Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 215 / Wednesday, November 8, 2023 / Notices 77079 

1See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: 

Antidumping Duty Order, 79 FR 65925 (November 

6, 2014) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 65750 (November 1, 

2022). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping Duty and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

50 (January 3, 2023). 

4 Deacero Group consists of Deacero S.A.P.I. de 

C.V. (Deacero); and I.N.G.E.T.E.K.N.O.S. 

Estructurales, S.A. de C.V.. See Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020– 

2021, 88 FR 37849 (June 9, 2023), and 

accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum 

(IDM) at Comment 4. 

5See Memoranda, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ dated 

February 17, 2023; and ‘‘Additional Respondent 

Selection,’’ dated February 22, 2023. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Second Extension of 

Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated October 4, 

2023. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Steel 

Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico; 2021–2022,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

matters related to the collection, 

tabulation, and analysis of federal 

economic statistics. The Committee is 

established in accordance with the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 

U.S.C. app. 2). 

The Committee aims to have a 

balanced representation among its 

members, considering such factors as 

geography, age, sex, race, ethnicity, 

technical expertise, community 

involvement, and knowledge of 

programs and/or activities related to 

FESAC. Individual members are 

selected based on their expertise in or 

representation of specific areas as 

needed by FESAC. 

This meeting is open to the public 

and is accessible to people with 

disabilities. Requests for foreign 

language interpretation, other auxiliary 

aids, or persons with extensive 

questions or statements should be 

directed to Gianna Marrone at 

gianna.marrone@bea.gov by December 

1, 2023. 

Authority: Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), as amended, 5 

U.S.C., app. 

Dated: November 2, 2023. 

Sabrina Montes, 

Designated Federal Officer, Bureau of 

Economic Analysis. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–844] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar 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 certain producers and/or 

subject to this administrative review 

sold steel concrete reinforcing bar 

(rebar) from Mexico at less than normal 

value during the period of review (POR) 

November 1, 2021, through October 31, 

2022. We invite interested parties to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable November 8, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle 

Clahane, 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) 482–5449. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 6, 2014, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

antidumping duty order on rebar from 

Mexico.1 On November 1, 2022, 

Commerce published in the Federal 

Register a notice of opportunity to 

request administrative reviews of the 

Order.2 On January 3, 2023, 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 Deacero 

Group 4 and Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V. 

(Acerero) for individual examination as 

the mandatory respondents in this 

administrative review.5 Pursuant to 

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

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

preliminary results until November 3, 

2023.6

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of the 

review, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.7 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 steel concrete reinforcing bar from 

Mexico. The rebar subject to the Order 

is currently classified under the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) subheadings 

7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, 

7228.30.8010, 7215.90.1000, 

7215.90.5000, 7221.00.0017, 

7221.00.0018, 7221.00.0030, 

7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 

7222.11.0057, 7222.11.0059, 

7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080, 

7227.90.6085, 7228.20.1000, and 

7228.60.6000. 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 of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a) of the 

Act. Constructed 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 

preliminary results, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Rate for Non-Selected 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 Deacero Group 

and Acerero 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 weighted-average 

dumping margins calculated for Deacero 

Group and Acerero, consistent with the 


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8See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at the 

section, ‘‘Companies Not Selected For Individual 

Examination’’; see also Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation 

of the Rate for Respondents Not Selected for 

Individual Examination,’’ dated concurrently with 

this notice; and Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof 

from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order 

in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

11See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

12See 19 CFR 351.303. 

13See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

14See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 

CFR 351.213(h). 

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). 

guidance in section 735(c)(5)(B) of the 

Act.8

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminarily determine the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins exist for the period 

November 1, 2021, through October 31, 

2022: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V./I.N.G.E.T.E.K.N.O.S. Estructurales, S.A. de C.V ...................................................................................... 2.27 

Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V ................................................................................................................................................................. 5.49 

Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V./Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala, S.A. de C.V./Compania Siderurgica del Pacifico S.A. de C.V./ 

Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de C.V./Grupo Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V./Operadora de Perfiles Sigosa, S.A. de C.V./ 

Orge S.A. de C.V./Perfiles Comerciales Sigosa, S.A. de C.V./RRLC S.A.P.I. de C.V./Sideru ́rgicos Noroeste, S.A. de C.V./ 

Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico S.A. de C.V./Simec International, S.A. de C.V./Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V./Simec 

International 7 S.A. de C.V./Simec International 9 S.A. de C.V.) ................................................................................................... 2.88 

Gerdau Corsa, S.A.P.I. de C.V ........................................................................................................................................................... 2.88 

Sidertul S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................................................................ 2.88 

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 no later than five days after the 

date for filing case briefs.9 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.10 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 electric records system, 

ACCESS, within 30 days of the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register.11 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. 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 

by telephone the date, time, and 

location of the hearing two days before 

the scheduled date. Issues raised in the 

hearing will be limited to those raised 

in the respective case and rebuttal 

briefs. 

All submissions to Commerce should 

be filed using ACCESS.12 An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety by 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

the date that the document is due. Note 

that Commerce has amended certain of 

its requirements pertaining to the 

service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).13

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.14

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 (20.58 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 


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17See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from 

Mexico: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 54967 (September 15, 

2014). 

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 cash 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 that 

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 rate will be zero; (2) for 

previously reviewed or investigated 

companies not listed above, 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 company 

participated; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this review, a prior 

review, or in the 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 merchandise; 

and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be the all-others rate of 20.58 percent, 

the rate established in the investigation 

of this proceeding.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 double antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, 

19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: November 1, 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. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment 

V. Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD500] 

Fisheries of the Gulf of Mexico and 

South Atlantic; Southeast Data, 

Assessment, and Review (SEDAR); 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of SEDAR 79 PreAssessment Webinar for Gulf of Mexico 

and South Atlantic Mutton Snapper. 

SUMMARY: The SEDAR 79 assessment 

process of Gulf of Mexico and South 

Atlantic mutton snapper will consist of 

a Data Workshop, and a series of 

assessment webinars, and a Review 

Workshop. See SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

DATES: The SEDAR 79 Pre-Assessment 

webinar will be held November 28, 

2023, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., Eastern 

Time. The established times may be 

adjusted as necessary to accommodate 

the timely completion of discussion 

relevant to the assessment process. Such 

adjustments may result in the meeting 

being extended from or completed prior 

to the time established by this notice. 

ADDRESSES: 

Meeting address: The meeting will be 

held via webinar. The webinar is open 

to members of the public. Those 

interested in participating should 

contact Julie A. Neer at SEDAR (see FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT) to 

request an invitation providing webinar 

access information. Please request 

webinar invitations at least 24 hours in 

advance of each webinar. 

SEDAR address: 4055 Faber Place 

Drive, Suite 201, North Charleston, SC 

29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie 

A. Neer, SEDAR Coordinator; (843) 571– 

4366; email: Julie.neer@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Gulf 

of Mexico, South Atlantic, and 

Caribbean Fishery Management 

Councils, in conjunction with NOAA 

Fisheries and the Atlantic and Gulf 

States Marine Fisheries Commissions 

have implemented the Southeast Data, 

Assessment and Review (SEDAR) 

process, a multi-step method for 

determining the status of fish stocks in 

the Southeast Region. SEDAR is a multistep process including: (1) Data 

Workshop, (2) a series of assessment 

webinars, and (3) A Review Workshop. 

The product of the Data Workshop is a 

report that compiles and evaluates 

potential datasets and recommends 

which datasets are appropriate for 

assessment analyses. The assessment 

webinars produce a report that describes 

the fisheries, evaluates the status of the 

stock, estimates biological benchmarks, 

projects future population conditions, 

and recommends research and 

monitoring needs. The product of the 

Review Workshop is an Assessment 

Summary documenting panel opinions 

regarding the strengths and weaknesses 

of the stock assessment and input data. 

Participants for SEDAR Workshops are 

appointed by the Gulf of Mexico, South 

Atlantic, and Caribbean Fishery 

Management Councils and NOAA 

Fisheries Southeast Regional Office, 

HMS Management Division, and 

Southeast Fisheries Science Center. 

Participants include data collectors and 

database managers; stock assessment 

scientists, biologists, and researchers; 

constituency representatives including 

fishermen, environmentalists, and 

NGO’s; International experts; and staff 

of Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion during the 

webinar are as follows: Panelists will 

review the data sets being considered 

for the assessment and discuss initial 

assessment modeling issues. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 


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