Notice2026-04696
Heavy Walled Rectangular Pipes and Tubes From Mexico: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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March 10, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that heavy walled rectangular pipes and tubes (HWR) from Mexico was sold in the United States at below normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024. Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to twelve companies which had no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 46 (Tuesday, March 10, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11504-11507]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-04696]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-847]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Pipes and Tubes From Mexico: Preliminary
Results and Rescission, in Part, of the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds
that heavy walled rectangular pipes and tubes (HWR) from Mexico was
sold in the United States at below normal value (NV) during the period
of review (POR), September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024.
Additionally, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to
twelve companies which had no suspended entries of subject merchandise
during the POR. Interested parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable March 10, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Smith, 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) 482-0557.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 13, 2016, Commerce published in the Federal Register
the antidumping duty (AD) order on HWR from Mexico.\1\ On September 3,
2024, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity \2\ to request an administrative review of the AD Order on
HWR from Mexico. On October 17, 2024, based on timely requests for
review, and pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), we initiated an administrative review of the
Order.\3\ On November 22, 2024, Commerce selected two mandatory
respondents for individual examination: (1) Forza Steel S.A. de C.V.
(Forza) and (2) Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.
(Prolamsa).\4\
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\1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865 (September 13, 2016)
(Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 71254 (September
3, 2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 83646 (October 17, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated November 22,
2024.
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On December 10, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by 90 days.\5\ On August 12, 2025, pursuant
to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, Commerce extended the deadline for
these preliminary results by 118 days, until December 29, 2025.\6\ Due
to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown, on
November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days.\7\ 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.\8\ Accordingly, the deadline for these preliminary
results is now March 5, 2026.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 12, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated August
12, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\8\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of All Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
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On January 13, 2026, Commerce notified interested parties of our
intent
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to rescind this administrative review with respect to twelve companies
that have no reviewable suspended entries.\9\
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\9\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, in
Part,'' dated January 13, 2026 (Intend to Rescind Memorandum).
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this investigation, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.\10\ A list of topics included 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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\10\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order
on Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from
Mexico; 2023-2024,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by,
this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>11</SUP>
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\11\ See Order, 81 FR at 62865-66.
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The merchandise covered by the scope of the Order is HWR from
Mexico. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a company covered by the
review had no recorded entries of subject merchandise during the
POR.\12\ Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) information, twelve companies listed in the Initiation Notice had
no recorded entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\13\ On
January 13, 2026, Commerce notified interested parties of our intent to
rescind this review with respect to these twelve companies that had no
suspended entries during the POR, and we invited interested parties to
comment.\14\ No interested party commented on the Intent to Rescind
Memorandum. As a result, we are rescinding this review with respect to
the twelve companies listed in Appendix II of this notice.
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\12\ 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).
\13\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Entry Data,'' dated October 25, 2024, at Attachment.
\14\ See Intend to Rescind Memorandum.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Act. We calculated export price,
constructed export price, and NV in accordance with sections 772 and
773 of the Act, respectively. For a full description of the methodology
underlying our preliminary results of review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Rates for the Non-Individually Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual
examination when Commerce limits its examination in an administrative
review pursuant to section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce
looks at section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for
calculating the all-others rate in a market economy investigation, for
guidance when calculating the rate for companies which were not
selected for individual examinations in an administrative review.
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} .''
Where the dumping margin for individually examined respondents 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 estimated all-others rate for exporters and
producers not individually investigated, including averaging the
estimated weighted average dumping margins determined for the exporters
and producers individually investigated.''
In this review, we preliminarily calculated weighted-average
dumping margins for Forza and Prolamsa that are not zero, de minimis,
or based entirely on facts otherwise available. In accordance with
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, we are preliminarily assigning to the
companies not individually examined a weighted-average dumping margin
of 16.81 percent, which is the weighted average of the estimated
dumping margins calculated for the mandatory respondents.\15\ The
companies not selected for individual examination are listed in
Appendix III.
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\15\ See Memorandum, ``Preliminary Results Margin Calculation
for Respondents not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated
concurrently with this notice.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily determine the following weighted-average dumping
margin for the period September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024:
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\16\ See Appendix III.
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Weighted-
average
Exporter/producer dumping
margin
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Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V................ 7.42
Forza Steel S.A. de C.V..................................... 31.23
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies \16\........ 16.81
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results of this
administrative review 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).
Verification
Commerce received a timely request from Nucor Tubular Products (the
petitioner) to verify the information submitted in this administrative
review, pursuant 19 CFR 351.307(b)(1)(v).\17\ As provided in section
782(i) of the Act, Commerce intends to verify the information reported
by Prolamsa prior to issuing the final results of this review.
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\17\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Verification,''
dated January 21, 2025.
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Public Comment
Because Commerce intends to conduct verification of the
questionnaire responses of Prolamsa, interested parties will be
notified of the deadline for the submission of case briefs at a later
date.\18\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may
submit case briefs no later than seven days after the date on which the
verification report is issued in this administrative review. Rebuttal
briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not
later than five days after the date for filing case
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briefs.\19\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), interested
parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must
submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities. All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.\20\
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\18\ See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing requirements).
\19\ 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).
\20\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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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.\21\ Further, we request that interested parties limit their
executive summary of each issue to no more than 450 words, not
including citations. We intend to use the executive summaries as the
basis of the comment summaries included in the issues and decision
memorandum that will accompany the final results in this review. We
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant
citations in the 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).\22\
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\21\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\22\ 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, within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice in
the Federal Register. Hearing requests should contain: (1) the
requesting party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the number
of participants and whether any participant is a foreign national; and
(3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will
be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. If a request
for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date
and time to be determined.\23\ Parties should confirm by telephone the
date, time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled
date.
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\23\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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All submissions, including case and rebuttal briefs, as well as
hearing requests, should be filed via ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce
has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the service of
documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\24\
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review, including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the final results, in accordance with section
751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall
assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject
merchandise covered by this review.\25\
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Where a respondent's weighted-average dumping either is zero or de
minimis, or an importer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is zero
percent or de minimis, Commerce's practice is to instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.\26\ Thus, if Commerce calculates a weighted-average dumping
margin of zero percent for Forza or Prolamsa in the final results of
this review, it will instruct CBP to liquidate entries of Forza or
Prolamsa's subject merchandise during the POR without regard to
antidumping duties.
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However, if Forza or Prolamsa's weighted-average dumping margin 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 assessment
rates for antidumping duties based on the ratio of the total amount of
dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total
entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1).\27\ Where the respondent did not report entered values,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), Commerce will calculate
importer/customer-specific assessment rates by dividing the amount of
dumping for reviewed sales to the importer/customer by the total
quantity of those sales.\28\ Commerce will calculate an estimated ad
valorem importer/customer-specific assessment rate to determine whether
the per-unit assessment rate is de minimis; however, Commerce will use
the per-unit assessment rate where entered values were not reported.
Where an importer/customer-specific ad valorem assessment rate is not
zero or de minimis, Commerce will instruct CBP to collect the
appropriate duties at the time of liquidation.
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\27\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101, 8103 (February 14,
2012).
\28\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Forza and
Prolamsa for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those entries
at the all-others rate established in the original less-than-fair-value
(LTFV) investigation (i.e., 4.91 percent),\29\ if there is no rate for
the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\30\
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\29\ See Order, 81 FR at 62867.
\30\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
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For the companies identified in Appendix III, which were not
selected for individual review, we will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin determined in the final results of this
review, unless that rate is zero or de minimis, in which case we intend
to instruct CBP to liquidate relevant entries without regards to
antidumping duties. The final results of this review shall be the basis
for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise
covered by the final results of this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\31\
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For the twelve companies for which the review is rescinded with
these preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess antidumping
duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit
of estimated antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the POR, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue
assessment instructions to CBP for the rescinded companies no earlier
than 41 days after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
this review and for future deposits of estimated duties, where
applicable.\32\ Commerce intends to issue assessment instructions to
CBP no earlier than 41 days after the
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publication date of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register. 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).
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication in the Federal Register of the notice of 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 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the
companies listed in the final results of this review will be equal to
the weighted-average dumping margins established in the final results
of this 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 merchandise
exported by a company not covered in this review, but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will be the
company-specific rate published for the most recently-completed segment
in which it was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in
this review or in the original LTFV investigation, but the producer is,
then 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 4.91 percent, the all-others rate
established in the LTFV investigation.\33\ 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 the
liquidation of the relevant entries during the POR. 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
Commerce is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4),
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: March 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. Rescission of Review, In Part
V. Discussion of the Methodology
VI. Currency Conversion
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
List of Companies for Which the Administrative Review Has Been
Rescinded
1. Aceros del Toro S.A. de C.V.
2. Aceros El Fraile S.A. de C.V.
3. Arco Metal S.A. de C.V.
4. Border Assembly S. de R.L. de C.V.
5. Grupo Collado S.A. de C.V.
6. Industrias Monterrey, S.A. de C.V.
7. P.J. Trailers Company S.A. de C.V.
8. Placa y Fierro de Monterrey S.A. de C.V.
9. PYTCO S.A. de C.V.
10. Ternium S.A. de C.V.
11. Tuberia Nacional S.A. de C.V.
12. Tuberias Procarsa S.A. de C.V.
Appendix III
List of Non-Individually Examined Companies
1. Buffalo Tube S.A. de C.V.
2. Fortacero S.A. de C.V.
3. Maquilacero S.A. de C.V.
4. Perfiles y Herrajes LM S.A. de C.V.
5. Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V.
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