[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69722-69723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-27406]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-830]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico: Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that sales of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from 
Mexico were made at less than normal value during the period of review 
(POR), October 1, 2017 through September 30, 2018. We invite interested 
parties to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable December 19, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska, 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) 482-8362.

Background

    On October 29, 2002 Commerce published the Wire Rod Order in the 
Federal Register.\1\ On December 11, 2018, pursuant to section 
751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce 
initiated an administrative review of the Wire Rod Order covering 
Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Deacero), ArcelorMittal Las Truchas, S.A. de 
C.V. (AMLT), ArcelorMittal Mexico S.A. de C.V. (AMM) (successor-in-
interest to AMLT),\2\ Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Ternium), Grupo 
Villacero S.A. de C.V. (Grupo Villacero), and Talleres y Aceros S.A. de 
C.V. (Talleres y Aceros).\3\ 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 28, 
2019.\4\ As a result, the revised deadline for the preliminary results 
of this administrative review became August 12, 2019. On July 26, 2019, 
Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results to December 
10, 2019.\5\ For a complete description of the events that followed the 
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \1\ 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) 
(Wire Rod Order).
    \2\ See Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review: 
Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
from Mexico, 82 FR 53456 (November 16, 2017) in which Commerce 
determined that AMM is the successor-in-interest to AMLT.
    \3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 63615 (December 11, 2018).
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Partial Shutdown 
of the Federal Government,'' dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines 
in this segment of the proceeding affected by the partial federal 
government closure have been extended by 40 days.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod 
from Mexico: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 26, 2019.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Carbon and 
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico; 2017-2018,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Wire Rod Order is wire rod, in coils, of 
approximately round cross section, 5.00 mm or more, but less than 19.00 
mm, in solid cross-sectional diameter. The subject merchandise is 
currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (HTSUS) subheadings: 7213.91.3000, 7213.91.3010, 
7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 7213.91.3090, 7213.91.3091, 
7213.91.3092, 7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 7213.91.4510, 7213.91.4590, 
7213.91.6000, 7213.91.6010, 7213.91.6090, 7213.99.0030, 7213.99.0031, 
7213.99.0038, 7213.99.0090, 7227.20.0000, 7227.20.0010, 7227.20.0020, 
7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080, 7227.20.0090, 7227.20.0095, 7227.90.6010, 
7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, 7227.90.6035, 7227.90.6050, 7227.90.6051, 
7227.90.6053, 7227.90.6058, 7227.90.6059, 7227.90.6080, and 
7227.90.6085. The HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes only; the written product description remains 
dispositive. A full description of the scope of the Wire Rod Order is 
contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. Export and constructed export price were 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value was 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. The Preliminary 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 is available to all parties in the Central 
Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. 
In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 
can be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. The signed Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic version of the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum are identical in content. A list of topics discussed in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this 
notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the 
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margins
                                                               (percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V......................................        6.70
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V..................................        6.70
ArcelorMittal Mexico S.A. de C.V (formerly ArcelorMittal Las        6.70
 Truchas de C.V.)...........................................
Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V.................................        6.70
Talleres y Aceros de C.V....................................        6.70
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered 
by this review. If the weighted-average dumping margin for Deacero is 
not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will calculate 
importer-specific ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on 
the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's 
examined sales to the total entered value of those same sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR

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351.212(b)(1).\7\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-
specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review 
is above de minimis (i.e., 0.5 percent). Where either the respondent's 
weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, 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. 
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment 
of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by the final 
results of this review where applicable.
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    \7\ In the preliminary results, Commerce 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).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each 
respondent which did not know that its merchandise was destined for the 
United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate entries not reviewed 
at the all-others rate of 20.11 percent \8\ if there is no rate for the 
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to 
issue instructions to CBP 41 days after publication of the final 
results of this review.\9\
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    \8\ See Wire Rod Order, 67 FR at 65947.
    \9\ See 19 CFR 356.8(a).
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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 wire rod from Mexico entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the 
final results, as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The 
cash deposit rate for the firms listed above will be equal to the 
dumping margins established in the final results of this review, except 
if the ultimate rates are de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rates will be zero; (2) 
for merchandise exported by producers 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 in 
which the producer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not 
a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-
than-fair-value investigation but the producer is, then the cash 
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently 
completed segment of the proceeding for the producer of the 
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or 
exporters will continue to be 20.11 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the antidumping duty investigation.\10\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \10\ See Wire Rod Order, 67 FR at 65947.
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed in these 
preliminary results to parties in this proceeding within five days of 
the date of publication of this notice.\11\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Public Comment

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of 
this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case 
briefs, may be filed no later than five days after the date for filing 
case briefs.\12\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 
this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A 
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a 
table of authorities.\13\ All briefs must be filed electronically using 
ACCESS. An electronically filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by the established deadline.
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    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) and 19 CFR 351.303 (for 
general filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. Requests should contain: (1) The party's 
name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 
and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. If a request for a hearing is 
made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time 
and date to be determined. Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled 
date.
    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of our analysis of the issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice also serves as a preliminary 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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: December 9, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Non-Selected Rate
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Recommendation

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