[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 147 (Monday, August 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36421-36423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14715]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-830]
Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico: Final
Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR) October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
DATES: Applicable August 4, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Palmer, 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) 482-2352 or (202)
482-1678, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On November 14, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results
for this administrative review in the Federal Register and invited
interested parties to comment.\1\ This review covers two mandatory
respondents selected for individual examination, Deacero S.A.P.I de
C.V. (Deacero) and TA 2000 S.A. de C.V. (TA 2000).
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\1\ See Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 89952 (November 14, 2024)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
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On December 16, 2024, we received a case brief from Deacero,\2\
and, subsequently, on December 23, 2024, we received a rebuttal brief
from Nucor Corporation and Commercial Metal Company (collectively,
Nucor/CMC).\3\
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\2\ See Deacero's Letter, ``Case Brief,'' dated December 16,
2024 (Deacero's Case Brief).
\3\ See Nucor/CMC's Letter, ``Rebuttal Brief,'' dated December
23, 2024 (Nucor/CMC's Rebuttal Brief).
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On July 18, 2025, Commerce issued a post-preliminary analysis
regarding changes to its differential pricing analysis and established
a briefing schedule solely for arguments related to Commerce's new
methodology.\4\ We did not receive any comments from interested
parties.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis for the
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico; 2022-2023,'' dated July
18, 2025; see also Memorandum, ``Briefing Schedule for Post-
Preliminarily Determination,'' dated July 21, 2025.
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A complete summary of the events that occurred since publication of
the Preliminary Results is found in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\5\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance with
section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Carbon and
Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico; 2022-2023,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Final Successor-in-Interest Determination
Pursuant to section 751(b)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.216(d),
when Commerce receives information concerning, or a request from an
interested party for a review of, an order which shows changed
circumstances sufficient to warrant a review of such order after
publishing notice of the review in the Federal Register, Commerce shall
conduct a review of the determination based on those changed
circumstances. While successor-in-interest determinations are often
made in the context of distinct changed circumstance reviews (CCRs) to
consider the applicability of cash deposit rates after there have been
changes in the name or the structure of a respondent, such as a merger
or spinoff (successor-in-interest, or successorship, determinations),
Commerce has also made successor-in-interest determinations in the
context of administrative reviews and investigations.\6\
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\6\ See, e.g., Certain Frozen Warmwater Shrimp from the People's
Republic of China: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 85 FR
83891 (December 23, 2020), and accompanying IDM at Comment 3.
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In this review, TA 2000 identified that it was formerly named
Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Talleres y Aceros) and made a legal
name change through a merger in which TA 2000 S.A. de C.V. became the
revised name of the legal entity and provided information necessary to
evaluate the statements in support of the successorship claim within
the context of Commerce's established criteria.\7\ In the Preliminary
Results, Commerce found that, based on the totality of the
circumstances and in the absence of any contradictory information on
the record, TA 2000 is the successor-in-interest to Talleres y Aceros,
as the change in the company's name was not accompanied by significant
changes to its management and operations, production facilities,
supplier relationships, and/or customer base.\8\ Thus, we preliminarily
concluded that TA 2000 operates as essentially the same business entity
as Talleres y Aceros, that TA 2000 is the successor-in-interest to
Talleres y Aceros, and that TA 2000 should receive the same antidumping
duty (AD) cash deposit rate and customs number as its predecessor, with
respect to subject merchandise.\9\
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\7\ See TA 2000's Letter, ``Supplemental Response,'' dated July
17, 2024.
\8\ See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 89953, and accompanying
PDM at 6.
\9\ Id.
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No party commented on this determination, and Commerce received no
subsequent information or argument to compel reconsideration thereof;
therefore, we continue to find TA 2000 to be the successor-in-interest
to Talleres y Aceros, and that TA 2000 should receive the same AD cash
deposit rate and customs number as its predecessor.
Scope of the Order 10
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\10\ 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)
(Order).
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The merchandise subject to the Order is certain hot-rolled products
of carbon steel and alloy steel, in coils, of approximately round cross
section, 5.00 mm or more, but less than 19.00 mm, in solid cross-
sectional diameter.
For the full text of the scope of the Order, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Analysis of the Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs that were
submitted by interested parties are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues which parties raised, and to
which we respond in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, is attached 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
System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, the Issues and Decision Memorandum can
be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and analysis of the comments
received from interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, we
made changes to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margins
calculated for Deacero. For detailed information, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period October 1, 2022, through September
30, 2023:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V..................................... 13.45
TA 2000 S.A. de C.V......................................... 18.09
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Disclosure
We intend to disclose to interested parties the calculations and
analysis performed for these final results within five days of the date
of the publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject
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merchandise in accordance with the final results of this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific ad
valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of
those sales. Where the respondent did not report entered value, we
calculated a per-unit assessment rate for each importer by dividing the
total amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales made to that
importer by the total quantity associated with those sales. To
determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate is de
minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we also calculated an
importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on estimated entered values.
Where either the respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is zero
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), 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.\11\
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\11\ In these final 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 Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77
FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by
Deacero or TA 2000 for which they did not know their merchandise they
sold to an intermediary (e.g., a reseller, trading company, or
exporter) 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. 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 and for future deposits of estimated duties,
where applicable.\12\
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\12\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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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 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 the companies listed above will
be equal to the weighted-average dumping margins established in the
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise
exported by producers or exporters 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 recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered
in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation, but the
producer has been covered in a prior complete segment of this
proceeding, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for
the most recent period for the producer of the merchandise; (4) the
cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will
continue to be 20.11 percent.\13\ These cash deposit requirements, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\13\ See Order, 67 FR at 65947.
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Notification to Importers
This notice also 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 Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 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 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 these final results of administrative
review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: July 29, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Revise the Draft Liquidation Instructions
Comment 2: Whether to Revise the Preliminary Calculation of
Deacero's Margin
VI. Recommendation
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