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1See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Preliminary 

Determination of No Shipments; 2015–2016, 82 FR 

57581 (December 6, 2017) (Preliminary Results). 

2Petitioner is the Rebar Trade Action Coalition 

and its individual members. The individual 

members are Nucor Corporation, Gerdau Ameristeel 

U.S. Inc., Commercials Metals Company, Cascade 

Steel Rolling Mills, Inc., and Byer Steel Group, Inc. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Case Brief and 

Request for Hearing’’ (Petitioner Case Brief), dated 

January 5, 2018; Deacero’s Letter, ‘‘Steel Concrete 

Reinforcins from Mexico—Rebuttal Brief’’ (Deacero 

Rebuttal Brief), dated January 10, 2018. 

4See Memorandum to the File, ‘‘Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Ex-Parte Meeting,’’ 

dated February 9, 2018, and Memorandum to the 

File, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: 

Hearing,’’ dated May 7, 2018. 

5See Memorandum for The Record from 

Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, 

‘‘Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 

Federal Government’’ (Tolling Memorandum), 

dated January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this 

segment of the proceeding have been extended by 

3 days. 

6For a full description of the scope of the order, 

see the ‘‘Decision Memorandum for the Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from 

Mexico; 2015–2016,’’ from James Maeder, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Gary Taverman, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, dated concurrently with this notice 

(Final Decision Memorandum). 

7 Grupo Simec and Orge S.A. de C.V. 

(collectively, Grupo Simec). 

8ArcelorMittal Lazaro Cardenas, SA. de CV. 

(which became ArcelorMittal Mexico, S.A, de CV. 

on March 31, 2014), ArcelorMittal Celaya, SA. de 

CV., and ArcelorMittal Cordoba, SA. de CV. 

(collectively, ArcelorMittal). 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: June 8, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. List of Interested Party Comments 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

VI. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VII. Discount Rates 

VIII. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Facts Available and 

Corroboration of Secondary Information 

IX. Programs Determined to Be 

Countervailable 

X. Programs Determined Not to Be Used 

XI. Ad Valorem Rate for Non-Selected 

Companies Under Review 

XII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Electricity for LTAR— 

Application of Adverse Facts Available 

Comment 2: Electricity for LTAR— 

Calculation Methodology 

Comment 3: Countervailability of 

Allowance for Attorney’s Fees Program 

Comment 4: Whether To Assign NonSelected Company Rate to Dun Hua Sen 

Tai Wood 

XIII. Conclusion 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–844] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2015– 

2016 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that Deacero 

S.A.P.I de C.V. (Deacero) and exporters 

of steel concrete reinforcing bar from 

Mexico did not make sales of subject 

merchandise at less than normal value 

during the period of review (POR) 

November 1, 2015, through October 31, 

2016. 

DATES: Applicable June 14, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephanie Moore, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3692. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the Preliminary 

Results of this administrative review on 

December 6, 2017.1 We invited 

interested parties to comment on the 

Preliminary Results. On January 8, 2018, 

Commerce received a timely filed case 

brief from the Petitioner,2 and on 

January 11, 2018, Commerce received a 

timely filed rebuttal brief from Deacero.3

On February 8, 2018, Commerce 

officials met with counsel for the 

Petitioner.4

On January 23, 2018, Commerce 

exercised its discretion to toll all 

deadlines affected by the closure of the 

Federal Government from January 20 

through 22, 2018.5 On March 22, 2018, 

Commerce extended the deadline for 

these final results. The revised deadline 

for the final results of this review is now 

June 7, 2018. 

Scope of the Order 

Imports covered by the order are 

shipments of steel concrete reinforcing 

bar imported in either straight length or 

coil form (rebar) regardless of 

metallurgy, length, diameter, or grade. 

The merchandise subject to review is 

currently classifiable under items 

7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and 

7228.30.8010. The subject merchandise 

may also enter under other Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) numbers including 

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. 

Although the HTSUS subheadings are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes, the written description of the 

merchandise subject to the order is 

dispositive.6

Duty Absorption 

As noted in the Preliminary Results, 

Commerce applied facts available and 

an adverse inference pursuant to 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (the Act) and found that duty 

absorption exists on all U.S. sales of the 

subject merchandise exported by 

Deacero. Commerce’s position on this 

issue remains unchanged in these final 

results of administrative review. 

Final Determination of No Shipments 

As noted in the Preliminary Results, 

we received no-shipment claims from 

Grupo Simec 7 and ArcelorMittal,8

companies named in the Initiation 

Notice, and we confirmed the claims 

with U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP). Following publication 

of the Preliminary Results, we received 

no comments from interested parties 

regarding these companies. As a result, 

and because the record contains no 

evidence to the contrary, we continue to 

find that Grupo Simec and 

ArcelorMittal made no shipments 

during the POR. Accordingly, consistent 

with Commerce’s practice, we will 

instruct U.S. Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP) to liquidate any 

existing entries of merchandise 

produced by these two companies, but 

exported by other parties, at the rate for 

the intermediate reseller, if available, or 

at the all-others rate. 


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9 In these final results, Commerce applied the 

assessment rate calculation method adopted in 

Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the 

Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 

Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 

Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 

(February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for 

Reviews). 

10 Id. 

11See 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). 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal brief by parties to this 

administrative review are addressed in 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

A list of the issues that parties raised 

and to which we responded is attached 

to this notice as an Appendix. 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 and in the 

Central Records Unit (CRU), Room 

B8024 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

The signed Issues and Decision 

Memorandum and the electronic 

versions of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on a review of the record and 

comments received from interested 

parties regarding our Preliminary 

Results, we made no changes to 

Deacero’s final rate calculations. For a 

discussion of these issues, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of the Review 

As a result of this review, we 

calculated a dumping margin of zero 

percent for Deacero. We are applying to 

the non-selected companies the rate 

calculated for Deacero, the sole 

mandatory respondent in these final 

results for the period November 1, 2015, 

through October 31, 2016: 

Producer and/or exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V ............ 0.00 

Industrias CH .............................. 0.00 

Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V ..... 0.00 

Cia Siderurgica De California, 

S.A. de C.V ............................. 0.00 

Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V ........ 0.00 

AceroMex S.A ............................. 0.00 

Siderurgica Tultitlan S.A. de C.V 0.00 

Talleres y Aceros, S.A. de C.V .. 0.00 

Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V ...... 0.00 

Disclosure 

We will disclose the calculations 

performed to parties in this proceeding 

within five days of the date of 

publication of this notice, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Duty Assessment 

Commerce shall determine and 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries.9 For Deacero, 

because its weighted-average dumping 

margin is zero or de minimis (i.e., less 

than 0.5 percent), Commerce has not 

calculated importer-specific 

antidumping duty assessment rates. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we 

will instruct CBP to liquidate without 

regard to antidumping duties any 

entries for which the importer-specific 

assessment rate is zero or de minimis. 

Because we calculated a zero margin for 

Deacero in the final results of this 

review, we intend to instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties.10

We intend to issue assessment 

instructions directly to CBP 41 days 

after publication of the final results of 

this review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements will be effective upon 

publication of the notice of final results 

of administrative review for all 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the 

publication 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 respondents noted 

above will be zero; (2) for merchandise 

exported by producers or exporters not 

covered in this administrative review 

but covered in a prior segment of the 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding; 

(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 20.58 percent, the 

all-others rate established in the 

antidumping investigation.11 These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Notification to Importers Regarding the 

Reimbursement of Duties 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) 

to file a certificate regarding the 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

prior to liquidation of the relevant 

entries during the POR. 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. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective orders (APO) of their 

responsibility concerning the return or 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 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 the terms of an APO is a 

sanctionable violation. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

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

CFR 351.213(h) and 19 CFR 

351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: June 7, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Final 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. List of Comments 

III. Background 

IV. Scope of the Order 

V. Duty Absorption 

VI. Final Determination of No Shipments 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Whether a Particular Market 

Situation Exists Regarding Deacero’s 

Purchase of Electricity 

Comment 2: Treatment of Non-Prime 

Merchandise Reported by Deacero 

VIII. Recommendation 

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