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3See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) Reviews, 88 

FR 50110 (August 18, 2023). 

4See Bonney Forge, Capitol Manufacturing, and 

USW’s Letters, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Participate in 

the Five-Year Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Forged Steel Fittings from Italy;’’ ‘‘Notice 

of Intent to Participate in the Five-Year Review of 

the Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel 

Fittings from Taiwan;’’ and ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Participate in the Five-Year Review of the 

Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel Fittings 

from China,’’ all dated August 16, 2023. 

5See Bonney Forge, Capitol Manufacturing, and 

USW’s Letters, ‘‘First Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review 

of Antidumping Duty Order on Forged Steel 

Fittings from Italy: Domestic Interested Parties’ 

Substantive Response to Notice of Initiation,’’ 

(Substantive Response—Italy); ‘‘First Five- Year 

(‘‘Sunset’’) Review of Antidumping Duty Order on 

Forged Steel Fittings from Taiwan: Domestic 

Interested Parties’ Substantive Response to Notice 

of Initiation’’ (Substantive Response—Taiwan); and 

‘‘First Five-Year (‘‘Sunset’’) Review of Antidumping 

Duty Order on Forged Steel Fittings from China: 

Domestic Interested Parties’ Substantive Response 

to Notice of Initiation’’ (Substantive Response— 

China),’’ all dated August 31, 2023. 

6See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Sunset Reviews for 

August 2023,’’ dated September 20, 2023. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of the Expedited 

First Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping Duty 

Orders on Forged Steel Fittings from the People’s 

Republic of China, Taiwan, and Italy,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 8See generally Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 9 Id. at 9. 

pursuant to section 751(c) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).3

On August 16, 2023, Commerce 

received notices of intent to participate 

in these reviews from Bonney Forge 

Corporation (Bonney Forge), Phoenix 

Forge Group d/b/a Capitol 

Manufacturing Company, LLC (Capitol 

Manufacturing Company), and the 

United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 

Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union (USW) (collectively, 

the domestic interested parties), within 

the deadline specified in 19 CFR 

351.218(d)(1)(i).4 Bonney Forge and 

Capitol Manufacturing Company 

claimed interested party status under 

section 771(9)(C) of the Act as producers 

of the domestic like product in the 

United States. The USW is a certified 

labor union whose members include 

workers at the facilities in which the 

domestic like product is produced and 

is therefore an interested party within 

the meaning of section 771(9)(D) of the 

Act and 19 CFR 351.102(b)(17). On 

August 31, 2023, Commerce received 

adequate substantive responses from the 

domestic interested parties.5 We 

received no substantive responses from 

respondent interested parties. 

On September 20, 2023, Commerce 

notified the U.S. International Trade 

Commission that it did not receive 

substantive responses from any 

respondent interested parties.6 As a 

result, pursuant to section 751(c)(3)(B) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2), Commerce 

conducted expedited (120-day) sunset 

reviews of the Orders. 

Scope of the Orders 

The products covered by these Orders 

are forged steel fittings from China, 

Taiwan, and Italy. For a full description 

of the scope, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum.7

Analysis of Comments Received 

A complete discussion of all issues 

raised in these sunset reviews is 

contained in the accompanying Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.8 A list of 

topics discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is included as 

an 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 http://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum can be directly accessed 

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

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Final Results of Sunset Reviews 

Pursuant to sections 751(c)(1) and 

752(c)(1) and (3) of the Act, Commerce 

determines that revocation of the Orders 

would likely lead to the continuation or 

recurrence of dumping and that the 

magnitude of the dumping margins 

likely to prevail would be weighedaverage margins up to 142.72 percent for 

China, up to 116.17 percent for Taiwan, 

and up to 80.2 percent for Italy.9

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice serves as the only 

reminder to interested parties subject to 

an Administrative Protective Order 

(APO) of their responsibility concerning 

the return/destruction or conversion to 

judicial protective order of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305. 

Timely notification of the return or 

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 violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

final results in accordance with sections 

751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 

and 19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii). 

Dated: November 27, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy 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 Orders 

IV. History of the Orders 

V. Legal Framework 

VI. Discussion of the Issues 

1. Likelihood of Continuation or 

Recurrence of Dumping 

2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping 

Likely To Prevail 

VII. Final Results of Sunset Reviews 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2023–26470 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–351–859] 

Brass Rod From Brazil: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Extension 

of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that brass rod from Brazil is 

being, or likely to be, sold in the United 

States at less than fair value (LTFV). The 

period of investigation is April 1, 2022, 

through March 31, 2023. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Claudia Cott or Thomas Schauer, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4270 or (202) 482–0410, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 


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1See Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, 

the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: Initiation 

of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 

33575 (May 24, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, 

the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 62054 

(September 8, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales 

at Less Than Fair Value in the Investigation of Brass 

Rod from Brazil,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 33576. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum,’’ dated September 25, 2023 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

7Case briefs, other written comments, and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by parties in response to 

this preliminary LTFV determination should not 

include scope-related issues. See Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum and ‘‘Public Comment’’ 

section of this notice. 

on May 24, 2023.1 On September 8, 

2023, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation until November 24, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is brass rod from Brazil. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 in the 

Initiation Notice Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

Certain interested parties commented on 

the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record for this 

investigation and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6 As 

discussed in the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

preliminarily modified, in one respect, 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. See the revised scope 

in Appendix I to this notice. 

In the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce established 

the deadline for parties to submit scope 

case and rebuttal briefs.7 Commerce 

intends to issue a final scope decision 

along with the final determination in 

the concurrent countervailing duty 

investigation of brass rod from India, 

currently due on December 11, 2023. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce calculated 

export prices in accordance with section 

772(a) of the Act. Normal value is 

calculated in accordance with section 

773 of the Act. In addition, Commerce 

relied on facts available with an adverse 

inference in determining a weightedaverage dumping margin for Megabras 

Industria Eletronica Ltda. under 

sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. For 

a full description of the methodology 

underlying the preliminary 

determination, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in 

the preliminary determination 

Commerce shall determine an estimated 

all-others rate for all exporters and 

producers not individually examined. 

This rate shall be an amount equal to 

the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

Commerce calculated an individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Termomecanica Sao Paulo 

S.A. (Termomecanica), the only 

individually examined exporter/ 

producer which is participating in this 

investigation. Because the only 

individually calculated dumping margin 

is not zero, de minimis, or based 

entirely on facts otherwise available, the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin calculated for Termomecanica is 

the margin assigned to all other 

producers and exporters, pursuant to 

section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 

Exporter/producer 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Termomecanica Sao Paulo S.A 24.10 

Megabras Industria Eletronica 

Ltda ......................................... 77.14 

All Others .................................... 24.10 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

Further, pursuant to section 

733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin or the estimated all-others rate, 

as follows: (1) the cash deposit rates for 

the respondents listed above will be 

equal to the company-specific estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

determined in this preliminary 

determination; (2) if the exporter is not 

a respondent identified above, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be equal to the company-specific 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin established for that producer of 

the subject merchandise; and (3) the 

cash deposit rate for all other producers 

and exporters will be equal to the allothers estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register, in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

on non-scope issues may be submitted 

to the Assistant Secretary for 


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8See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023). 

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

10We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

11See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

12See 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2). 

13See Termomecanica’s Letter, ‘‘Request for 

Postponement of Final Determination and 

Provisional Measures Period,’’ dated November 7, 

2023. 

14See 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii). 

Enforcement and Compliance no later 

than seven days after the date on which 

the last verification report is issued in 

this investigation. Rebuttal briefs, 

limited to issues raised in the case 

briefs, may be filed not later than five 

days after the date for filing case briefs.8

Interested parties who submit case 

briefs or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.9

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.10 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their executive 

summary of each issue to no more than 

450 words, not including citations. We 

intend to use the executive summaries 

as the basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final determination in this investigation. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the executive summary of each issue. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).11

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 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 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. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination in the 

Federal Register if, in the event of an 

affirmative preliminary determination, a 

request for such postponement is made 

by exporters who account for a 

significant proportion of exports of the 

subject merchandise, or in the event of 

a negative preliminary determination, a 

request for such postponement is made 

by the petitioner. Section 351.210(e)(2) 

of Commerce’s regulations requires that 

a request by exporters for postponement 

of the final determination be 

accompanied by a request for extension 

of provisional measures from a fourmonth period to a period not more than 

six months in duration.12

On November 7, 2023, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), Termomecanica 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.13 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

accounts for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register, 

pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the 

Act.14

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports of brass rod from Brazil 

are materially injuring, or threaten 

material injury to, the U.S. industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This preliminary determination is 

issued and published in accordance 

with sections 733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: November 24, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are brass rod and bar (brass rod), which is 

defined as leaded, low-lead, and no-lead 

solid brass made from alloys such as, but not 

limited to the following alloys classified 

under the Unified Numbering System (UNS) 

as C27450, C27451, C27460, C34500, C35000, 

C35300, C35330, C36000, C36300, C37000, 

C37700, C48500, C67300, C67600, and 

C69300, and their international equivalents. 

The brass rod subject to this investigation 

has an actual cross-section or outside 

diameter greater than 0.25 inches but less 

than or equal to 12 inches. Brass rod crosssections may be round, hexagonal, square, or 

octagonal shapes as well as special profiles 

(e.g., angles, shapes), including hollow 

profiles. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by the 

scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 percent 

copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no more than 

1.3 percent iron; and at least 15 percent zinc. 

No-lead or low-lead brass rod covered by the 

scope contains by weight 59.0–76.0 percent 

copper; 0–1.5 percent lead; no more than 

0.35 percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, phosphorous, 

silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths or 

coils. Brass rod covered by this investigation 

may be finished or unfinished, and may or 

may not be heated, extruded, pickled, or 

cold-drawn. Brass rod may be produced in 

accordance with ASTM B16, ASTM B124, 

ASTM B981, ASTM B371, ASTM B453, 

ASTM B21, ASTM B138, and ASTM B927, 

but such conformity to an ASTM standard is 

not required for the merchandise to be 

included within the scope. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is brass ingot, which is a casting 

of unwrought metal unsuitable for 

conversion into brass rod without remelting, 

that contains, by weight, at least 57.0 percent 

copper and 15.0 percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7407.21.9000, 7407.21.7000, 

and 7407.21.1500 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to the scope may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The HTSUS 

subheadings and UNS alloy designations are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. The written description of the 

scope of the investigation is dispositive. 


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1See Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, 

the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: Initiation 

of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 

33575 (May 24, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Brass Rod from Brazil, India, Israel, Mexico, 

the Republic of Korea, and South Africa: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 62054 

(September 8, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Brass Rod 

from Mexico,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 33576. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigations of Brass Rod from Brazil, India, 

Israel, Mexico, the Republic of Korea, and South 

Africa and Countervailing Duty Investigations of 

Brass Rod from India, Israel, and the Republic of 

Korea: Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ 

dated September 25, 2023 (Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum). 

7Case briefs, other written comments, and 

rebuttal briefs submitted by parties in response to 

this preliminary LTFV determination should not 

include scope-related issues. See Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum and ‘‘Public Comment’’ 

section of this notice. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inference 

V. Scope of Investigation 

VI. Discussion of the Methodology 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2023–26413 Filed 11–30–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–858] 

Brass Rod From Mexico: Preliminary 

Affirmative Determination of Sales at 

Less Than Fair Value, Postponement 

of Final Determination, and Extension 

of Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that brass rod from Mexico 

is being, or is likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation is 

April 1, 2022, through March 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Frank Schmitt or Jacob Waddell, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4880 and (202) 482–1369, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 24, 2023.1 On September 8, 

2023, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation until November 24, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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 Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is brass rod from Mexico. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 in the 

Initiation Notice Commerce set aside a 

period of time for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

Certain interested parties commented on 

the scope of the investigation as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. For a 

summary of the product coverage 

comments and rebuttal responses 

submitted to the record of this 

investigation and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6 As 

discussed in the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum, Commerce 

preliminarily modified, in one respect, 

the scope language as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. See the revised scope 

in Appendix I to this notice. 

In the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce established 

the deadline for parties to submit scope 

case and rebuttal briefs.7 Commerce 

intends to issue a final scope decision 

along with the final determination in 

the concurrent countervailing duty 

investigation of brass rod from India, 

currently due on December 11, 2023. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce calculated 

constructed export prices in accordance 

with section 772(b) of the Act. Normal 

value is calculated in accordance with 

section 773 of the Act. In addition, 

Commerce has preliminarily relied 

upon adverse facts available under 

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

determining the weighted-average 

dumping margin for Aleamex S.A. de 

C.V. (Aleamex). For a full description of 

the methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(A)(ii) and 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provide that in 

the preliminary determination, 

Commerce shall determine an estimated 

all-others rate for all exporters and 

producers not individually examined. 

This rate shall be an amount equal to 

the weighted average of the estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily assigned to Aleamex a rate 

based entirely on facts available. 

Therefore, the only rate that is not zero, 

de minimis or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available is the rate calculated 

for Industrias Unidas S.A. de C.V. 

(IUSA). Consequently, the rate 

calculated for IUSA is also assigned as 

the rate for all other producers and 

exporters. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist: 


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