Notice2025-10951
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
June 16, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico was sold in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25232-25233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-10951]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-836]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results
of 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
light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico was sold in
the United States at less than normal value during the period of review
(POR), August 1, 2022, through July 31, 2023.
DATES: Applicable June 16, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff or Charles Doss, 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) 482-1009 or (202) 482-4474,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 13, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results
of this review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties
to comment on those results.\1\ For a summary of the events that
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted this administrative review in
accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the deadline to issue
the final results in this administrative review by 90 days.\3\ On April
2 and May 9, 2025, we extended the deadline for the final results.\4\
Accordingly, the deadline for these final results is now June 10, 2025.
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\1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico:
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 74916 (September 13, 2024),
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Light-
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2022-2023,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated April 2, 2025; see
also Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 9, 2025.
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Scope of the Order <SUP>5</SUP>
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\5\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, the
People's Republic of China, and the Republic of Korea: Antidumping
Duty Orders; Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the
Republic of Korea: Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, 73 FR 45403 (August 5, 2008) (Order).
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The products covered by the Order are LWRPT 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 Perfiles and Maquilacero/TEFLU.
For a discussion of these changes, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.
Rates for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
For the rate for non-selected respondents in an administrative
review, generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act,
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others
rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted-average of the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for exporters
and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero or de
minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the basis of
facts available{time} .'' In this segment of the proceeding, we
calculated a weighted-average dumping margin for both respondents,
Perfiles and Maquilacero/TEFLU that are not zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on the basis of facts available. Accordingly, consistent with
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we determined the weighted-average
dumping margin for each of the non-selected companies based on the
weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the mandatory
respondents.\6\
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Calculation of the Rate for Non-Selected
Respondents,'' dated concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist for the period August 1, 2022, through July 31,
2023:
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\7\ Commerce has previously found Maquilacero and TEFLU to
comprise a single entity. See, e.g., Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe
and Tube from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 86 FR 33646 (June 25, 2021), and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 9.
\8\ Commerce has previously found Aceros Cuatro Caminos S.A. de
C.V./Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. to comprise a
single entity. See, e.g., Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube
from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2015-2016, 83 FR 10664 (March 12, 2018).
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Weighted- average
Producer or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Maquilacero S.A. de C.V./Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de 13.04
C.V.\7\............................................
Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V............................ 6.48
Aceros Cuatro Caminos S.A. de C.V./Productos 9.88
Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.\8\.............
Nacional de Acero S.A. de C.V....................... 9.88
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V.. 9.88
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V.......................... 9.88
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose to interested parties the calculations
performed for these final results in this review within five days of
the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), where
the respondent reported the entered value of its U.S. sales, 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 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.
Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' will apply to entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by the mandatory
respondents for which the companies did not know that the merchandise
they 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 companies involved in the
transaction.
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
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'' section 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 3.76 percent, the rate
established in the investigation of this proceeding.\9\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\9\ See Order, 73 FR at 45405.
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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
an 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 10, 2025.
Steven Pressing,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Application of Adverse
Inference
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Products Sold by TEFLU are In-Scope
Merchandise
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Collapse
Maquilacero and TEFLU
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Remove Consideration of
Manufacturer from Maquilacero/TEFLU's Margin Calculation
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Apply Its
Quarterly Cost Methodology Maquilacero/TEFLU
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Apply a Cost Smoothing
Adjustment to Maquilacero/TEFLU's Costs
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Application of the
Transactions Disregarded Adjustment to Maquilacero/TEFLU's Costs
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Treatment of
Downstream Sales in the Margin Calculation
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Remove TEFLU's Sample Sales
from Maquilacero/TEFLU's Margin Calculation
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Must Adjust its Differential Pricing
Analysis for Maquilacero/TEFLU
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should Revise Perfiles' Date of
Sale
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Revise Perfiles' Cost
Recovery Test
Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should Apply Partial AFA for the
Major Input Rule for Coil Purchases from Galvasid S.A. de C.V.
(Galvasid)
Comment 13: Whether Commerce Should Allocate Grupo LM's
Unrecovered Expenses to Perfiles' General and Administrative (G&A)
Expenses
Comment 14: Whether Perfiles' Total Cost of Manufacturing
(TOTCOM) Should be Adjusted for a Discrepancy in Its Cost
Reconciliation
Comment 15: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Non-Selected Rate
VII. Recommendation
[FR Doc. 2025-10951 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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