Notice2022-12316
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
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June 8, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico was sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2019, through October 31, 2020.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34848-34851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12316]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-844]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Mexico: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico was sold in the
United States at less than normal value during the period of review
(POR), November 1, 2019, through October 31, 2020.
DATES: Applicable June 8, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren or Kyle Clahane, 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) 482-1671 or (202) 482-5449,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 3, 2021, Commerce published the Preliminary Results for
this review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to
comment on those results.\1\ From January 2 to February 11, 2022,
Commerce received case briefs on behalf of Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.
(Deacero), Grupo Simec,\2\ Sidertul S.A. de C.V. (Sidertul), and Grupo
Acerero S.A. de C.V. (Grupo Acerero). From February 18 to 24, 2022, the
petitioners \3\ and Grupo Simec submitted rebuttal briefs and
comments.\4\
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\1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 86 FR
68632 (December 3, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ Commerce has previously collapsed the following entities
into a single entity, collectively, Grupo Simec: Grupo Simec; Aceros
Especiales Simec Tlaxcala, S.A. de C.V.; Compania Siderurgica del
Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de
C.V.; Grupo Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Operadora de Perfiles Sigosa,
S.A. de C.V.; Orge S.A. de C.V.; Perfiles Comerciales Sigosa, S.A.
de C.V.; RRLC S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Sider[uacute]rgicos Noroeste, S.A.
de C.V.; Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; Simec
International 6 S.A. de C.V.; Simec International, S.A. de C.V.;
Simec International 7 S.A. de C.V.; and Simec International 9 S.A.
de C.V. See, e.g., Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 50527, 50528
(September 9, 2021).
\3\ The petitioners are the Rebar Trade Action Coalition and its
individual members, Nucor Corporation; Ameristeel US Inc.;
Commercial Metals Company; Cascade Steel Rolling Mills, Inc.; and
Byer Steel Corporation.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce extended the deadline for the final results by 27 days on
March 7, 2022, and by an additional 33 days on April 22, 2022.\5\ The
deadline for the final results of this review is now June 1, 2022. For
a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\6\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020; Extension
of Deadline for Final Results,'' dated March 7, 2022; see also
``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2019-2020; Extension of Deadline for Final
Results,'' dated April 22, 2022.
\6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Scope of the Order \7\
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\7\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Antidumping
Duty Order, 79 FR 65925 (November 6, 2014) (Order).
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The product covered by the Order is rebar from Mexico. For a
complete description of the scope, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues that parties
raised and to which we responded in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
is attached at 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding the Preliminary Results, we made certain
changes to the margin calculation for Deacero. For a discussion of the
issues, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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\8\ Id. at 3 and 6.
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Use of Adverse Facts Available
We continue to find that the application of facts available with an
adverse inference (AFA), pursuant to sections 776(a) and (b) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), is warranted in determining
Grupo Simec's dumping margin because it withheld information regarding
its sales and cost reconciliations and potential affiliations,
incorrectly reported control numbers, and provided unreliable and
unusable sales and cost databases.\9\ Therefore, as in the Preliminary
Results, as AFA, we assigned Grupo Simec a dumping margin of 66.70
percent. See the Issues and Decision Memorandum for further
discussion.\10\
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\9\ See Preliminary Results.
\10\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; see also
Memorandum, ``Grupo Simec Questionnaire Deficiencies Analysis,''
dated concurrently with this notice.
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Commerce is not required to corroborate any dumping margin applied
in a separate segment of the same proceeding.\11\ Because the 66.70
percent rate was applied in a separate segment of this proceeding,
Commerce does not need to corroborate the rate in this review.
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\11\ See section 776(c)(2) of the Act.
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Rates for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
The statute and Commerce's regulations do not address the
establishment of a rate to be applied to individual companies not
selected for examination when Commerce limits its examination in an
administrative review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act.
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation, for guidance when calculating the rate for companies
which we did not examine in an administrative review.
When the rates for individually examined companies are all zero, de
minimis, or based entirely on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of
the Act provides that Commerce may use ``any reasonable method'' to
establish the all-others rate.
We calculated a zero percent dumping margin for one of the
mandatory respondents in this review, Deacero, and we based the dumping
margin on facts available with an adverse inference for the other
mandatory respondent, Grupo Simec. Therefore, we assigned the companies
not selected for examination a dumping margin equal to the simple
average of the dumping margins for Deacero and Grupo Simec, consistent
with the guidance in section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.\12\
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\12\ See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Rescission of Reviews in
Part, 73 FR 52823, 52824 (September 11, 2008), and accompanying
Issues and Decision Memorandum, at Comment 16.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period November 1, 2019, through October 31,
2020:
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Weighted-average
Producer and/or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I de C.V............................. 0.00
Grupo Simec (Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala, S.A. 66.70
de C.V.; Compania Siderurgica del Pacifico S.A. de
C.V.; Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de
C.V.; Grupo Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Operadora de
Perfiles Sigosa, S.A. de C.V.; Orge S.A. de C.V.;
Perfiles Comerciales Sigosa, S.A. de C.V.; RRLC
S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Sider[uacute]rgicos Noroeste,
S.A. de C.V.; Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico
S.A. de C.V.; Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V.;
Simec International, S.A. de C.V.; Simec
International 7 S.A. de C.V.; and Simec
International 9 S.A. de C.V.).....................
Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V.......................... 33.35
Sidertul S.A. de C.V............................... 33.35
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Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 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). If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International Trade, the assessment
instructions will direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until
the time for parties to file a request for a statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we 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. 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. Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to
entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Deacero for
which it did not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary
(e.g., a reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the
United States. In such instances, 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.
Because we are applying total AFA to Grupo Simec, we will instruct
CBP to apply an assessment rate to all entries Grupo Simec produced
and/or exported equal to the dumping margin indicated above in the
``Final Results of Review.'' Further, the assessment rate for
antidumping duties for each of the companies not selected for
individual examination will be equal to the weighted-average dumping
margin identified above in the ``Final Results of Review.''
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
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rates for the companies
identified above in the ``Final Results of Review'' will be equal to
the company-specific weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise
exported by a company not covered in this administrative review but
covered in a completed 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; (3) if the
exporter is not a firm covered in this review or completed prior
segment of this proceeding but the producer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the company-specific rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 20.58 percent, the rate established in
the investigation of this proceeding.\13\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\13\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 54967 (September 15,
2014).
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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 POR. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that reimbursement
of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent assessment of
double antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. 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
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 351.221(b)(5)
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: June 1, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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
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Comment 1: Whether Grupo Simec Should Have Been Granted More
Time to Cure Its Questionnaire Deficiencies
Comment 2: Whether Grupo Simec Should Have Been Issued Another
Supplemental Questionnaire
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Correctly Rejected Grupo Simec's
Untimely Submission of Additional Information
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Have Applied AFA to Grupo
Simec
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Selected the Correct AFA Rate To
Assign to Grupo Simec
Comment 6: Whether Deacero's Margin Programming Contained
Clerical Errors
Comment 7: Whether Commerce's Methodology To Determine the Rate
for Non-Selected Respondents Is Reasonable
VI. Recommendation
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