76726 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 7, 2023 / Notices 

1See Phosphate Fertilizers from the Kingdom of 

Morocco: Preliminary Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2020–2021, 88 FR 

29089 (May 5, 2023) (Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated August 23, 2023. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 

Phosphate Fertilizers from the Kingdom of 

Morocco; 2020–2021,’’ dated concurrently with, 

and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

4Commerce has found the following companies 

to be cross-owned with OCP S.A.: Jorf Fertilizers 

Company I; Jorf Fertilizers Company II; Jorf 

Fertilizers Company III; Jorf Fertilizers Company IV; 

and Jorf Fertilizers Company V. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–714–001] 

Phosphate Fertilizers From the 

Kingdom of Morocco: Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2020–2021 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) determines that 

OCP S.A. (OCP), a producer/exporter of 

phosphate fertilizers from the Kingdom 

of Morocco (Morocco), received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

period of review (POR), November 30, 

2020, through December 31, 2021. 

DATES: Applicable November 7, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jaron Moore or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–3640 or (202) 482–9068, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the preliminary 

results of this administrative review on 

May 5, 2023.1 On August 23, 2023, 

Commerce extended the deadline for the 

final results of this review to no later 

than November 1, 2023.2 For a 

description of the events that occurred 

since the Preliminary Results, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum.3 We 

conducted this review in accordance 

with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by this order 

are phosphate fertilizers. For a complete 

description of the scope of this order, 

see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in interested parties’ 

case briefs are addressed in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum 

accompanying this notice. A list of the 

issues raised by parties, and to which 

Commerce responded in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, is provided in 

the appendix to this notice. The Issues 

and 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 Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i) of the 

Act, in September 2023, Commerce 

conducted an on-site verification of the 

subsidy information reported by OCP 

and the Government of Morocco. We 

used standard on-site verification 

procedures, including an examination of 

relevant accounting records and original 

source documents provided by the 

respondent. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on a review of the record and 

comments received from interested 

parties regarding the Preliminary 

Results, and for the reasons explained in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum, 

we made certain revisions to the 

subsidy calculations for OCP. These 

changes are explained in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(4)(i), we calculated an 

individual net countervailable subsidy 

rate for OCP. Commerce determines 

that, during the POR, the net 

countervailable subsidy rate for the 

company under review is as follows: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

OCP S.A. 4 ............................ 2.12 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed for these final 

results of review within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register, in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Assessment Rate 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), 

Commerce has determined, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, countervailing duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise in accordance with the 

final results of this review, for the 

above-listed company at the applicable 

ad valorem assessment rate. We intend 

to issue assessment instructions to CBP 

no earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed with the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Rates 

In accordance with section 751(a)(1) 

of the Act, Commerce intends to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amount shown for OCP on shipments of 

the subject merchandise entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

administrative review. The cash deposit 

requirement, effective upon the 

publication of the final results of this 

review, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to an 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 

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 sanctionable violation. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

These final results are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 


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Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 214 / Tuesday, November 7, 2023 / Notices 76727 

1See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Carbon 

and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, 

Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago, 

and Ukraine, 67 FR 65945 (October 29, 2002) 

(Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 87 FR 59775 (October 3, 2022). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 

74404, 74406 (December 5, 2022). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated June 14, 2023. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon 

and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico; 

2021–2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

Dated: November 1, 2023. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Subsidies Valuation 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Discussion of the Issues 

General 

Comment 1: Whether to Accept OCP’s 

Payroll Tax Refund as a Minor 

Correction 

Comment 2: Whether Commerce’s ‘‘Other 

Assistance’’ Question Is Contrary to Law 

Comment 3: Whether Commerce Can Seek 

Information About the Provision of Rail 

Service for Less Than Adequate 

Remuneration (LTAR) and Direct Loans 

Comment 4: Whether Maroc Phosphore Is 

a Reporting Entity 

Provision of Mining Rights for LTAR 

Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should 

Revise the Phosphate Rock Benchmark 

Comment 6: Whether to Include or Exclude 

Headquarters (HQ), Support, and Debt 

Costs in the Costs of Producing 

Phosphate Rock 

Comment 7: The Cost of Production (COP) 

Profit Rate 

Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should 

Apply Adverse Facts Available (AFA) 

and Disregard OCP’s Reported Costs of 

Production for Phosphate Rock 

Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should 

Adjust the Phosphate Rock Benchmark 

for Freight 

Reductions in Tax Fines and Penalties 

Comment 10: Whether the Reductions in 

Tax Fines and Penalties Is Specific 

Provision of Port Services for LTAR 

Comment 11: Whether Agence Nationale 

des Ports’ (ANP) Provision of Port 

Services and Infrastructure to OCP 

Constitutes a Financial Contribution 

Comment 12: Whether ANP’s Provision of 

Port Services Is De Facto Specific 

Comment 13: Whether ANP’s Provision of 

Port Services Confers a Benefit Customs 

Duty Exemption for Capital Goods, 

Machinery, and Equipment 

Comment 14: Whether to Correct a 

Ministerial Error in the Benefit 

Calculation for the Customs Duty 

Exemptions for Capital Goods, 

Machinery, and Equipment Program 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2023–24581 Filed 11–6–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–830] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod 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 

determines that sales of carbon and 

certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) 

from Mexico were made at less than 

normal value during the period of 

review (POR), October 1, 2021, through 

September 30, 2022. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable November 7, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Palmer, 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) 482–4243 or (202) 482–1678, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 29, 2002, Commerce 

published the antidumping duty order 

on wire rod from Mexico in the Federal 

Register.1 On October 3, 2022, we 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the Order.2 On 

December 5, 2022, pursuant to section 

751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce initiated 

an administrative review of the Order 3

on wire rod from Mexico covering the 

following five exporters/producers: 

ArcelorMittal Mexico S.A. de C.V. 

(AMM); Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. 

(Deacero); Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V. 

(Villacero); Talleres y Aceros S.A. de 

C.V. (Talleres y Aceros); and Ternium 

Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Ternium). On June 

14, 2023, Commerce extended the 

deadline for the preliminary results to 

October 31, 2023.4

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.5 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as an 

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 wire rod, in coils, of approximately 

round cross section, 5.00 mm or more, 

but less than 19.00 mm, in solid crosssectional diameter. The subject 

merchandise is classifiable in the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) primarily under 

the subheadings: 7213.91.3000, 

7213.91.3010, 7213.91.3011, 

7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 

7213.91.3090, 7213.91.3091, 

7213.91.3092, 7213.91.3093, 

7213.91.4500, 7213.91.4510, 

7213.91.4590, 7213.91.6000, 

7213.91.6010, 7213.91.6090, 

7213.99.0030, 7213.99.0031, 

7213.99.0038, 7213.99.0090, 

7227.20.0000, 7227.20.0010, 

7227.20.0020, 7227.20.0030, 

7227.20.0080, 7227.20.0090, 

7227.20.0095, 7227.90.6010, 

7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, 

7227.90.6035, 7227.90.6050, 

7227.90.6051, 7227.90.6053, 

7227.90.6058, 7227.90.6059, 

7227.90.6080, and 7227.90.6085. The 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes 

only; the written product description 

remains dispositive. 

A full description of the scope of the 

Order is contained in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 


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