[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27147-27148]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-11452]


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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; 2012-2013

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

SUMMARY: On November 7, 2014, 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, 2012, through September 30, 2013, and the review covers one 
producer/exporter of subject merchandise, Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.
    Based on our analysis of the comments received, we 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 producer/exporter is listed below in the 
section entitled ``Final Results of Review.''

DATES: Effective Date: May 12, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 202/482-1009.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 7, 2014, 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 8, 2014, the Department 
received a case brief from Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Deacero USA, 
Inc. (collectively, Deacero). On December 15, 2014, we received a 
rebuttal brief from Petitioners.\2\ The Department 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; 2012-
2013, 77 FR 66358 (November 7, 2014) (Preliminary Results) and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum).
    \2\ Petitioners are ArcelorMittal USA LLC and Gerdau Ameristeel 
U.S. Inc.
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Period of Review

    The POR covered by this review is October 1, 2012, through 
September 30, 2013.

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 
remains dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: Issues and 
Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of the Antidumping 
Administrative Review; 2012-2013,'' (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum), dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this 
notice.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this proceeding are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 
list of the issues that parties raised and to which we responded 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

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Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service 
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit (CRU), Room 7046 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the Internet at http://trade.gov/enforcement. 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 corrected two 
programming errors in the weighted-average dumping margin calculation. 
A detailed discussion of the corrections made is included in the 
Calculation Memorandum for Final Results.\4\
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    \4\ 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 John Conniff, International Trade 
Analyst, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, to The File, through Eric 
Greynolds, Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, 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, 2012, through September 30, 2013:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                    Manufacturer/exporter                       dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Deacero USA, Inc.                   * 2.13
 (collectively, Deacero)....................................
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* ad valorem.

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 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).
    For 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, 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 assessment practice, 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.\5\ These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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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).
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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.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (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/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.
    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: May 6, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. List of Comments
Comment 1: Calculation Errors
Comment 2: Differential Pricing
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Discussion of Comments
VI. Recommendation

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