5790 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 22 / Wednesday, February 2, 2022 / Notices 

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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7See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 

(for general filing requirements). 

8See 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). 

9See Negromex’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Postpone 

Final Determination,’’ dated January 7, 2022. 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Industrias Negromex S.A. de 

C.V. ......................................... 18.43 

All Others .................................... 18.43 

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 allothers rate, as follows: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the respondent listed 

above will be equal to the companyspecific estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin 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 weightedaverage 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 all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

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 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.7 Note 

that Commerce has temporarily 

modified certain of its requirements for 

serving documents containing business 

proprietary information, until further 

notice.8 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. 

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. 

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 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 four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On January 7, 2022, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), Negromex requested 

that Commerce postpone the final 

determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.9 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. 

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 

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: 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 


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1See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the 

Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019– 

2020, 86 FR 41951 (August 4, 2021) (Preliminary 

Results). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of 

Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 

Order on Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the 

Republic of Korea; 2019–2020,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Italy, 

the Republic of Korea, Spain, the Republic of 

Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Antidumping 

Duty Orders and Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Duty Determinations for Spain and 

the Republic of Turkey, 83 FR 23417 (May 21, 2018) 

(Order). 

4See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the 

Republic of Korea and the United Kingdom: Notice 

of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Changed 

Circumstances Review, 84 FR 13888 (April 8, 2019). 

5See Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod from the 

Republic of Korea: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 84 FR 27582 

(June 13, 2019). 

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) 

produced by subsequent dissolution and 

hydrogenation of AB Rubber; (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. Currency Conversion 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–891] 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod From 

the Republic of Korea: Final Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2019–2020 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that POSCO, 

the sole producer and exporter subject 

to this review, made sales of subject 

merchandise at less than normal value 

during the period of review (POR), May 

1, 2019, through April 30, 2020. 

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lingjun Wang, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office VII, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–2316. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On August 4, 2021, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results 1 of 

this administrative review. POSCO is 

the sole producer and exporter subject 

to the review. For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the Preliminary Results, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum.2 Commerce 

conducted this review in accordance 

with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 

1930, as amended (the Act). 

Scope of the Order 3

The scope of the Order includes 

certain hot-rolled products of carbon 

steel and alloy steel, in coils, of 

approximately round cross section, less 

than 19.00 mm in actual solid crosssectional diameter. On April 8, 2019, 

Commerce excluded from the scope of 

the Order grade 1078 and higher tire 

cord quality wire rod used in the 

production of tire cord wire.4 On June 

13, 2019, Commerce excluded from the 

scope of the Order valve spring quality 

steel products defined as wire rod.5 For 

a complete description of the scope of 

the Order, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

We addressed all issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum. A list of these 

issues is attached in 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 accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Change Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on our analysis of the 

comments received from interested 

parties, a review of the record, and for 

the reasons explained in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum, we revised the 

general and administrative expenses 

ratio and changed the preliminary 

margin calculation. 

Final Results of the Review 

We determine that the following 

weighted-average dumping margin 

exists for the period May 1, 2019, 

through April 30, 2020: 

Producer and/or Exporter 

WeightedAverage 

Dumping 

Margin 

(percent) 

POSCO ....................................... 7.46 

Disclosure 

We intend to disclose the calculations 

performed for the final results within 

five days of the publication date of this 

notice in the Federal Register, in 


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