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2The petitioner is PURIS Proteins, LLC. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Extension of 

Preliminary Determination Deadline,’’ dated August 

29, 2023. 

4 Id. 

5Postponing the preliminary determination to 

130 days after initiation would place the deadline 

on Saturday, December 9, 2023. Commerce’s 

practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a 

weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate 

deadline is the next business day. See Notice of 

Clarification: Application of ‘‘Next Business Day’’ 

Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines 

Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 

FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 

1See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube 

from Mexico, the People’s Republic of China and 

Republic of Korea: Antidumping Duty Orders; LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the 

Republic of Korea: Notice of Amended Final 

Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 73 

FR 45403 (August 5, 2008) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 47187 (August 2, 2022). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

61278 (October 11, 2022) (Initiation Notice). We 

note that Commerce has previously determined that 

Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. 

is the successor-in-interest to Regiomontana de 

Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V. and that Maquilacero 

and TEFLU comprise a single entity. See, e.g., LightWalled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: 

Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018– 

2019, 85 FR 83886 (December 23, 2020), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

at 6, unchanged in Light Walled Rectangular Pipe 

and Tube from Mexico: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 2018– 

2019, 86 FR 33646 (June 25, 2021). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated January 3, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated April 3, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results: Light-Walled Rectangular 

Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2021–2022,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

Commerce to issue the preliminary 

determination in a CVD investigation 

within 65 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation. 

However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act 

permits Commerce to postpone the 

preliminary determination until no later 

than 130 days after the date on which 

Commerce initiated the investigation if: 

(A) the petitioner makes a timely 

request for a postponement; or (B) 

Commerce concludes that the parties 

concerned are cooperating, that the 

investigation is extraordinarily 

complicated, and that additional time is 

necessary to make a preliminary 

determination. Under 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a 

request for postponement 25 days or 

more before the scheduled date of the 

preliminary determination and must 

state the reasons for the request. 

Commerce will grant the request unless 

it finds compelling reasons to deny the 

request. 

On August 29, 2023, the petitioner 2

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce postpone the preliminary 

determination in this investigation.3

The petitioner stated that a 

postponement of the preliminary 

determination is necessary because the 

mandatory respondents have not yet 

submitted initial questionnaire 

responses and additional time will be 

needed to review those responses and 

issue supplemental questionnaires 

should there be deficiencies.4

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the 

reasons for requesting a postponement 

of the preliminary determination, and 

Commerce finds no compelling reason 

to deny the request. Therefore, in 

accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of 

the Act, Commerce is postponing the 

deadline for the preliminary 

determination to no later than 130 days 

after the date on which this 

investigation was initiated, i.e., 

December 11, 2023.5 Pursuant to section 

705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final 

determination of this investigation will 

continue to be 75 days after the date of 

the preliminary determination. 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 703(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: September 1, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–836] 

Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and 

Tube From Mexico: Preliminary 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. 

(Maquilacero) and Tecnicas de Fluidos 

S.A. de C.V. (TEFLU), (collectively, 

Maquilacero/TEFLU) and Regiomontana 

de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. 

(Regiopytsa) sold light-walled 

rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) 

from Mexico at less than normal value 

during the period of review (POR), 

August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022. 

We invite interested parties to comment 

on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable September 8, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Doss or John Conniff, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office III, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4474 and (202) 482–1009, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 5, 2008, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty order on LWRPT 

from Mexico.1 On August 2, 2022, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register a notice of opportunity to 

request administrative reviews of the 

Order.2 On October 11, 2022, based on 

timely requests for review, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) 

and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce 

initiated an administrative review of the 

Order covering 20 companies.3 On 

January 3, 2023, we selected 

Maquilacero/TEFLU and Regiopytsa for 

individual examination as the 

mandatory respondents in this 

administrative review.4 Pursuant to 

section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results until August 31, 

2023.5

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of the 

review, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.6 A list of topics included 

in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included in the 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

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 can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the Order 

is certain light-walled rectangular pipe 

and tube from Mexico. The LWRPT 

subject to the Order is currently 

classified under the Harmonized Tariff 


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7See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 

‘‘Companies Not Selected For Individual 

Examination;’’ see also Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation 

of Non-Selected Rate in Preliminary Results,’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice; Ball Bearings and 

Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, 

and the United Kingdom: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final 

Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and 

Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 

(September 1, 2010). 

8See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

10See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

11See 19 CFR 351.303. 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings 7306.61.5000 and 

7306.61.7060. While HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for 

convenience and Customs purposes; the 

written description of the scope of the 

Order is dispositive. 

For a complete description of the 

scope, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. Export price was calculated in 

accordance with section 772 of the Act. 

Normal value was calculated in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Rate for Non-Examined Companies 

For the rate for companies not 

selected for individual examination in 

an administrative review, generally, 

Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of 

the Act, which provides instructions for 

calculating the all-others rate in a lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigation. 

Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, 

the all-others rate is normally ‘‘an 

amount equal to the weighted average of 

the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins established for 

exporters and producers individually 

investigated, excluding any zero or de 

minimis margins, and any margins 

determined entirely {on the basis of 

facts available}.’’ In this administrative 

review, we calculated weighted-average 

dumping margins for Maquilacero/ 

TEFLU and Regiopytsa that are not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on total 

facts available. For the respondents that 

were not selected for individual 

examination in this administrative 

review, we have assigned to them the 

simple average of the weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated for 

Maquilacero/TELFLU and Regiopytsa, 

consistent with the guidance in section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.7

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

August 1, 2021, through July 31, 2022: 

Exporter or producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Maquilacero S.A. de C.V./Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V .............................................................................................................. 5.08 

Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V ....................................................................................................................... 1.29 

Aceros Cuatro Caminos S.A. de C.V .................................................................................................................................................. 3.19 

Arco Metal S.A. de C.V ....................................................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Fabricaciones y Servicios de Mexico .................................................................................................................................................. 3.19 

Galvak, S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................................................................ 3.19 

Grupo Estructuras y Perfiles ............................................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Industrias Monterrey S.A. de C.V ........................................................................................................................................................ 3.19 

Internacional de Aceros, S.A. de C.V ................................................................................................................................................. 3.19 

Nacional de Acero S.A. de C.V ........................................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

PEASA-Productos Especializados de Acero ....................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V ..................................................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Talleres Acero Rey S.A. de C.V .......................................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Tuberias Aspe S.A de C.V .................................................................................................................................................................. 3.19 

Tuberia Laguna, S.A. de C.V .............................................................................................................................................................. 3.19 

Tuberias y Derivados S.A. de C.V ...................................................................................................................................................... 3.19 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for these preliminary results 

to interested parties within five days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). 

Interested parties will be notified of 

the timeline for the submission of such 

case briefs and written comments at a 

later date. 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 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. 

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, filed electronically via 

Commerce’s electronic records system, 

ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register.10 Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues 

parties intend to discuss. Issues raised 

in the hearing will be limited to those 

raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing 

is made, Commerce intends to hold the 

hearing at a time and date to be 

determined. Parties should confirm the 

date, time, and location of the hearing 

two days before the scheduled date. 

All submissions to Commerce should 

be filed using ACCESS.11 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the 

date that the document is due. Note that 

Commerce had modified certain of its 

requirements for serving documents 


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12See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID 19; Extension 

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

13See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

14See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Verification,’’ dated January 19, 2023. 

15See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also 

Antidumping Proceeding: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 

(February 14, 2012). 

16See Order, 73 FR at 45405; see also 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 17See Order, 73 FR at 45405. 

containing business proprietary 

information, until further notice.12

Final Results of Review 

Unless extended, we intend to issue 

the final results of this administrative 

review, which will include the results of 

our analysis of all issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, within 120 days 

of publication of these preliminary 

results in the Federal Register.13

Verification 

On January 19, 2023, Nucor Tubular 

Products Inc., a domestic interested 

party, requested that Commerce conduct 

verification of the information 

submitted in the Maquilacero/TEFLU’s 

responses.14 Accordingly, as provided 

in section 782(i)(3) of the Act, 

Commerce intends to verify 

Maquilacero/TEFLU’s information that 

will be relied upon in determining the 

final results of review. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results of 

this administrative review, pursuant to 

section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, 

Commerce shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise. 

For individually examined 

respondents whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), we 

will calculate importer-specific ad 

valorem antidumping duty assessment 

rates based on the ratio of the total 

amount of dumping calculated for the 

importer’s examined sales to the total 

entered value of those same sales in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

If the respondent has not reported 

entered values, we will calculate a perunit assessment rate for each importer 

by dividing the total amount of 

dumping calculated for the examined 

sales made to that importer by the total 

quantity associated with those sales. To 

determine whether an importer-specific, 

per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, 

in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an 

importer-specific ad valorem ratio based 

on estimated entered values. Where 

either a respondent’s weighted average 

dumping margin is zero or de minimis, 

or an importer-specific ad valorem 

assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 

we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties.15

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by each 

individually examined respondent for 

which the producer did not know that 

the merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate such entries at the all-others 

rate (3.76 percent) if there is no rate for 

the intermediate company(ies) involved 

in the transaction.16

For those companies which were not 

individually examined, we will instruct 

CBP to assess antidumping duties at an 

ad valorem rate equal to the weightedaverage dumping margin determined for 

the non-examined companies in the 

final results of this review. 

The final results of this review shall 

be the basis for the assessment of 

antidumping duties on entries of 

merchandise covered by this review 

where applicable. Commerce intends to 

issue assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 41 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective for all shipments of the 

subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the publication 

date of the final results of this 

administrative review, as provided by 

section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the 

cash deposit rate for each specific 

company listed above will be equal to 

the weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of this 

administrative review, except if the rate 

is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, 

de minimis within the meaning of 19 

CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the 

cash deposit rates will be zero; (2) for 

previously reviewed or investigated 

companies not participating in this 

review, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding in 

which the producer or exporter 

participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or the original investigation but 

the producer is, the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established for the most 

recently completed segment of this 

proceeding for the producer of the 

subject merchandise; and (4) the cash 

deposit rate for all other producers or 

exporters will continue to be the allothers rate of 3.76 percent.17

These cash deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice also serves as a 

preliminary reminder to importers of 

their responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of doubled antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results of review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: August 31, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–810] 

Stainless Steel Bar from India: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2021–2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

producers/exporters of stainless steel 

bar (SS Bar) did not make sales at prices 


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