[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 93 (Tuesday, May 14, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28190-28192]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-11464]


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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; 2010-2011

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.


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SUMMARY: On November 8, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel 
wire rod (wire rod) from Mexico. The period of review (POR) is October 
1, 2010, through September 30, 2011, and the review covers one 
producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Deacero S.A. de C.V. and 
Deacero USA, Inc. (collectively, Deacero).
    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have made 
certain changes in the margin calculations. The final results, 
consequently, differ from the preliminary results. The final weighted-
average dumping margins for the reviewed firms are listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective Date: May 14, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia M. Tran or Eric B. Greynolds, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1503 
or (202) 482-6071, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 8, 2012, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the Preliminary Results of the antidumping duty administrative 
review of wire rod from Mexico.\1\ We invited interested parties to 
comment on our Preliminary Results. On December 10, 2012, the 
Department received case briefs from Deacero S.A. de C.V. and Deacero 
USA, Inc. (collectively, Deacero) and Nucor Corporation (Nucor). On 
December 17, 2012, we received rebuttal briefs from ArcelorMittal USA 
LLC and Gerdau Ameristeel US Inc. (collectively, ArcelorMittal), Nucor, 
and Deacero. The Department has conducted this administrative 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; 2010-
2011, 77 FR 66954 (November 8, 2012) (Preliminary Results).
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Period of Review

    The POR covered by this review is October 1, 2010, through 
September 30, 2011.

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this order is carbon and certain alloy 
steel wire rod. The product is currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 
7213.91.3010, 7213.91.3090, 7213.91.4510, 7213.91.4590, 7213.91.6010, 
7213.91.6090, 7213.99.0031, 7213.99.0038, 7213.99.0090, 7227.20.0010, 
7227.20.0020, 7227.20.0090, 7227.20.0095, 7227.90.6051, 7227.90.6053, 
7227.90.6058, and 7227.90.6059. Although the HTS numbers are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written product description, 
available in 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), remains 
dispositive.
    On October 1, 2012, the Department published Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: Affirmative Final Determination of 
Circumvention of the Antidumping Duty Order.\2\ The Department found 
that shipments of wire rod with an actual diameter of 4.75 mm to 5.00 
mm produced in Mexico and exported to the United States by Deacero 
constitute merchandise altered in form or appearance in such minor 
respects that it should be included within the scope of the order on 
wire rod from Mexico.
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    \2\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: 
Affirmative Final Determination of Circumvention of the Antidumping 
Duty Order, 77 FR 59892 (October 1, 2012).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this proceeding and to which we have responded are listed in Appendix 1 
to this notice and addressed in the Memorandum to Paul Piquado, 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, from Christian Marsh, 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Carbon and Certain Alloy 
Steel Wire Rod from Mexico; 2010-2011, dated concurrently with this 
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum)'', which is hereby adopted by 
this notice. A list of the issues which parties raised is attached to 
this notice as Appendix I. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU), Room 
7046 of the main Department of Commerce building, as well as 
electronically via Import Administration's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (IA ACCESS). 
IA ACCESS is available to registered users at http://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the CRU. In addition, a complete version of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Web at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/frn. The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the 
electronic versions of the Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical 
in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we have corrected a 
programming error in the weighted-average dumping margin calculation. A 
detailed discussion of the corrections made is included in the final 
analysis memorandum,\3\ which is hereby adopted by this notice and is 
on file electronically via IA ACCESS and in the CRU.
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    \3\ See ``Final Results in the 6th Administrative Review on 
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: Calculation 
Memorandum for Deacero S.A. de C.V. and Deacero USA, Inc. 
(collectively, Deacero),'' from Patricia Tran, International Trade 
Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, to The File, through Eric 
Greynolds, Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review

    As a result of this review, we determine that the following margin 
exists for the period October 1, 2010, through September 30, 2011:

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                                                       Weighted- average
                Manufacturer/exporter                    dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Deacero S.A. de C.V. and Deacero USA, Inc.                        12.08
 (collectively, Deacero).............................
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Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.212(b), 
the Department will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of 
subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of this 
review. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 
15 days after the date of publication of these final results of review.
    For assessment purposes, the Department 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

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Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
    We calculated such rates based on the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
the sales for which entered value was reported. If an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent) or 
the exporter has a weighted-average dumping margin that is zero or de 
minimis, the Department will instruct CBP to assess that importer's 
entries of subject merchandise without regard to antidumping duties, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. This clarification will apply to entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR produced by each respondent for which they 
did not know that their merchandise was destined for the United States. 
In such instances, 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 a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

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) The cash deposit rate for Deacero will be the rate 
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by manufacturers 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 recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation, 
but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate 
established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 20.11 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the investigation.\4\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico, 67 FR 
55800 (August 30, 2002).
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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 review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
increase in antidumping duties by the amount of antidumping duties 
reimbursed.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as the only 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 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.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice to parties in this proceeding in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). We are issuing and publishing these 
results of review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) 
of the Act.

    Dated: May 7, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum

Comment 1: Universe of Sales for Assessment Rate and Cash Deposit 
Rate
Comment 2: Universe of Sales--Entry Date vs. Sale Date
Comment 3: Establishing De Minimis Guidelines for ``Sufficient 
Sales'' or ``Meaningful Difference''
Comment 4: Whether to Automatically Apply the Average-to-Transaction 
Methodology to the Final Results
Comment 5: Whether Nucor's Argument in Case Briefs Qualifies as New 
Information
Comment 6: Whether the Department Erred in Calculating Inventory 
Carrying Cost

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