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1See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review and Preliminary 

Determination of No Shipments; 2018–2019, 86 FR 

15458 (March 23, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and 

accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

2The petitioners are the Rebar Trade Action 

Coalition (RTAC) and its individual members, 

Nucor Corporation, Ameristeel US Inc., Commercial 

Metals Company, Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc. 

and Byer Steel Corporation (the petitioners). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing 

Bar from Mexico: Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2018–2019; Extension of 

Deadline for Final Results,’’ dated June 22, 2021. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing 

Bar from Mexico: Issues and Decision 

Memorandum for the Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2018–2019,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). 

5 Id. at 2–3 and Comments 4, 5 and 6. 

6See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 

France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United 

Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews 

in Part, 73 FR 52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008), 

and accompanying Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at Comment 16. 

1Actual quantity will be limited to remaining inventory. 

2Strategic and Critical Materials collected from E-Waste (Strategic Materials collected from electronics waste). 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–201–844] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review and Final 

Determination of No Shipments; 2018– 

2019 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that steel 

concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from 

Mexico was sold in the United States at 

less than normal value during the 

period of review (POR), November 1, 

2018, through October 31, 2019. In 

addition, Commerce determines that 

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

(Ternium) had no shipments of subject 

merchandise during the POR. 

DATES: Applicable September 9, 2021. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Lindgren, 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) 482–1671. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On March 23, 2021, Commerce 

published the Preliminary Results.1 On 

April 22, 2021, Commerce received case 

briefs on behalf of the petitioners 2 and 

Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Deacero). On 

April 29, 2021, the petitioners and 

Deacero submitted rebuttal briefs. 

Commerce extended the deadline for 

the final results by 58 days on June 22, 

2021.3 The deadline for the final results 

of this review is now September 17, 

2021. For a complete description of the 

events that occurred since the 

Preliminary Results, see the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum.4

Scope of the Order 

The product covered by the order is 

steel concrete reinforcing bar from 

Mexico. For a complete description of 

the scope, see the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in the case and 

rebuttal briefs are addressed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the issues that parties raised and 

to which we responded in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum is attached 

to this notice as an Appendix. 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 at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/index.html/. 

Determination of No Shipments 

As noted in the Preliminary Results, 

we received a no-shipment claim from 

Ternium. In the Preliminary Results, we 

preliminarily determined that Ternium 

had no shipments during the POR. We 

received no comments from interested 

parties with respect to this claim. 

Therefore, we continue to find that 

Ternium had no shipments during the 

POR. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

Based on a review of the record and 

comments received from interested 

parties, we: (1) Corrected an error in 

Commerce’s dumping margin 

programming when calculating the 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

Deacero; (2) used a revised U.S. sales 

database; (3) updated the date assigned 

to U.S. sales without a reported 

payment date; and (4) updated our 

calculation of the cost of scrap.5

Rates for Companies Not Selected for 

Individual Examination 

The statute and Commerce’s 

regulations do not address the 

establishment of a rate to be applied to 

individual companies not selected for 

examination when Commerce limits its 

examination in an administrative review 

pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the 

Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 

Generally, Commerce looks to section 

735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides 

instructions for calculating the allothers rate in an investigation, for 

guidance when calculating the rate for 

companies which we did not examine 

in an administrative review. Section 

735(c)(5)(A) of the Act establishes a 

preference to avoid using rates which 

are zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

on facts available (FA) in calculating an 

all-others rate. Accordingly, 

Commerce’s practice in administrative 

reviews has been to average the 

weighted-average dumping margins for 

the companies selected for individual 

examination in the annual review, 

excluding rates that are zero, de 

minimis, or based entirely on FA.6 For 

these final results of review, we 

calculated a weighted-average dumping 

margin for Deacero that is above de 

minimis and not based entirely on FA. 

Therefore, consistent with our practice, 

we have assigned the companies not 

selected for individual examination 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 November 

1, 2018, through October 31, 2019: 


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7This also applies to any entries made under the 

name DE ACERO SA. DE CV. While the petitioner 

requested a review of both DE ACERO SA. DE CV. 

and Deacero, Commerce has previously determined 

that DE ACERO SA. DE CV. is the same company 

as Deacero and therefore, we are treating DE ACERO 

SA. DE CV. as the same as Deacero. See, e.g., Steel 

Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final 

Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR 71053 (November 6, 

2020) (2017–2018 AR Mexico Rebar Final), at 

71053–71054. 

8Commerce has previously collapsed the 

following entities into a single entity: Grupo Simec; 

Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala, S.A. de C.V.; 

Compania Siderurgica del Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; 

Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de C.V.; 

Grupo Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Operadora de Perfiles 

Sigosa, S.A. de C.V.; Orge S.A. de C.V.; Perfiles 

Comerciales Sigosa, S.A. de C.V.; RRLC S.A.P.I. de 

C.V.; Sideru ́rgicos Noroeste, S.A. de C.V.; 

Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; 

Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V.; Simec 

International, S.A. de C.V.; Simec International 7 

S.A. de C.V.; and Simec International 9 S.A. de C.V. 

See, e.g., 2017–2018 AR Mexico Rebar Final, 85 FR 

at 71053–71054. 

9For a full discussion of this practice, see 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 

(May 6, 2003). 

10See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from 

Mexico: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 54967 (September 15, 

2014). 

Producer and/or exporter 

Weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V.7 .......................................................................................................................................................... 4.93 

Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies: ..................................

Grupo Simec (Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala, S.A. de C.V.; Compania Siderurgica del Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; 

Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de C.V.; Grupo Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Operadora de Perfiles Sigosa, 

S.A. de C.V.; Orge S.A. de C.V.; Perfiles Comerciales Sigosa, S.A. de C.V.; RRLC S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Sideru ́rgicos 

Noroeste, S.A. de C.V.; Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V.; 

Simec International, S.A. de C.V.; Simec International 7 S.A. de C.V.; and Simec International 9 S.A. de C.V.)8 ..... 4.93 

AceroMex S.A ............................................................................................................................................................................ 4.93 

Arcelor Mittal .............................................................................................................................................................................. 4.93 

ArcelorMittal Celaya ................................................................................................................................................................... 4.93 

ArcelorMittal Cordoba S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................................ 4.93 

ArcelorMittal Lazaro Cardenas S.A. de C.V .............................................................................................................................. 4.93 

Cia Siderurgica de California, S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................... 4.93 

Compania Siderurgica de California, S.A. de C.V .................................................................................................................... 4.93 

Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V ...................................................................................................................................................... 4.93 

Industrias CH ............................................................................................................................................................................. 4.93 

Siderurgica Tultitlan S.A. de C.V ............................................................................................................................................... 4.93 

Talleres y Aceros, S.A. de C.V ................................................................................................................................................. 4.93 

Assessment Rate 

Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), 

Commerce shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. 

Because Deacero’s weighted-average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), 

Commerce has calculated importerspecific antidumping duty assessment 

rates. We 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 sales value 

associated with those sales. Where 

either the respondent’s weightedaverage 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, 

we will instruct CBP to liquidate the 

appropriate entries without regard to 

antidumping duties. 

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by Deacero 

where the producer did not know its 

merchandise was destined for the 

United States, or for entries associated 

with Ternium, who had no shipments 

during the POR, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate unreviewed suspended 

entries, consistent with the reseller 

policy, at the all-others rate if there is 

no rate for the intermediate 

company(ies) involved in the 

transaction.9

The assessment rate for antidumping 

duties for each of the companies not 

selected for individual examination, 

will be equal to the weighted-average 

dumping margin identified above in the 

Final Results of Review. 

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 rates for the 

companies identified above in the Final 

Results of Review will be equal to the 

company-specific weighted-average 

dumping margin established in the final 

results of this administrative review; (2) 

for merchandise exported by a company 

not covered in this administrative 

review but covered in a completed 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; (3) if the exporter is not a 

firm covered in this review or 

completed prior segment of this 

proceeding but the producer is, the cash 

deposit rate will be the companyspecific rate established for the most 

recently-completed segment of this 

proceeding for the producer of the 

subject merchandise; and (4) the cash 

deposit rate for all other producers or 

exporters will continue to be 20.58 

percent, the rate established in the 

investigation of this proceeding.10 These 

cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Notification to Importers 

This notice 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 POR. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

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assessment of double antidumping 

duties. 

Administrative Protective Order 

This notice also serves as a final 

reminder to parties subject to 

administrative protective order (APO) of 

their responsibility concerning the 

return or destruction of proprietary 

information disclosed under APO in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), 

which continues to govern business 

proprietary information in this segment 

of the proceeding. Timely written 

notification of the return or 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 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(1). 

Dated: September 1, 2021. 

Christian Marsh, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

V. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Whether to Grant Deacero a 

CEP Offset 

Comment 2: Whether to Apply Adverse 

Facts Available to U.S. Freight Expenses 

Comment 3: Whether Section 232 Duties 

Should be Deducted from U.S. Price 

Comment 4: Whether to Correct for a 

Macro Programming Error 

Comment 5: Whether to Rely on Deacero’s 

Revised U.S. Sales Database 

Comment 6: Whether to Include Certain 

Items in the Calculation of Scrap Costs 

Comment 7: Whether to Make Adjustments 

to the Scrap Offset Calculation 

VI. Recommendation 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Institute of Standards and 

Technology 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology 

AGENCY: National Institute of Standards 

and Technology, Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: National Institute of 

Standards and Technology (NIST)’s 

Visiting Committee on Advanced 

Technology (VCAT or Committee) will 

meet on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, 

from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern 

Time. 

DATES: The VCAT will meet on 

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a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be a 

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admittance instructions under the 

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this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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Bureau Drive, Mail Stop 1060, 

Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899–1060, 

telephone number 240–298–4654. Ms. 

Shaw’s email address is 

stephanie.shaw@nist.gov. 

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to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

as amended, 5 U.S.C. App., notice is 

hereby given that the VCAT will meet 

on Tuesday, October 26, 2021, from 

10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Eastern Time. 

The meeting will be open to the public. 

The VCAT is composed of not fewer 

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Director, eminent in such fields as 

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development, engineering, labor, 

education, management consulting, 

environment, and international 

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its budget, and its programs within the 

framework of applicable national 

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an update on major legislation and 

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will also include updates on the NIST 

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update on ongoing actions to implement 

NIST’s Strategic Plan. The agenda may 

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Individuals and representatives of 

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exact time for public comments will be 

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posted on the NIST website at http://

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Questions from the public will not be 

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Authority: 15 U.S.C. 278, as amended, 

and the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act, as amended, 5 U.S.C. App. 

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NIST Executive Secretariat. 

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Renewal of Department of Defense 

Federal Advisory Committees— 

Defense Policy Board 

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SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this 

notice to announce that it is renewing 

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Management Officer for the Department 

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