[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 205 (Wednesday, October 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84530-84532]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24497]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-847]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
Mexico: Preliminary Results and Rescission in Part, of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
(HWR) from Mexico were sold at less than normal value during the period 
of review (POR), September 1, 2022, through August 31, 2023. 
Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect 
to certain companies. We invite interested parties to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 23, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Taylor Hatley or Christopher Hargett, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4886 or (202) 
482-4161, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 13, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register 
the antidumping duty order on HWR from Mexico.\1\ On September 6, 2023, 
Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On November 15, 2023, 
based on timely requests for review, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative review of the Order 
with respect to 19 companies.\3\ On December 9, 2022, Commerce selected 
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero) and Productos Laminados de 
Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa) for individual examination as 
mandatory respondents in this administrative review.\4\
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of 
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865, (September 13, 2016) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 60923 (September 
6, 2023).
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298 (November 15, 2023) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection for the 2022-2023 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated January 11, 2024.
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    On May 16, 2024, Commerce extended the preliminary results of this 
review until August 30, 2024.\5\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled 
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\6\ 
Subsequently on August 15, 2024, Commerce extended the deadline for the 
preliminary results until October 4, 2024.\7\ For a complete 
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 16, 
2024.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August 
15, 2024.
    \8\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2022-2023 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Duty Order on Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to-Length Plate 
from Italy,'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum) dated concurrently 
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice.
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Rescission of Administrative Review in Part

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. On 
February 13, 2024, Nucor Tubular Products, Inc. (the petitioner) timely 
withdrew its request for an administrative review with respect to 17 
companies.\9\ Because no other parties requested a review of these 
companies, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to 
these 17 companies.\10\
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    \9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for 
Administrative Review,'' dated February 13, 2024.
    \10\ Companies for which the review request was withdrawn are: 
(1) Aceros del Toro S.A. de C.V.; (2) Aceros El Fraile S.A. de C.V.; 
(3) Arco Metal S.A. de C.V.; (4) Border Assembly S. de R.L. de C.V.; 
(5) Buffalo Tube S.A. de C.V.; (6) Fortacero S.A. de C.V.; (7) Forza 
Steel S.A. de C.V.; (8) Grupo Collado S.A. de C.V; (9) Industrias 
Monterrey S.A. de C.V.; (10) Perfiles y Herrajes L.M. S.A. de C.V.; 
(11) P.J. Trailers Company S.A. de C.V.; (12) Placa y Fierro de 
Monterrey S.A. de C.V.; (13) PYTCO S.A. de C.V.; (14) Regiomontana 
de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V.; (15) Ternium S.A. de C.V.; (16) 
Tuberia Nacional S.A. de C.V.; and (17) Tuberias Procarsa S.A. de 
C.V.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the Order are HWR pipes and tubes from 
Mexico. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
Export price and constructed export price are calculated in accordance 
with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in accordance 
with section 773 of the Act.
    For a full description of the methodology underlying these 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 made available to the public 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 is available at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Preliminary Results of Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines that the following estimated 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period September 1, 
2021, through August 31, 2022: \11\
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    \11\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, 
Commerce preliminarily collapsed the following companies and treated 
them as a single entity: Maquilacero S.A. de C.V.; Tecnicas de 
Fluidos S.A. de C.V.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Exporter or producer                        dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Maquilacero S.A. de C.V.; Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V...        7.22
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V................        8.13
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results 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 accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    Interested parties may submit case briefs or other written comments 
to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\12\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the time limit for 
filing case briefs.\13\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a statement of the issue; 
(2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of 
authorities.\14\
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii); see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
    \13\ See 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) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    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 review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide, at the beginning of their briefs, a public 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\15\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, no including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the public 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).\16\
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    \15\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \16\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Acting Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS. Hearing requests should contain: (1) 
the party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of 
participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised 
in the hearing will be limited to issues raised in the respective case 
briefs. If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold 
the hearing at a date and time to be determined and will notify the 
parties through ACCESS.17 Parties should confirm the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date. All 
submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as hearing 
requests, should be filed using ACCESS. An electronically-filed 
document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS \17\ 
by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline.
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    \17\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, upon completion of the 
final results of this administrative review, Commerce shall determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries.\18\
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    \18\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if a respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent) in the final results of this review, we intend to calculate an 
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate based on the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales 
to the total entered value of those same sales.\19\ If the respondent 
has not reported entered values, we will calculate a per-unit 
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. 
If either of the respondents' weighted average dumping margin is zero 
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an 
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis, in the final 
results of review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate appropriate 
entries without regard to antidumping duties.\20\
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    \19\ See 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).
    \20\ Id., 77 FR at 8102-03; see also 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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    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 unreviewed entries at the all-others rate 
(4.91 percent) if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) 
involved in the transaction.\21\
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    \21\ See Order; see also Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 
2003).
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    For the companies for which this review is being rescinded, in 
part, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all 
appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall be assessed at rates 
equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated antidumping duties 
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for 
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). With respect 
to the recission of this review, in part, Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP no earlier than 41 days after the date 
of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
    The final results of this administrative review shall be the basis 
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise 
covered by this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, 
where applicable.\22\
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    \22\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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    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 the companies 
listed above will be equal to the

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weighted-average dumping margin established in the final results of 
this 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 merchandise 
exported by companies not covered in this review but covered in a prior 
segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be 
the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the 
most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 
investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate will be 
the rate established in the completed segment for the most recent 
period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 
rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be 4.91 
percent, the all-others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\23\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \23\ See Order.
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Final Results of Review

    Unless the deadline is otherwise extended, Commerce intends to 
issue the final results of this administrative review, including the 
results of its analysis of issues raised by interested parties in the 
written comments, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary 
results in the Federal Register.\24\
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    \24\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; see also 19 CFR 
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 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 results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 4, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation

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