[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 119 (Monday, June 22, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35626-35627]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-15063]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-830]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico: Amended 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is amending the 
Final Results \1\ of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from Mexico to correct 
ministerial errors. The period of review (``POR'') is October 1, 2012, 
through September 30, 2013.
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    \1\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: 
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013 
80 FR 27147 (May 12, 2015) (``Final Results'').

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DATES: Effective date June 22, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Terpstra, 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 202-482-3965.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 11, 2015, the Department disclosed to interested parties its 
calculations for the Final Results.\2\ On May 18, 2015, we received 
ministerial error allegations from Petitioners \3\ and Deacero S.A.P.I 
de C.V. and Deacero USA (``Deacero'') regarding the Department's final 
margin calculations.\4\ On May 26, 2015, Deacero submitted rebuttal 
comments to Petitioners' allegations.\5\
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation Memorandum for Daecero S.A. de 
C.V. and Deacero USA, INC. (collectively, Deacero)'' dated May 6, 
2015.
    \3\ Petitioners are Gerdau Ameristeel USA, Inc. and Arcelor 
Mittal USA LLC.
    \4\ See Letter from Petitioners, ``Eighth (12/13) Administrative 
Review of Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico--
Petitioner's Comments on a Ministerial Error in Final Results'' 
dated May 18, 2015; and Letter from Deacero '' Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: Ministerial Error Comments'' dated 
May 18, 2015.
    \5\ See Letter from Deacero, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel 
Wire Rod from Mexico: Reply to Respondent's Ministerial Error 
Comments'' dated May 26, 2015.
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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.\6\
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    \6\ 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'' dated May 6, 2015 (``Issues and 
Decision Memorandum'').
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Ministerial Errors

    Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), 
and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define a ``ministerial error'' as an error ``in 
addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error 
resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any 
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers 
ministerial.'' We analyzed Petitioners' and Deacero's ministerial error 
comments and determined, in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that there were three ministerial errors in our 
calculation of Deacero's margin for the Final Results. For a complete 
discussion of these allegations, see the Department's Ministerial 
Errors Memorandum.\7\
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    \7\ See ``2012-2013 Administrative Review of the Antidumping 
Order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: 
Ministerial Error Allegations for Final Results'' dated concurrently 
with this notice (``Ministerial Errors Memorandum'').
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    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
we are amending the Final Results.\8\ The revised weighted-average 
dumping margin is detailed below.
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    \8\ Id.
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Amended Final Results

    As a result of correcting for these ministerial errors, we 
determine the following margin exists for the period October 1, 2012, 
through September 30, 2013.

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                                              Weighted-average dumping
           Manufacturer/exporter                  margin (percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and Deacero USA,   0.37 (de minimis) ad valorem
 Inc. (collectively, Deacero).
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Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) 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 amended final results of 
this review. The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to 
CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these amended 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 amended 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 
amended 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 amended final results of this 
administrative review (except, if the rate is zero or de minimis, i.e., 
less than 0.5 percent, a zero cash deposit rate will be required for 
that company); (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.\9\ These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \9\ 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.

Disclosure

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

    Dated: June 11, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-15063 Filed 6-19-15; 8:45 am]
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