[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 28 (Thursday, February 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7799-7800]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02761]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-848]


Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber From Mexico: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. (Negromex) sold emulsion styrene-
butadiene rubber (ESB rubber) from Mexico in the United States at less 
than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, 
through August 31, 2020.

DATES: Applicable February 10, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer or Christopher Maciuba, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3860 or (202) 482-0413, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 6, 2021, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\ 
We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ 
Because we received no comments, the final results remain unchanged 
from the Preliminary Results.
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    \1\ See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Mexico: 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 
2019-2020, 86 FR 55579 (October 6, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Preliminary Results, 86 FR at 55579.
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    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 751 of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is ESB rubber from Mexico. For 
a complete description of the scope of the order, see Preliminary 
Results PDM.

Final Results of the Review

    We determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin 
exists for the respondent for the POR, September 1, 2019, through 
August 31, 2020:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                              (percent)
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Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V............................        2.65
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Disclosure

    As noted above, no party commented on the Preliminary Results. As a 
result, we have not modified our analysis from the Preliminary Results, 
and we will not issue a decision memorandum to accompany this Federal 
Register notice. We are adopting the Preliminary Results as the final 
results of this review. Further, because we have not changed our 
calculations since the Preliminary Results, there are no new 
calculations to disclose in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for these 
final results.

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, 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. For Negromex, because its weighted-average dumping margin 
is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), we will 
calculate importer-specific ad valorem assessment rates based on the 
ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales 
to the total entered value of those same sales.
    Consistent with Commerce's assessment practice, for entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Negromex for which 
Negromex did not know that the 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.\3\
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    \3\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP no earlier 
than 41 days after the date of publication of the final results of this 
review in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements for estimated antidumping 
duties will be effective for all shipments of subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the 
publication date of the final results of this administrative review, as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for Negromex will be equal to its weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by a producer or exporter not covered in this 
review, but covered in a prior completed 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 less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but 
the producer has been covered in a prior completed segment of this 
proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be the company-specific 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 19.52 percent,\4\ the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation. These cash deposit requirements, 
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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    \4\ See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, the 
Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Poland: Antidumping Duty Orders, 82 
FR 42790, 42791 (September 12, 2017).
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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

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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 double 
antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or 
conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure 
to comply with the regulations and 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) of the Act.

    Dated: February 3, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-02761 Filed 2-9-22; 8:45 am]
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