[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 77 (Monday, April 22, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16646-16647]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-08002]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-836]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-2017

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero) and Regiomontana de Perfiles y 
Tubos S.A. de C.V. (Regiopytsa) made sales of light-walled rectangular 
pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico at prices below normal value during 
the period of review (POR) August 1, 2016, through July 31, 2017.

DATES: Applicable April 22, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Madeline Heeren and Kent Boydston, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-9179 and (202) 
482-5649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 6, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results.\1\ On December 17, 2018, Commerce extended the final results 
deadline until March 5, 2019.\2\ In addition, Commerce exercised its 
discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the partial federal 
government closure from December 22, 2018, through the resumption of 
operations on January 29, 2019. If the new deadline falls on a non-
business day, in accordance with Commerce's practice, the deadline will 
become the next business day. Accordingly, the deadline for the final 
results of this review was revised to April 15, 2019.\3\
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    \1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-
2017, 83 FR 45211 (September 8, 2018) and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Letter, ``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from 
Mexico: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated December 17, 2018.
    \3\ See Memorandum to the file from Gary Taverman, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance regarding 
``Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal 
Government,'' dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment 
of the proceeding have been extended by 40 days.
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    A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published 
these results, as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by 
parties for these final results, may be found in the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice.\4\
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    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty 
Order on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2016-
2017,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Issues and Decision 
Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the scope of the order are certain light-
walled rectangular pipe and tube 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 by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the 
issues raised 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 and in the Central Records 
Unit (CRU), room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 
The signed Issues and Decision Memorandum and the electronic version of 
the memorandum are identical in content.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on our review of the record and comments received from 
interested parties, we made certain revisions to the preliminary margin 
calculations for Maquilacero and Regiopytsa. The Issues

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and Decision Memorandum contains a description of these revisions.\5\
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    \5\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 4-5; see also 
Memoranda, ``Analysis Memorandum for Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. in the 
Final Results of the 2016/2017 Administrative Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube 
from Mexico,'' and ``Analysis Memorandum for Regiomontana de 
Perfiles y Tubos, S.A. de C.V. in the Final Results of the 2016/2017 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico,'' both dated concurrently 
with this notice.
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Final Results of the Review

    The final weighted-average dumping margins for the exporters or 
producers listed below are as follows: \6\
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    \6\ For Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V and Productos 
Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. which were not selected for 
individual review, we assigned a rate based on the rates for the 
respondents that were selected for individual review, excluding 
rates that are zero, de minimis or based entirely on facts 
available. See section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         margin
                                                               (percent)
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Maquilacero S.A. de C.V.....................................       17.65
Perfiles y Herrajes LM, S.A. de C.V.\7\.....................       12.78
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V................       12.78
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V................        8.32
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Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days of the date of publication of this notice, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    \7\See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: 
Initiation and Expedited Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review, 82 FR 54322 (November 17, 2017) and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum, unchanged in Light-
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Final Results of 
Changed Circumstances Review, 83 FR 13475 (March 29, 2018) (Commerce 
determined that Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V. is the successor-in-
interest to Perfiles y Herrajes, S.A. de C.V.).
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Duty Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, 
and U.S. Customs and Border Protections (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance 
with the final results of this review. We will calculate importer-
specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount 
of antidumping duties calculated for each importer's examined sales and 
the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each 
respondent 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.
    We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 41 days after 
publication of the final results of this review.

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 date of publication, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for 
the respondents noted above 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 
recently completed segment of this proceeding; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the 
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 3.76 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 Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, the 
People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea: Antidumping 
Duty Orders; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the 
Republic of Korea: Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 45403 (August 5, 2008).
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Notification to Importers Regarding the Reimbursement of Duties

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding 
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation of the 
relevant entries during the POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement 
of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled 
antidumping duties.

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) and 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: April 15, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. List of Issues
III. Background
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    A. General Issues
    Comment 1: Rate for Non-Examined Respondents
    B. Maquilacero-Specific Issues
    Comment 2: Non-Subject Merchandise
    Comment 3: Level of Trade
    Comment 4: Scrap Offset
    Comment 5: Transactions Disregarded Rule
    Comment 6: General and Administrative Expense Adjustment
    Comment 7: Amended Draft Liquidation Instructions
    C. Regiopytsa-Specific Issues
    Comment 8: Ministerial Error
    Comment 9: Cost Reconciliation Adjustment
    Comment 10: Revised Scrap Adjustment
    Comment 11: Interest Expense Ratio
VII. Recommendation

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