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11See Acron’s Letter, ‘‘Urea Ammonium Nitrate 

Solutions from the Russian Federation: Request for 

Extension of Final Determination an Provisional 

Measures,’’ dated January 14, 2022; see also 

EuroChem’s Letter, ‘‘Urea Ammonium Nitrate 

Solutions from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

January 21, 2022. 

12See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Urea Ammonium 

Nitrate Solutions from the Russian Federation (A– 

821–831): Petitioner’s Request for Postponement of 

Final Antidumping Determination,’’ dated January 

21, 2022. 

1See Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber from 

France, the Republic of Korea, and Mexcio: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 86 

FR 40192 (July 27, 2021) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber from 

France, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair Value Investigations, 86 FR 64185 

(November 17, 2021). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene 

Rubber from France,’’ dated concurrently with, and 

hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum). 

month period to a period not more than 

six months in duration. 

On January 14, 2022, and January 20, 

2022, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(e), 

Acron and EuroChem, respectively, 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination in this investigation 

up to 135 days after publication of this 

notice and that provisional measures be 

extended to a period not to exceed six 

months.11 Additionally, on January 21, 

2022, the petitioner requested that 

Commerce postpone the final 

determination in this investigation in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination.12 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 exporters 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination in this investigation 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 in this investigation 

no later than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination in the Federal Register. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

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 

U.S. imports of UAN 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: January 26, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I—Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is all mixtures of urea and 

ammonium nitrate in aqueous or ammonia 

solution, regardless of nitrogen concentration 

by weight, and regardless of the presence of 

additives, such as corrosion inhibiters and 

soluble micro or macronutrients (UAN). 

Subject merchandise includes merchandise 

matching the above description that has been 

processed in a third country, including by 

commingling, diluting, adding or removing 

additives, or performing any other processing 

that would not otherwise remove the 

merchandise from the scope of the 

investigations if performed in the subject 

country. 

The scope also includes UAN that is 

commingled with UAN from sources not 

subject to this investigation. Only the subject 

component of such commingled products is 

covered by the scope of this investigation. 

The covered merchandise is currently 

classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule 

of the United States (HTSUS) at subheading 

3102.80.0000. Although the HTSUS 

subheading is provided for convenience and 

customs purposes, the written description of 

the scope is dispositive. 

Appendix II—List of Sections in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inferences 

VI. Affiliation/Single Entity 

VII. Discussion of the Methodology 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies in Companion CVD 

Investigation 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–427–832] 

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber From 

France: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Partial Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (AB 

rubber) from France is being, or is likely 

to be, sold in the United States at less 

than fair value (LTFV). Commerce also 

preliminarily determines that critical 

circumstances exist with respect to 

certain imports of subject merchandise. 

The period of investigation is April 1, 

2020, through March 31, 2021. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patrick Barton, 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) 482–0012. 

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 July 27, 2021.1 On November 17, 

2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination in this 

investigation from December 7, 2021, to 

January 26, 2022.2

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/ 

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4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

5See Initiation Notice, 86 FR at 40193. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigations of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber 

from France, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: 

Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated 

concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum). 

7The petitioner in this investigation is Zeon 

Chemicals L.P. and Zeon GP, LLC (collectively, the 

petitioner). 

8See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Acrylonitrile-Butadiene 

Rubber from France: Petitioner’s Allegation of 

Critical Circumstances,’’ dated January 5, 2022. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this 

investigation is AB rubber from France. 

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 this 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 

analysis of all comments timely 

received, see the Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum.6 Based on 

Commerce’s analysis of the parties’ 

comments, Commerce is preliminarily 

modifying the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. See 

the revised scope in Appendix I to this 

notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated constructed export prices in 

accordance with section 772(b) of the 

Act. Normal value (NV) is calculated in 

accordance with section 773 of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Affirmative Determination 

of Critical Circumstances, in Part 

On January 5, 2022, the petitioner 7

timely filed a critical circumstances 

allegation, pursuant to section 733(e)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.206(c)(1), 

alleging that critical circumstances exist 

with respect to imports of the subject 

merchandise from France.8 Section 

733(e)(1) of the Act provides that 

Commerce will preliminarily determine 

that critical circumstances exist in an 

LTFV investigation if there is a 

reasonable basis to believe or suspect 

that: (A) there is a history of dumping 

and material injury by reason of 

dumped imports in the United States or 

elsewhere of the subject merchandise, or 

the person by whom, or for whose 

account, the merchandise was imported 

knew or should have known that the 

exporter was selling the subject 

merchandise at less than its fair value 

and that there was likely to be material 

injury by reason of such sales; and (B) 

there have been massive imports of the 

subject merchandise over a relatively 

short period. 

In accordance with section 733(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.206, Commerce 

preliminarily determines that critical 

circumstances do not exist with respect 

to imports of AB rubber produced and 

exported by Arlanxeo Emulsion Rubber 

France S.A.S. (Arlanxeo France). 

Furthermore, we preliminarily 

determine that critical circumstances 

exist with respect to imports of AD 

Rubber produced and exported by all 

other producers and exporters from 

France. For a full description of 

Commerce’s preliminary critical 

circumstances 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 calculated an individual 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin for Arlanxeo France, the sole 

mandatory respondent, that is not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available. Consequently, the 

rate calculated for Arlanxeo France is 

also assigned as the rate for all other 

producers and exporters in France, 

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 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Arlanxeo Emulsion Rubber 

France S.A.S. .......................... 164.13 

All Others .................................... 164.13 

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 described in Appendix I 

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 weightedaverage dumping margin or the 

estimated all-others rate, as follows: (1) 

The cash deposit rate 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. 

Section 733(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that, given an affirmative determination 

of critical circumstances, the suspension 

of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of subject 

merchandise entered, or withdrawn 

from warehouse, for consumption on or 

after the later of: (a) The date which is 

90 days before the date on which the 

suspension of liquidation was first 

ordered; or (b) the date on which notice 

of initiation of the investigation was 

published. As noted above, Commerce 

preliminarily finds that critical 

circumstances exist for imports of 

subject merchandise produced and 

exported by all other producers and 

exporters from France. In accordance 

with section 733(e)(2)(A) of the Act, the 

suspension of liquidation shall apply to 

unliquidated entries of shipments of AB 

rubber that were produced and exported 

by all other producers and exporters 

that were entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date which is 90 days before the 

publication date of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 


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9See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

10See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD 

Service Requirements Due to COVID–19, 85 FR 

17006 (March 26, 2020); and Temporary Rule 

Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to 

COVID–19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 

41363 (July 10, 2020). 

11See Arlanxeo France’s Letter, ‘‘AcrylonitrileButadiene Rubber from France, Case No. A–427– 

832: Request to Postpone Final Determination,’’ 

dated December 20, 2021. 

These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose to 

interested parties any calculations 

performed in connection with this 

preliminary determination within five 

days of its 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). 

Verification 

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

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. Normally, 

Commerce verifies information using 

standard procedures, including an onsite examination of original accounting, 

financial, and sales documentation. 

However, due to current travel 

restrictions in response to the global 

COVID–19 pandemic, Commerce is 

unable to conduct on-site verification in 

this investigation. Accordingly, we 

intend to verify the information relied 

upon in making the final determination 

through alternative means in lieu of an 

on-site verification. 

Public Comment 

The deadlines for the submission of 

case and rebuttal briefs with respect to 

scope issues are specified in the 

Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum. Interested parties will be 

notified of the deadline for the 

submission of case briefs with respect to 

non-scope issues at a later date. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in nonscope related case briefs, may be 

submitted no later than seven days after 

the deadline date for case briefs.9

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 

(d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this investigation are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities. Note that 

Commerce has temporarily modified 

certain of its requirements for serving 

documents containing business 

proprietary information until further 

notice.10

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. 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 of the hearing. 

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. 

On December 20, 2021, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), Arlanxeo France 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.11 In accordance with 

sections 735(a)(2)(A) and 733(d)(3) 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, pursuant to 

section 735(a)(2) of the Act, Commerce 

will make its final determination no 

later than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the 

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 

imports of AB rubber from France 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) and 19 CFR 351.210(g). 

Dated: January 26, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The product covered by this investigation 

is commonly referred to as acrylonitrile 

butadiene rubber or nitrile rubber (AB 

Rubber). AB Rubber is a synthetic rubber 

produced by the emulsion polymerization of 

butadiene and acrylonitrile with or without 

the incorporation of a third component 

selected from methacrylic acid or isoprene. 

This scope covers AB Rubber in solid or nonaqueous liquid form. The scope also includes 

carboxylated AB Rubber. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is AB Rubber in latex form 

(commonly classified under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheading 4002.51.0000). Latex AB Rubber 

is commonly either (a) acrylonitrile/ 

butadiene polymer in latex form or (b) 

acrylonitrile/butadiene/methacrylic acid 

polymer in latex form. The broader definition 

of latex refers to a water emulsion of a 

synthetic rubber obtained by polymerization. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is: (a) AB Rubber containing 

additives incorporated during the 

compounding, mixing, molding, or use of AB 

Rubber comprising greater than twenty 

percent of the total weight of the product. 

Additives would include, but are not limited 

to, fillers (e.g., carbon black, silica, clay); 

reinforcement agents (e.g., fibers, carbon 

black, silica); vulcanization agents (e.g., 

sulfur, sulfur complexes, peroxide); or AB 

Rubber containing extension oils making up 

greater than forty percent of the total weight 

of the product. Such products would be 

generally classified under HTSUS 

subheading 4005; (b) AB Rubber containing 

polyvinyl chloride (PVC) making up greater 

than twenty percent of total weight of the 

product; (c) hydrogenated AB Rubber 

(commonly referred to as AB Rubber) 


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1See Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber from 

France, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 86 

FR 40192 (July 27, 2021) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber from 

France, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 86 FR 64185 

(November 17, 2021). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Determination in the Less-ThanFair-Value Investigation of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene 

Rubber from Mexico,’’ 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. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Antidumping Duty 

Investigations of Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber 

from France, the Republic of Korea, and Mexico: 

Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,’’ dated 

concurrently with this preliminary determination 

(Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum). 

produced by subsequent dissolution and 

hydrogenation of AB Rubber; and (d) reactive 

liquid polymers containing acrylonitrile and 

butadiene with amine, epoxy, carboxyl or 

methacrylate vinyl chemical functionality. 

Subject merchandise includes material 

matching the above description that has been 

finished, packaged, or otherwise processed in 

a third country, including by modifying 

physical form or packaging with another 

product, or performing any other finishing, 

packaging, or processing that would not 

otherwise remove the merchandise from the 

scope of the investigation if performed in the 

country of manufacture of the AB Rubber. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is classified in the HTSUS at 

subheading 4002.59.0000. While the HTSUS 

subheading numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise under 

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. Date of Sale 

VI. Product Comparisons 

VII. Constructed Export Price 

VIII. Normal Value 

IX. Preliminary Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

X. Currency Conversion 

XI. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–855] 

Acrylonitrile-Butadiene Rubber 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 Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that acrylonitrile-butadiene rubber (AB 

rubber) from Mexico is being, or is 

likely to be, sold in the United States at 

less than fair value (LTFV). The period 

of investigation (POI) is April 1, 2020, 

through March 31, 2021. Interested 

parties are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dennis McClure or Faris Montgomery, 

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) 482–5973 or 

(202) 482–1537, 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 July 27, 2021.1 On November 17, 

2021, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation and the revised deadline is 

now January 26, 2022.2 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 AB rubber 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 for this 

preliminary determination, and 

accompanying analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6 Based 

on Commerce’s analysis of the parties’ 

comments, Commerce is preliminarily 

modifying the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. See 

the revised scope in Appendix I to this 

notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Constructed export 

prices have been calculated in 

accordance with section 772(b) of the 

Act. Normal value (NV) is calculated in 

accordance with section 773 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)(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 weightedaverage 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 Industrias Negromex S.A. de 

C.V. (Negromex), the only individually 

examined exporter/producer 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 Negromex 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: 


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