89952 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 220 / Thursday, November 14, 2024 / Notices 

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, 88 FR 68098 (October 3, 2023). 3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

84784, 84786 (December 6, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 4See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated June 7, 2024. 5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated August 9, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 

the Administrative Review of the Antidumping 

Duty Order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod from Mexico; 2022–2023,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

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 are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This 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 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic 

acid (2,4-D) and its derivative products, 

including salt and ester forms of 2,4-D. 2,4- 

D has the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

registry number of 94–75–7 and the chemical 

formula C8H6Cl2O3. 

Salt and ester forms of 2,4-D include 2,4- 

D sodium salt (CAS 2702–72–9), 2,4-D 

diethanolamine salt (CAS 5742–19–8), 2,4-D 

dimethyl amine salt (CAS 2008–39–1), 2,4-D 

isopropylamine salt (CAS 5742–17–6), 2,4-D 

tri-isopropanolamine salt (CAS 3234180–3), 

2,4-D choline salt (CAS 1048373–72–3), 2,4- 

D butoxyethyl ester (CAS 1929–733), 2,4-D 2- 

ethylhexylester (CAS 1928–43–4), and 2,4-D 

isopropylester (CAS 94–11–1). All 2,4-D, as 

well as the salt and ester forms of 2,4-D, is 

covered by the scope irrespective of purity, 

particle size, or physical form. 

The conversion of a 2,4-D salt or ester from 

2,4-D acid, or the formulation of nonsubject 

merchandise with the subject 2,4-D, its salts, 

and its esters in the country of manufacture 

or in a third country does not remove the 

subject 2,4-D, its salts, or its esters from the 

scope. For any such formulations, only the 

2,4-D, 2,4-D salt, and 2,4-D ester components 

of the mixture is covered by the scope of the 

investigation. Formulations of 2,4-D are 

products that are registered for end-use 

applications with the Environmental 

Protection Agency and contain a dispersion 

agent. 

The country of origin of any 2,4-D 

derivative salt or ester is determined by the 

country in which the underlying 2,4-D acid 

is produced. 2,4-D, its salts, and its esters are 

classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) subheading 

2918.99.2010. Subject merchandise, 

including the abovementioned formulations, 

may also be classified under HTSUS 

subheadings 2922.12.0001, 2921.11.0000, 

2921.19.6195, 2922.19.9690, 3808.93.0500, 

and 3808.93.1500. The HTSUS subheadings 

and CAS registry numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes. The 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Discussion of the Methodology 

V. Currency Conversion 

VI. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies in the Companion 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

VII. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–830] 

Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 

Rod From Mexico: Preliminary Results 

and Partial Rescission 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 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, 2022, through 

September 30, 2023. Additionally, 

Commerce is rescinding this 

administrative review with respect to 

one company. We invite interested 

parties to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable November 14, 2024. 

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, 2023, we 

published in the Federal Register a 

notice of opportunity to request an 

administrative review of the Order.2 On 

December 6, 2023, pursuant to section 

751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), Commerce initiated 

an administrative review of the Order 3

on wire rod from Mexico covering the 

following nine exporters/producers: 

ArcelorMittal Mexico S.A. de C.V. 

(AMM); Comercializadora Eloro S.A. 

(Comercializadora Eloro); Deacero S.A.. 

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

(Deacero); Deacero Summit S.A.P.I. de 

C.V. (Deacero Summit); Grupo Villacero 

S.A. de C.V. (Villacero); Ingeteknos 

Estructurales S.A. (Ingeteknos); TA 2000 

S.A. de C.V. (TA 2000); Talleres y 

Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Talleres y Aceros); 

and Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. 

(Ternium). On June 7, 2024, we 

extended the preliminary results of this 

review to August 21, 2024.4 On July 22, 

2024, Commerce tolled certain 

deadlines in this administrative 

proceeding by seven days.5 On August 

9, 2024, we further extended the 

preliminary results of this review to 

November 6, 2024.6

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.7 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 


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8See Initiation Notice. 

9See Memorandum, ‘‘Selection of Respondents 

for Individual Examination,’’ dated January 11, 

2024. 

10See CMC/Nucor’s Letter, ‘‘Partial Withdrawal 

of Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated 

March 5, 2024. 

11See Commerce’s Letter, ‘‘Notice of Intent to 

Rescind Review, In Part,’’ dated December 20, 2023 

(Intent to Rescind Memorandum). 

12See CMC/Nucor’s Letter, ‘‘Comments on Notice 

of Intent to Rescind,’’ dated January 5, 2024. 

13See Memorandum, ‘‘Notice of Intent to Rescind 

Review, In Part,’’ dated August 30, 2024. 

14 Id. 

15 Id. 

16As discussed in further detail in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we 

preliminarily determine that TA 2000 is the 

successor-in-interest to Talleres y Aceros. 

17See 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

18See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) 

19See 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 Procedures). 

20See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

21We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

22See APO and Service Procedures. 

23See 19 CFR 351.310(c). 

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. 

A full description of the scope of the 

Order is contained in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Review 

As noted above, we initiated this 

review with respect to nine companies.8

During the course of the review, we 

selected two mandatory respondents.9

Thus, there are seven companies upon 

which this review was requested, and 

which were not selected for individual 

examination: (1) AMM; (2) 

Comercializadora Eloro; (3) Deacero 

Summit; (4) Villacero; (5) Ingeteknos; (6) 

Talleres y Aceros; and (7) Ternium. 

Commerce received timely 

withdrawal requests within 90 days of 

the date of publication of the Initiation 

Notice, with respect to: AMM; 

Commercialiazadora Eloro; Villacero; 

and Ternium.10 As a result, Commerce 

is rescinding this review, in part, with 

respect to the four companies referenced 

above in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1). 

In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind 

an administrative review when there are 

no reviewable suspended entries. Based 

on our analysis of the U.S. Customers 

and Border Protection (CBP) 

information, five companies listed in 

the Initiation Notice had no entries of 

subject merchandise during the POR, 

specifically: AMM; Commercialiazadora 

Eloro; Villacero; Ingeteknos; and 

Talleres y Aceros. On December 20, 

2023, we notified parties of our intent 

to rescind this administrative review 

with respect to the above-referenced five 

companies that had no reviewable 

suspended entries during the POR.11 On 

January 5, 2024, we received comments 

on our Intent to Rescind Memorandum 

from CMC/Nucor.12 Furthermore, on 

August 30, 2024, we notified parties of 

our intent to rescind this administrative 

review with respect to Deacero 

Summit.13 We did not receive 

comments regarding our intent to 

rescind the above-referenced entity. 

After considering the comments 

received, and consistent with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3), we are rescinding this 

review, in part, with respect to 

Ingeteknos and Deacero Summit, which 

both had no entries in the POR and for 

which withdrawal requests were not 

previously received from all parties 

requesting review.14 As explained 

above, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), Commerce is also 

rescinding this review, in part, with 

respect to four companies which 

received timely withdrawal requests: 

AMM, Commercialiazadora Eloro; 

Villacero; and Ternium. As a result, we 

are rescinding this review, in part, with 

respect to a total of six companies, 

which are referenced above.15

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 

of the Act. Export price and constructed 

export price were 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 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins exist for the POR: 

Producer/exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

TA 2000 S.A. de C.V.16 ....... 18.09 

Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V ...... 13.46 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with these preliminary results to 

interested parties within five days after 

the date of publication of this notice, 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).17

Interested parties may submit case 

briefs no later than 30 days after the 

date of publication of this notice.18

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.19 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.20

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 briefs 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.21 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, not 

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).22

Interested parties who wish to request 

a hearing must submit a written request 

to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. 

Department of Commerce, using 

Enforcement and Compliance’s ACCESS 

system within 30 days of publication of 

this notice.23 Requests should contain 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number, the number of 

participants, and a list of the issues to 

be discussed. Issues raised in the 

hearing will be limited to those raised 

in the case and rebuttal briefs. If a 

request for a hearing is made, we will 

inform parties of the scheduled date for 

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24See 19 CFR 351.310. 

25See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act. 

26 In these preliminary 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). 

27As noted above, we preliminarily determine 

that TA 2000 is the successor-in-interest to Talleres 

y Aceros. Accordingly, we intend to issue 

assessment instructions covering any entries 

produced and exported by Talleres y Aceros during 

the POR at the rate established for TA 2000 in these 

final results. 

28See Order, 67 FR at 65947. 29See Order, 67 FR at 65947. 

determined.24 Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing no fewer than two days 

before the scheduled date. Parties are 

reminded that all briefs and hearing 

requests must be filed electronically 

using ACCESS and received 

successfully in their entirety by 5:00 

p.m. Eastern Time on the due date. 

Unless the deadline is extended 

pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 

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

Commerce will issue the final results of 

this administrative review, including 

the results of our analysis of the issues 

raised by the parties in their case briefs, 

not later than 120 days after the date of 

publication of this notice, pursuant to 

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

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results, 

Commerce shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. The final results of this review 

shall be the basis for the assessment of 

antidumping duties on entries of 

merchandise covered by the final results 

of this review and for future deposits of 

estimated duties, where applicable.25

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). 

For any individually examined 

respondents whose weighted-average 

dumping margin is above de minimis 

(i.e., 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).26 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. We will 

instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

duties on all appropriate entries covered 

by this review when the importerspecific assessment rate calculated in 

the final results of this review is above 

de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent).27 Where 

either the respondent’s weightedaverage dumping margin is zero or de 

minimis, or an importer-specific 

assessment rate is zero or de minimis, 

we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties. 

In accordance with Commerce’s 

‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice, for 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR produced by each respondent 

which did not know that its 

merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate entries not reviewed at the allothers rate of 20.11 percent 28 if there is 

no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction. 

For the companies for which the 

administrative review is rescinded, 

antidumping duties shall be assessed at 

a rate equal to the cash deposit of 

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). 

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 wire rod from Mexico 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results, as 

provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: 

(1) the cash deposit rate for the firms 

listed above will be equal to the 

dumping margins established in the 

final results of this review, except if the 

ultimate rates are de minimis within the 

meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in 

which case the cash deposit rates 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 in which the producer or 

exporter participated; (3) if the exporter 

is not a firm covered in this review, a 

prior review, or the original less-thanfair-value investigation but the producer 

is, then the cash deposit rate will be the 

rate established for the most recently 

completed segment of the proceeding 

for the producer of the merchandise; 

and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other 

producers or exporters will continue to 

be 20.11 percent, the all-others rate 

established in the antidumping duty 

investigation.29 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 

results in accordance with sections 

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

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

351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: November 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy 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. Preliminary Successor in Interest 

Determination 

V. Rescission of Review, in Part 

VI. Discussion of Methodology 

VII. Currency Conversion 

VIII. Recommendation 

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