[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 47 (Thursday, March 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13705-13707]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-05069]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-830]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico: Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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


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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that sales of 
carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Mexico were 
made at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), 
October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2020.

DATES: Applicable March 10, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benjamin A. Smith, 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) 482-2181.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 4, 2021, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this review in the Federal Register.\1\ We invited interested parties 
to comment on the Preliminary Results. This review covers one mandatory 
respondent selected for individual examination, Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V. 
(Deacero). We received case briefs from Deacero and Nucor Corporation 
(Nucor, or the petitioner).\2\ Subsequently, we received a rebuttal 
brief from Deacero.\3\ A complete summary of the events that occurred 
since publication of the Preliminary Results is found in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.\4\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance 
with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and 
Partial Recission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-
2020, 86 FR 60799 (November 4, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Deacero's Letter, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 
Rod from Mexico--Case Brief,'' dated December 6, 2021; see also 
Nucor's Letter, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from 
Mexico: Case Brief,'' dated December 6, 2021.
    \3\ See Deacero's Letter, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 
Rod from Mexico--Rebuttal Brief,'' dated December 13, 2021.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Final Results 
of the 2019-2020 Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order 
on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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    \5\ See 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).
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    The merchandise subject to the Order is wire rod, in coils, of 
approximately round cross section, 5.00 mm or more, but less than 19.00 
mm, in solid cross-sectional diameter.
    A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The 
issues are identified in the 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the internet at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received from parties, we 
have made certain revisions to the margin calculation for Deacero.\6\ 
For detailed information, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Rate for Respondent Not Selected for Individual Examination

    Commerce did not select Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Ternium) for 
individual examination. Further, Ternium was not the subject of a 
withdrawal of request for review; did not request to participate as a 
voluntary respondent; did not submit a claim of no shipments; and was 
not otherwise collapsed with a mandatory respondent. Therefore, Ternium 
remains a respondent not selected for individual examination. As 
explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, we have assigned to 
Ternium the weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Deacero.

Final Results of the Review

    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period October 1, 2019, through September 30, 
2020:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                     Producers/exporters                        dumping
                                                                margins
                                                               (percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V......................................        4.64
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V..................................        4.64
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after publication of these final results in 
the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review.
    For Deacero, Commerce has calculated importer-specific antidumping 
duty assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the examined sales of each importer and dividing each of 
these amounts by the total entered value associated with those sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), 
we will instruct CBP to liquidate without regard to antidumping duties 
any entries for which the importer-specific assessment rate is zero or 
de minimis. For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced 
by Deacero for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries 
at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. For the companies not 
selected for individual examination, we will instruct CBP to apply an 
assessment rate to all entries produced and/or exported by those 
companies equal to the dumping margin indicated above. Commerce intends 
to issue assessment instructions to CBP 41 days after the date of 
publication of these final results of review.\7\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.356.8(a).
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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 subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication of the final 
results of this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2) 
of the Act: (1) For producers or exporters covered in this 
administrative review, the cash deposit rates will be the rates 
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for 
producers or exporters not covered in this administrative review but 
covered in a prior segment

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of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the 
company-specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the 
exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the 
original investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit rate 
will be the rate established 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 20.11 percent, the 
all-others rate established in the investigation.\8\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \8\ See Order, 67 FR at 65947.
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Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a final 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to 
judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with 
the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: March 3, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Margin for Company Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Made a Ministerial Error Related to 
Currency Conversion
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Exclude Insurance Revenue 
from the Calculation of Deacero's Home Market Credit Expenses
    Comment 3: Whether Deacero Failed to Report Inland Freight 
Expenses for Some U.S. Sales.
VII. Recommendation

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