Notice2026-03515
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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February 23, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on light- walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico. We preliminarily determine that Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles) and Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. (Regiopytsa) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 35 (Monday, February 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8420-8423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03515]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-836]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the antidumping duty (AD) order on light-
walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Mexico. We preliminarily
determine that Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles) and Regiomontana de
Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. (Regiopytsa) made sales of subject
merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR)
August 1, 2023, through July 31, 2024. Interested parties are invited
to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 23, 2026.
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 August 5, 2008, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
AD order on LWRPT from Mexico.\1\ On September 20, 2024, based on
timely requests for review, Commerce published a notice of initiation
for this administrative review covering 17 companies.\2\
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\1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, the
People's Republic of China and 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).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 77079 (September 20, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
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On December 9, 2024, we tolled the deadline for the preliminary
results by 90 days.\3\ Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal
Government shutdown, on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by 47 days \4\ Additionally,
due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal
Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21 days.\5\ On
July 16, 2025, and January 23, 2026, Commerce extended the deadline for
the preliminary results until February 5, 2026.\6\
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\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' December 9, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty and Administrative Review,'' dated July
16, 2025; see also Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty and Administrative Review,''
dated January 23, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this administrative review, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\7\ A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically
via 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 Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico; 2023-2024,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the Order are light-walled rectangular pipe
and tube from Mexico. For a complete description of the scope, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We
calculated export price in accordance with section 772 of the Act. We
calculated normal value in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For
a full description of the methodology underlying these preliminary
results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\8\ Normally, upon
completion of an administrative review, the suspended entries are
liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the review
period.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company to be
conducted, there must be a suspended entry that Commerce can instruct
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate at the AD
assessment rate calculated for the POR.\10\
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\8\ See, e.g., Dioctyl Terephthalate from the Republic of Korea:
Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review; 2021-2022, 88 FR
24758 (April 24, 2023); see also Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-
to Length Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of
Antidumping Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4157 (January
24, 2023).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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On September 18, 2025, we notified parties of our intent to rescind
this administrative review regarding the companies listed in Appendix
II because there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise
produced or exported by these companies during the POR, and we invited
interested parties to comment.\11\ No parties commented on our intent
to rescind the review, in part. In the absence of any suspended entries
of subject merchandise from these companies during the POR, we are
rescinding this administrative review for the companies listed in
Appendix II, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated September 18, 2025.
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Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
For the rate for companies not selected for individual examination
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 a less-than-fair-value 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
administrative review, we calculated weighted-average dumping margins
for Perfiles and Regiopytsa that are not zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on total facts available. For the respondents that were not
selected for individual examination in this administrative review, we
have assigned to them the weighted-average dumping margins based on the
publicly-ranged versions of the net U.S. quantities calculated for
Perfiles and Regiopytsa, consistent with the
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guidance in section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.\12\
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\12\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at ``Companies Not
Selected For Individual Examination;'' see also Memorandum,
``Calculation of Non-Selected Rate in Preliminary Results,'' dated
concurrently with this notice; and Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof
from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of
Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75
FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).
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Preliminary Results of the Review
Commerce preliminarily determines the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the POR:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
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Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V............................. 11.77
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V... 7.70
Aceros Cuatro Caminos S.A. de C.V./Productos 9.66
Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.\13\.............
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V./Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de 9.66
C.V.\14\............................................
Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V........................... 9.66
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties in these preliminary results within
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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\13\ 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).
\14\ 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.
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Public Comment
Case briefs and other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c), we have modified the deadline for interested parties to
submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 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 five days after
the date for filing case briefs.\15\ Interested parties who submit case
briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table
of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities.\16\ An
electronically filed document must be received successfully in its
entirety in ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time (ET) on the established
deadline.
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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29,
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
\16\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public, executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\17\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
public executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the public executive summaries as
the basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this administrative
review. We request that interested parties include footnotes for
relevant citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note
that Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\18\
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\17\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\18\ See APO and Service Final 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 hearing request must be received
successfully in its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system,
ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. ET within 30 days after the date of publication of
this notice.\19\ Hearing requests should contain: (1) the party's name,
address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; (3)
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (4) a list of issues
to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those
raised by each party in their respective case and rebuttal briefs. An
electronically filed request must be received successfully in its
entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time, within 30 days of the
publication date of this notice. If a request for a hearing is made,
parties will be notified of the time and date of the hearing.\20\
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\19\ See 19 CFR 351.301(c).
\20\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Final Results of Review
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of our
analysis of the issues raised in any case briefs, not later than 120
days after the date of publication of this notice.
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review. 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).
If the weighted-average dumping margin for Perfiles or Regiopytsa
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
assessment rates for the merchandise based on the ratio of the total
amount of dumping calculated for the examined sales made during the POR
to each importer and the total entered value of those same sales, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where we do not have entered
values for all U.S. sales to a particular importer, we will calculate
an importer-specific, per-unit assessment rate on the basis of the
ratio of the total amount of
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dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total
quantity of those sales.\21\ To determine whether an importer-specific,
per-unit assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2), we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem
ratio based on estimated entered values. Where an importer-specific ad
valorem assessment rate is zero or de minimis in the final results of
review, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.106(c)(2). If a respondent's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct CBP
not to assess duties on any of its entries in accordance with the Final
Modification for Reviews, i.e., ``{w{time} here the weighted-average
margin of dumping for the exporter is determined to be zero or de
minimis, no antidumping duties will be assessed.'' \22\ For entries of
subject merchandise during the POR produced by Perfiles or Regiopytsa
for which the producer did not know its merchandise was destined for
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries
at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company
(or companies) involved in the transaction.\23\
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\21\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\22\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8102 (February 14,
2012) (Final Modification for Reviews).
\23\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For the companies which were not selected for individual
examination, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at an ad
valorem assessment rate equal to the company-specific weighted-average
dumping margin determined in these final results. For the companies for
which this review is being rescinded, antidumping duties shall be
assessed at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping
duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce
intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP for the companies
listed in Appendix II to this notice no earlier than 41 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in
accordance with 19 CFR 356.8(a).
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the final results of this administrative review 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 rate for each company
listed above will be that 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 previously
reviewed or investigated companies not listed above, the cash deposit
rate will continue to be the company-specific rate published for the
most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the company
participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review,
a prior review, or in the investigation but the producer is, 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 the all-others rate of 3.76 percent, the
rate established in the investigation of this proceeding.\24\ 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 preliminary 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 review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: February 5, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Rescinded From Review
1. Acro Metal S.A. de C.V.
2. Fabricaciones y Servicios de Mexico
3. Galvak, S.A. de C.V.
4. Grupo Estructuras y Perfiles
5. Industrias Monterrey S.A. de C.V.
6. Internacional de Aceros, S.A. de C.V.
7. Nacional de Acero S.A. de C.V.
8. PEASA-Productos Especializados de Acero
9. Talleres Acero Rey S.A. de C.V.
10. Tuberia Laguna, S.A. de C.V.
11. Tuberias Aspe S.A. de C.V.
12. Tuberias y Derivados S.A. de C.V.
[FR Doc. 2026-03515 Filed 2-20-26; 8:45 am]
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