[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77265-77266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-24830]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-847]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
Mexico: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony With the Results of 
Antidumping Administrative Review; Notice of Amended Final Results

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

SUMMARY: On July 19, 2023, the U.S. Court of International Trade (CIT) 
issued its final judgment in Nucor Tubular Products Inc. v. United 
States, Court No. 21-00543, sustaining the U.S. Department of 
Commerce's (Commerce) remand results pertaining to the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on heavy walled rectangular 
welded steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from Mexico covering 
the period of review (POR), September 1, 2018, through August 31, 2019. 
Commerce is notifying the public that the CIT's final judgment is not 
in harmony with Commerce's final results of the administrative review 
and that Commerce is amending the final results with respect to the 
dumping margins assigned to Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero) and 
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa).

DATES: Applicable July 29, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Crespo, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 2, 2021, Commerce published its Final Results.\1\ In the 
Final Results, Commerce made no changes to the Preliminary Results \2\ 
and continued to rely on the same (1) home market and U.S. sales for 
Maquilacero's cost recovery test; and (2) currency conversion 
programming for Prolamsa. We found that Maquilacero and Prolamsa did 
not make sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) 
during the POR.
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2018-2019, 86 FR 41448 (August 2, 2021) (Final Results), and 
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum (IDM).
    \2\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Mexico: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 86 FR 7067 (January 26, 2021) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.
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    Nucor Tubular Products, Inc. (Nucor), i.e., the domestic interested 
party, appealed Commerce's Final Results. On January 18, 2023, the CIT 
remanded the Final Results to Commerce to reconsider Nucor's 
ministerial error comments and reexamine (1) the placeholder numbers 
used to calculate Maquilacero's quarterly costs in the Preliminary 
Results; and (2) Commerce's assessment of Prolamsa's home market price 
calculations and correct any potential errors in its currency 
conversions.\3\ Specifically, the CIT held that Commerce needed to 
reconsider the above company-specific calculations in order to address 
the ministerial error comments and correctly implement its quarterly 
cost methodology for Maquilacero, and calculate the correct NV for 
Prolamsa, so that Commerce meets its obligation to calculate 
antidumping duty rates as accurately as possible.\4\ In the Final 
Remand, issued in March 2023, Commerce reconsidered the facts on the 
record and corrected the (1) time period of U.S. sales used in 
Maquilacero's home market SAS program to be based on all U.S. sales 
made in the POR; and (2) currency of certain variables to base 
Prolamsa's NV calculation on the correct currency.\5\ On July 19, 2023, 
the CIT sustained Commerce's Final Remand.\6\
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    \3\ See Nucor Tubular Products Inc. v. United States, 619 F. 
Supp. 3d 1279 (CIT 2023).
    \4\ Id. at 1286-7.
    \5\ See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant to Court 
Remand, Nucor Tubular Products Inc. v. United States, 619 F. Supp. 
3d 1279 (CIT 2023), dated March 17, 2023 (Final Remand).
    \6\ See Nucor Tubular Products Inc. v. United States, Court No. 
21-00543, Slip Op. 23-104 (CIT 2023).
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Timken Notice

    In its decision in Timken,\7\ as clarified by Diamond Sawblades,\8\ 
the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit held that, pursuant 
to section 516A(c) and (e) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), Commerce must publish a notice of court decision that is not ``in 
harmony'' with a Commerce determination and suspend liquidation of 
entries pending a ``conclusive'' court decision. The CIT's July 19, 
2023, judgment constitutes a final decision of the CIT that is not in 
harmony with Commerce's Final Results. Thus, this notice is published 
in fulfillment of the publication requirements of Timken.
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    \7\ See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337 (Fed. Cir. 
1990) (Timken).
    \8\ See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coal. v. United States, 626 F.3d 
1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) (Diamond Sawblades).
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Amended Final Results

    Because there is now a final court judgment, Commerce is amending 
its Final Results with respect to Prolamsa, Maquilacero, and the margin 
for non-selected companies as follows: \9\
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    \9\ See Final Remand for details related to the margin 
calculations.

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                                                               Weighted-
                                                                average
                      Producer/exporter                         dumping
                                                                 margin
                                                               (percent)
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Maquilacero S.A. de C.V......................................       3.48
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.................       2.11
Arco Metal S.A. de C.V.......................................       2.51
Forza Steel S.A. de C.V......................................       2.51
Industrias Monterrey, S.A. de C.V............................       2.51
Perfiles y Herrajes LM S.A. de C.V...........................       2.51
PYTCO S.A. de C.V............................................       2.51
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V.................       2.51
Ternium S.A. de C.V..........................................       2.51
Tuberia Nacional, S.A. de C.V................................       2.51
Tuberias Procarsa S.A. de C.V................................       2.51
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Cash Deposit Requirements

    Because Maquilacero and Prolamsa each have cash deposit rates that 
have been superseded by a subsequent administrative review of the AD 
order at this time, Commerce will not issue revised cash deposit 
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). This notice 
will not affect the current cash deposit rate for these two companies.
    With respect to all the non-selected companies, because the cash 
deposit rates have not been superseded by a subsequent administrative 
review of the AD order at this time, Commerce intends to issue amended 
cash deposit instructions to CBP.

Liquidation of Suspended Entries

    Because the CIT's ruling has not been appealed, in accordance with 
19 CFR 351.212(b), Commerce intends to instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on the following unliquidated entries of subject 
merchandise: (1)

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produced and exported by Maquilacero; (2) produced and exported by 
Prolamsa; and (3) produced and/or exported by the non-selected 
companies. Commerce intends to instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review when the 
importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not zero or de minimis. 
Where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero or de 
minimis,\10\ Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate the 
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
516A(c) and (e) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 1, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-24830 Filed 11-8-23; 8:45 am]
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