exporter combination is excluded from 

the antidumping duty order on Italy. See 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation’’ 

section above. 

merchandise exported to the United 

States by this respondent in any other 

producer/exporter combination or by 

third parties that sourced subject 

merchandise from the excluded 

producer/exporter combination. 

Provisional Measures 

Section 733(d) of the Act states that 

suspension of liquidation pursuant to an 

affirmative preliminary determination 

may not remain in effect for more than 

four months, except where exporters 

representing a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise 

request that Commerce extend the fourmonth period to no more than six 

months. At the request of exporters that 

account for a significant proportion of 

forged steel fluid end blocks from 

Germany and Italy, Commerce extended 

the four-month period to six months in 

each of these investigations. Commerce 

published the preliminary 

determinations in these investigations 

on July 23, 2020.9

The extended provisional measures 

period, beginning on the date of 

publication of the preliminary 

determinations, ended on January 18, 

2021. Therefore, in accordance with 

section 733(d) of the Act and our 

practice,10 Commerce will instruct CBP 

to terminate the suspension of 

liquidation and to liquidate, without 

regard to antidumping duties, 

unliquidated entries of forged steel fluid 

end blocks from Germany and Italy 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption after January 18, 2021, 

the final day on which the provisional 

measures were in effect, until and 

through the day preceding the date of 

publication of the ITC’s final affirmative 

injury determinations 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 determinations in the 

Federal Register. 

Estimated Weighted-Average Dumping 

Margins 

The estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins are as follows: 

Germany 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH .... 4.79 

Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH .. 78.36 

voestalpine Bohler Group ........... 78.36 

All Others .................................... 4.79 

Italy 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Metalcam S.p.A .......................... 11 0.00 

Lucchini Mame Forge S.p.A ....... 7.33 

IMER International S.p.A ............ 58.48 

Galperti Group ............................ 58.48 

Mimest S.p.A .............................. 58.48 

P. Technologies S.r.L ................. 58.48 

All Others .................................... 7.33 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice constitutes the 

antidumping duty orders with respect to 

forged steel fluid end blocks from 

Germany and Italy pursuant to section 

736(a) of the Act. Interested parties can 

find a list of antidumping duty orders 

currently in effect at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/stats/ 

iastats1.html. 

This amended final determination 

and antidumping duty orders are 

published in accordance with sections 

735(e) and 736(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.224(e) and 19 CFR 351.211(b). 

Dated: January 25, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these orders are 

forged steel fluid end blocks (fluid end 

blocks), whether in finished or unfinished 

form, and which are typically used in the 

manufacture or service of hydraulic pumps. 

The term ‘‘forged’’ is an industry term used 

to describe the grain texture of steel resulting 

from the application of localized compressive 

force. Illustrative forging standards include, 

but are not limited to, American Society for 

Testing and Materials (ASTM) specifications 

A668 and A788. 

For purposes of these orders, the term 

‘‘steel’’ denotes metal containing the 

following chemical elements, by weight: (i) 

Iron greater than or equal to 60 percent; (ii) 

nickel less than or equal to 8.5 percent; (iii) 

copper less than or equal to 6 percent; (iv) 

chromium greater than or equal to 0.4 

percent, but less than or equal to 20 percent; 

and (v) molybdenum greater than or equal to 

0.15 percent, but less than or equal to 3 

percent. Illustrative steel standards include, 

but are not limited to, American Iron and 

Steel Institute (AISI) or Society of 

Automotive Engineers (SAE) grades 4130, 

4135, 4140, 4320, 4330, 4340, 8630, 15–5, 

17–4, F6NM, F22, F60, and XM25, as well as 

modified varieties of these grades. 

The products covered by these orders are: 

(1) Cut-to-length fluid end blocks with an 

actual height (measured from its highest 

point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches 

(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured 

from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) 

to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual 

length (measured from its longest point) of 11 

inches (279.4 mm) to 75 inches (1,905.0 mm); 

and (2) strings of fluid end blocks with an 

actual height (measured from its highest 

point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) to 40 inches 

(1,016.0 mm), an actual width (measured 

from its widest point) of 8 inches (203.2 mm) 

to 40 inches (1,016.0 mm), and an actual 

length (measured from its longest point) up 

to 360 inches (9,144.0 mm). 

The products included in the scope of 

these orders have a tensile strength of at least 

70 KSI (measured in accordance with ASTM 

A370) and a hardness of at least 140 HBW 

(measured in accordance with ASTM E10). 

A fluid end block may be imported in 

finished condition (i.e., ready for 

incorporation into a pump fluid end 

assembly without further finishing 

operations) or unfinished condition (i.e., 

forged but still requiring one or more 

finishing operations before it is ready for 

incorporation into a pump fluid end 

assembly). Such finishing operations may 

include: (1) Heat treating; (2) milling one or 

more flat surfaces; (3) contour machining to 

custom shapes or dimensions; (4) drilling or 

boring holes; (5) threading holes; and/or (6) 

painting, varnishing, or coating. 

Excluded from the scope of these orders 

are fluid end block assemblies which (1) 

include (a) plungers and related housings, 

adapters, gaskets, seals, and packing nuts, (b) 

valves and related seats, springs, seals, and 

cover nuts, and (c) a discharge flange and 

related seals, and (2) are otherwise ready to 

be mated with the ‘‘power end’’ of a 

hydraulic pump without the need for 

installation of any plunger, valve, or 

discharge flange components, or any other 

further manufacturing operations. 

The products included in the scope of 

these orders may enter under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 7218.91.0030, 7218.99.0030, 

7224.90.0015, 7224.90.0045, 7326.19.0010, 

7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055. While these 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 


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1See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from 

Brazil, the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Poland: 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 FR 42790 (September 

12, 2017) (Order). 

2We note that the initiation notice separately 

referenced several companies: ‘‘Industrias 

Negromex S.A. de C.V.’’; ‘‘Negromex S.A. de C.V.’’; 

and ‘‘Dynasol, LLC.’’ See Initiation of Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 

84 FR 61011 (November 12, 2019). These names all 

reference Negromex or its affiliated U.S. importer. 

See Memorandum, ‘‘Clarification of Company Name 

in Review Request,’’ dated December 4, 2019; 

accordingly, this review covers one company, 

Negromex. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Emulsion StyreneButadiene Rubber from Mexico; 2018–2019,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational 

Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24, 

2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Emulsion StyreneButadiene Rubber from Mexico: Extension of 

Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review, 2018–2019,’’ dated 

July 15, 2020. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020. 

7See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 (March 26, 2020) 

(‘‘To provide adequate time for release of case briefs 

via ACCESS, E&C intends to schedule the due date 

for all rebuttal briefs to be 7 days after case briefs 

are filed (while these modifications remain in 

effect)’’). 

9See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

10See generally 19 CFR 351.303. 

11See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension 

of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020). 

written description of the scope of the orders 

is dispositive. 

[FR Doc. 2021–01979 Filed 1–28–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–848] 

Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber 

From Mexico: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2018–2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. 

(Negromex) made sales of subject 

merchandise at prices below normal 

value during the period of review (POR) 

September 1, 2018 through August 31, 

2019. We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable January 29, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Annathea Cook, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–0250. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On September 12, 2017, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber 

(ESB rubber) from Mexico.1 On 

November 12, 2019, in accordance with 

19 CFR 351.221(c)(i), Commerce 

initiated an administrative review of the 

Order, covering Negromex.2 For details 

regarding the events that followed the 

initiation of this review, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum.3

On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled 

all deadlines in administrative reviews 

by 50 days.4 On July 15, 2020, pursuant 

to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), we 

further extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results of this review by 120 

days.5 On July 21, 2020, Commerce 

tolled deadlines in administrative 

reviews by an additional 60 days.6 The 

deadline for the preliminary results of 

this review is now January 19, 2021. 

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the Order is 

ESB rubber from Mexico. For a full 

description of the scope, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying these 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is made available to the 

public via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is available at 

http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The 

signed and electronic versions of the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum are 

identical in content. 

Preliminary Results of the Review 

We preliminarily determine that the 

following weighted-average dumping 

margin exists for the period September 

1, 2018 through August 31, 2019: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Industrias Negromex S.A. de 

C.V .................................... 21.26 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed to parties within five days 

after public announcement of the 

preliminary results.7 Pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.309(c), interested parties may 

submit case briefs no later than 30 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 

raised in the case briefs, may be filed 

not later than seven days after the date 

for filing case briefs.8 Parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this proceeding are encouraged to 

submit with each argument: (1) A 

statement of the issue, (2) a brief 

summary of the argument, and (3) a 

table of authorities.9 Executive 

summaries should be limited to five 

pages total, including footnotes. Case 

and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS.10 Note that Commerce has 

temporarily modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, within 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice. 

Requests should contain the party’s 

name, address, and telephone number, 

the number of participants, whether any 

participant is a foreign national, and a 

list of the issues to be discussed. If a 

request for a hearing is made, Commerce 

will announce the date and time of the 

hearing. Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the final results, 

Commerce shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries. If Negromex’s 

weighted-average dumping margin is 

not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 

percent) in the final results of this 

review, we will calculate importerspecific ad valorem antidumping duty 


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