Notice2023-24830
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
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Published
November 9, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
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).
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 216 (Thursday, November 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77265-77266]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[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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