[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 127 (Wednesday, July 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39527-39529]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-14189]


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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; 2017-2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) 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.

DATES: Applicable July 1, 2020.

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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 19, 2019, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this review in the Federal Register.\1\ For a summary of events that 
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\2\ On March 12, 2020, Commerce extended the deadline for 
the final results to June 16, 2020.\3\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce 
tolled all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days, thereby 
extending the deadline for the final results of the administrative 
review until August 5, 2020.\4\
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    \1\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018, 84 FR 69722 (December 19, 2019) (Preliminary Results) and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final 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 (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico: Extension of 
Time Limit for Final Results,'' dated March 12, 2020.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to 
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
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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, 7213.997.0090, 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.\5\
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    \5\ For a full description of the scope of the order, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum, which is hereby adopted by this 
notice. The issues are identified in the Appendix to this notice. 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. In 
addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can 
be accessed directly on the internet at http://enforcement.trade.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 from parties, we 
have made certain revisions to the margin calculation for Deacero.\6\
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    \6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum; see also Memorandum, 
``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico, 2017-2018: 
Deacero Final Results Sales Calculation Memorandum,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review

    Deacero was the sole mandatory respondent. We have calculated a 
weighted-average dumping margin for Deacero that is not zero, de 
minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts available. 
Therefore, the margins assigned to the companies not selected for 
individual examination are equal to the margin calculated for Deacero.
    Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping 
margins exist for the period October 1, 2017 through September 30, 
2018:

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.....................................       13.68
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V..................................       13.68
ArcelorMittal Mexico S.A. de C.V (formerly ArcelorMittal Las       13.68
 Truchas S.A. de C.V.)......................................
Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V.................................       13.68
Talleres y Aceros de C.V....................................       13.68
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Disclosure

    We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this 
proceeding within five days after publication of these final results in 
the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    In accordance with the final results of this review, Commerce has 
determined, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.212(b). Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to CBP 41 days after the date of publication of 
these final results of review.\7\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 356.8(a).
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    For Deacero, Commerce has calculated importer-specific antidumping 
duty assessment rates by aggregating the total amount of dumping 
calculated for the examined sales of each importer and dividing each of 
these amounts by the total entered value associated with those sales. 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
without regard to antidumping duties any entries for which the 
importer-specific assessment rate is zero or de minimis. For entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Deacero 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. For the companies not selected for individual examination, 
we will instruct CBP to apply an assessment rate to all entries 
produced and/or exported by those companies equal to the dumping margin 
indicated above.

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) For producers or exporters covered in this 
administrative review, the cash deposit rates will be the rates 
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for 
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 
recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this 
review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the producer 
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the 
most recent period 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 
investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \8\ 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, 65947 (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 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). 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: June 24, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretaryfor Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

List of Topics Discussed in the Final Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. List of Comments
III. Background
IV. Non-Selected Rate
V. Scope of the Order
VI. Discussion of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Properly Adjusted Decaero's Costs to 
Exclude Yield Loss Reporting
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce used the Correct Financial Expense 
Ratio for the Calculation of Further Manufacturing Costs

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    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Correct Ministerial Errors 
Contained in its Preliminary Margin Calculation and Account for U.S. 
Inland Freight Expenses
VII. Recommendation

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