Notice2021-21822
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber From Mexico: Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
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Published
October 6, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. (Negromex) made sales of emulsion styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB rubber) from Mexico at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through August 31, 2020. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 191 (Wednesday, October 6, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55579-55581]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-21822]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-848]
Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber From Mexico: Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that
Industrias Negromex S.A. de C.V. (Negromex) made sales of emulsion
styrene-butadiene rubber (ESB rubber) from Mexico at less than normal
value during the period of review (POR) September 1, 2019, through
August 31, 2020. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable October 6, 2021.
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) 482-0213,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 30, 2020, Commerce initiated an administrative review of
the antidumping duty order on ESB rubber from Mexico, in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\
This review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise,
Negromex.
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 68840 (October 30, 2020).
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On May 18, 2021, Commerce extended the preliminary results by 120
days, until September 30, 2021.\2\ For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber:
Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of the 2019-2020
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 18, 2021.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Emulsion
Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Mexico; 2019-2020,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary
Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product covered by this order is ESB rubber from Mexico. For a
full description of the scope, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act. We have calculated constructed export price in
accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is calculated in
accordance with section 773 of the Act.
For a full description of the methodology underlying these
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included as
an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is made available to the public via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
<a href="http://access.trade.gov">http://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete version of the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/">http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/</a>.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average
dumping margin exists for the respondent for the period 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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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If Negromex's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent) in the final results of this review, 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 351.212(b)(1). We will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review
where the importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final
results of this review is not zero or de minimis. If the respondent's
weighted-average dumping margin 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
this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.\4\
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\4\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced Negromex for
which the company did not know that the merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at
the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.\5\
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\5\ 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 will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
finals 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 the weighted-average dumping margin established in the final
results of this administrative review, except if the rate is less than
0.50 percent and, therefore, de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for producers or exporters not covered in this 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 they were reviewed; (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
is, then the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the
most recently-completed segment of this proceeding 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,\6\ 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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\6\ See Emulsion Styrene-Butadiene Rubber from Brazil, the
Republic of Korea, Mexico, and Poland: Antidumping Duty Orders, 82
FR 42790 (September 12, 2017).
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties within
five days after public announcement of the preliminary results.\7\
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case
briefs no 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 not later than seven days after the date for filing case
briefs.\8\ 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.\9\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using
ACCESS,\10\ and must be served on interested parties. Executive
summaries should be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.
Note that Commerce has modified certain of its requirements for serving
documents containing business proprietary information, until further
notice.\11\
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\7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\8\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Temporary Rule Modifying AD/
CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; Extension of Effective
Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) (Temporary Rule).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309 (c)(2) and (d)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
\11\ See Temporary Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully
in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 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. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the respective case and rebuttal briefs.
Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to
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section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a 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 POR. 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 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 30, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Product Comparisons
VI. Date of Sale
VII. Constructed Export Price
VIII. Normal Value
IX. Currency Conversion
X. Recommendation
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