Notice2026-18087
Heavy Walled Rectangular Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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Published
September 3, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Forza Steel S.A. de C.V. (Forza) and Productos Laminados de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa) made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 170 (Thursday, September 3, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56634-56636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-18087]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-847]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Pipes and Tubes from Mexico: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
Forza Steel S.A. de C.V. (Forza) and Productos Laminados de Monterrey,
S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa) made sales of subject merchandise at less than
normal value during the period of review (POR), September 1, 2023,
through August 31, 2024.
DATES: Applicable September 3, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Smith or Tyler Gartner, 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 and (202) 482-0182,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 10, 2026, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
preliminary results of the 2023-2024 administrative review \1\ of the
antidumping duty order on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel
pipes and tubes from Mexico,\2\ covering two mandatory respondents,
Forza and Prolamsa, and five non-examined companies. From April 13,
2026, to April 17, 2026, Commerce verified Prolamsa's questionnaire
responses at Prolamsa's facility in Monterrey, Mexico, and from June
12, 2026, to June 14, 2026, Commerce verified the questionnaire
responses of Prolamsa's U.S. affiliate, Prolamsa, Inc., in Houston,
Texas.\3\ On May 14, 2026, we extended the deadline for the final
results until August 28, 2026.\4\ We invited parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results and verification report.
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\1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Pipes and Tubes from Mexico:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024, 91 FR 11504 (March 10, 2026)
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
\2\ 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).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Verification of the Sales Response of
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V. (Prolamsa) in the
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Heavy Walled Rectangular
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Mexico,'' dated July 9,
2026.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 14, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that occurred since the
Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ 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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final 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 (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Commerce conducted this administrative review in accordance with
section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the Order is heavy walled rectangular
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Mexico. A full description of
the scope of the Order is contained in 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 and are listed in Appendix I.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on a review of the record and comments received from
interested parties regarding our Preliminary Results, and for the
reasons explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce made
certain revisions to the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin
calculation programs for Forza and Prolamsa.\6\ As a result of the
revisions, the weighted-average dumping margin changed for Prolamsa and
the companies not selected for individual examination. Although
revisions were made for Forza, the final weighted-average dumping
margin did not change. For a discussion of these changes, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\6\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Rates for Non-Examined Companies
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a weighted-average dumping margin to be determined for 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 to section 735(c)(5) of the Act,
which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an
investigation, for guidance when determining the weighted-average
dumping margin for companies which were not selected for individual
examination in an administrative review.
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce will base
the all-others rate on the weighted average of the estimated weighted-
average dumping margins calculated for the individually examined
respondents, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or based
entirely on facts available. Where the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin for each of the individually examined companies is 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 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 assigning to the companies under review that were not
selected for individual examination a weighted-average dumping margin
equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping
margins calculated for Forza and Prolamsa, weighted by the mandatory
respondents' publicly ranged total sales values.\7\ The companies not
selected for individual examination are listed in Appendix II.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results Margin Calculation for
Respondents Not Selected for Individual Examination,'' dated
concurrently with this notice.
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Final Results of Review
As a result of this review, we determine that the following
estimated weighted-average dumping margin exist for the period
September 1, 2023, through August 31, 2024:
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Weighted-average
Producer/exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Forza Steel S.A. de C.V........................... 31.23
Productos Laminados de Monterrey, S.A. de C.V..... 7.45
Review-Specific Rate for Non-Examined Companies 16.84
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Disclosure
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\8\ See Appendix II.
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Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to parties in this review
within five days after public announcement of the final results 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).
Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), we calculated importer-specific
ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value
of the sales. 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 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/exported by Forza or
Prolamsa in these final results of review for which the reviewed
companies did not know that the merchandise it sold to the 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 company(ies) 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). 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).
Cash Deposit Requirements
Upon publication of this notice in the Federal Register, 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 rate for the companies subject to this review
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this review; (2) for merchandise exported by producers
or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior
completed segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit will continue to
be the company-specific rate published in the completed segment for the
most recently completed period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm
covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation, but the producer has been covered in a
prior completed segment of this proceeding, then the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established in the completed segment for the most
recent period 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
for this proceeding.\9\ These cash deposit requirements, when
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\9\ See Order, 82 FR at 24098.
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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 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 Regarding Administrative Protective Order (APO)
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
APO of their responsibility concerning the disposition 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 return/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 violation subject to
sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: August 28, 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of Issues
Comment 1: Whether To Adjust the Denominator Used to Calculate
General and Administrative and Interest Expense Ratios to Account
for Scrap Offsets
Comment 2: Whether To Revise Prolamsa's Cost Database to Reflect
Certain Updates from Prolamsa's Supplemental Questionnaire Responses
Comment 3: Whether To Grant Forza a Constructed Export Price
Offset
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
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.
[FR Doc. 2026-18087 Filed 9-2-26; 8:45 am]
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