Notice2025-16965
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023
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Published
September 4, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and I.N.G.E.T.E.K.N.O.S. Estructurales, S.A. de C.V. (collectively, Deacero Group); and TA 2000 S.A. de C.V. (TA 2000) sold steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico in the United States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 169 (Thursday, September 4, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42740-42743]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16965]
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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; 2022-2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. and I.N.G.E.T.E.K.N.O.S. Estructurales, S.A.
de C.V. (collectively, Deacero Group); and TA 2000 S.A. de C.V. (TA
2000) sold steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico in the
United States at less than normal value during the period of review
(POR), November 1, 2022, through October 31, 2023.
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DATES: Applicable September 4, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Clahane or T.J. Worthington, 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) 482-5449 or (202)
482-4567, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 2, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
this review in the Federal Register and invited interested parties to
comment on those results.\1\ On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled the
deadline for these final results by 90 days.\2\ From February 24
through February 28, 2025, Commerce conducted verification of Deacero
Group's questionnaire responses.\3\ On June 2, 2025, Commerce extended
the deadline for these final results to July 30, 2025.\4\ On June 30,
2025, Commerce further extended the deadline for these final results to
August 29, 2025.\5\ On July 24, 2025, Commerce issued a post-
preliminary differential pricing analysis.\6\
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\1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Preliminary
Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2022-2023, 89 FR 95176 (December 2, 2024) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of Deacero Group's Sales
Responses,'' dated April 15, 2025.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated June 2,
2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Second Extension of Deadline for the Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023,''
dated June 30, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Post-Preliminary Analysis for the
Administrative Review of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico,'' dated July 24, 2025.
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For a complete summary of the events that occurred since Commerce
published the Preliminary Results, as well as a full discussion of the
issues raised by parties for these final results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\7\ Commerce conducted this administrative review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Steel
Concrete Reinforcing Bar 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 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.\8\
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\8\ 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 Issues and Decision
Memorandum 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.\9\ 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.\10\ 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.\11\
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\9\ See TA 2000's Letter, ``Supplemental Response,'' dated
September 23, 2024.
\10\ See Preliminary Results, 89 FR at 95177, and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5-6.
\11\ 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 <SUP>12</SUP>
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\12\ 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 this 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 as 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 Group. In addition,
Commerce has relied on partial adverse facts available under sections
776(a) and (b) of the Act for Deacero Group. For a discussion of these
changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum. We made no changes to
the margin calculation for TA 2000.
Final Results of Review
Commerce determines that the following weighted-average dumping
margins exist for the period November 1, 2022, through October 31,
2023:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V./I.N.G.E.T.E.K.N.O.S. Estructurales 32.05
S.A........................................................
TA 2000 S.A. de C.V.\13\.................................... 22.27
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\13\ As discussed above in the ``Final Successor-in-Interest
Determination'' section, we determine that TA 2000 is the successor-
in-interest to Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. Accordingly, we intend
to issue assessment instructions covering applicable entries
produced and exported by Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. during the
POR at the rate established in these final results for TA 2000.
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With respect to Deacero Group, 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).
With respect to TA 2000, there are no new calculations to disclose
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b) for these final results.
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 AD 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 established in the original less-than-fair value (LTFV)
investigation, i.e., 20.58 percent,\14\ if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.
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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
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 20.58 percent, the rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\15\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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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 (APO)
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an 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: August 29, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy 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. Differential Pricing Analysis
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether to Apply Total Adverse Facts Available (AFA)
to Deacero Group
Comment 2: Whether to Apply Partial AFA to Deacero Group's
Indirect Selling Expenses in the Home Market and the U.S. Market
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Apply AFA with Respect to
Deacero Group's Fright Expenses in the Home Market
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Apply AFA with Respect to
Deacero Group's Fright Expenses in the U.S. Market
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Increase Deacero Group's Cost
of Production to Include Certain Costs
Comment 6: Whether to Revise Commerce's Treatment of Reported
Insurance Revenue and Warranty Expenses
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Comment 7: Whether to Revise Commerce's Treatment of Certain
Credit Expenses
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Cost Adjustment
Calculated for Affiliate Scrap Purchases and the Calculation of
General and Administrative (G&A) and Interest Expenses
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Application of
Short-Term Interest Rates
Comment 10: Whether the Statute Requires Zeroing
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Apply the Cohen's d Test and
Whether the Differential Pricing Methodology Complies with the
Statute
VII. Recommendation
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