Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 71053-71055 [2020-24712]
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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; 2017–
2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) determines that sales of
steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar)
from Mexico were made at below
normal value during the period of
review (POR) November 1, 2017 through
October 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable November 6, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jonathan Hall-Eastman, 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) 482–1468.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On January 16, 2020, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results.1 We
invited interested parties to comment on
the Preliminary Results. For events
subsequent to the Preliminary Results,
see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.2 Commerce conducted
sales and cost verifications of Grupo
Simec SAB de CV (Grupo Simec) from
February 10, 2020—February 14, 2020
and February 17, 2020—February 21,
2020, respectively.3 On April 8, 2020,
we extended the deadline for these final
results until July 14, 2019.4 On April 24,
1 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018, 85 FR 2702
(January 16, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bar from Mexico: Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of Antidumping
Duty Administrative Review; 2017–2018,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
3 See Memoranda, ‘‘Verification of the Sales
Response of Grupo Simec and Constructed Export
Sales of Simec USA in the 2017–18 Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Duty on Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from Mexico,’’ dated April 16, 2020
(Sales Verification Report); and ‘‘Verification of the
Cost Response of Grupo Simec in the 2017–18
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico,’’ (Cost Verification Report) dated June 5,
2020.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bar from Mexico: Extension of Deadline for Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review,’’ dated April 8, 2020.
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2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative reviews by 50 days.5 On
July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by
an additional 60 days.6 The deadline for
the final results of this review is now
November 2, 2020.
Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are
shipments of steel concrete reinforcing
bar imported in either straight length or
coil form (rebar) regardless of
metallurgy, length, diameter, or grade.
The merchandise subject to review is
currently classifiable under items
7213.10.0000, 7214.20.0000, and
7228.30.8010. The subject merchandise
may also enter under other Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) numbers including
7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000,
7221.00.0017, 7221.00.0018,
7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045,
7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057,
7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0001,
7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6085,
7228.20.1000, and 7228.60.6000.
Although the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes, the written description of the
merchandise subject to the order is
dispositive.7
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs by parties to this
administrative review are addressed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
A list of the issues that parties raised
and to which we responded is attached
to this notice as an Appendix. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a
complete version of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed Issues and
Decision Memorandum and the
electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
6 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
7 See Issues and Decision Memorandum for a
complete description of the Scope of the Order.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received from parties and the
results of Grupo Simec’s verification, we
have made changes to the margin
calculations of Grupo Simec and
Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Deacero). For
Grupo Simec, we included the
downstream sales from affiliates that
did not pass the arm’s-length test,
incorporated updated information from
our cost and sales verifications of Grupo
Simec, and corrected an inadvertent
programming error.8 For Deacero, we
corrected an inadvertent programming
error.9
Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, Commerce
calculated a weighted-average dumping
margin that is 1.46 percent for Grupo
Simec and a 7.12 percent margin for
Deacero for the POR. Therefore,
consistent with its practice and the
investigation methodology set forth in
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce
assigned the weighted-average dumping
margin calculated for Grupo Simec to
the seven non-selected companies in
these final results, as referenced below.
8 See Memorandum, ‘‘Final Results Analysis
Memorandum for Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V.
(Grupo Simec); 2017–2018,’’ dated concurrently
with this memorandum (Grupo Simec Final
Analysis Memorandum).
9 See Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing
Bar from Mexico: Final Results Sales and Cost
Memorandum for Deacero; 2017–2018,’’ dated
concurrently with this memorandum (Deacero Final
Calculation Memorandum).
10 We note that there was also a request for review
of DE ACERO SA. DE CV. However, the company’s
name is Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. Thus, we have not
assigned a non-selected rate to DE ACERO SA. DE
CV.
11 In the 2014–2015 Review, Commerce collapsed
Orge S.A. de C.V. (Orge), Compania Siderurgica del
Pacifico S.A. de C.V. (Siderurgica Pacifico), Grupo
Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Chant), RRLC S.A.P.I. de
C.V. (RRLC), Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico
S.A. de C.V. (Siderurgica Occidente), Simec
International 6 S.A. de C.V. (Simec 6), Simec
International 7 S.A. de C.V. (Simec 7), and Simec
International 9 S.A. de C.V (Simec 9) into the single
entity ‘‘Grupo Simec.’’ See Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014–
2015, 82 FR 27233 (June 14, 2017) (2014–2015
Review). In the 2016–2017 Review, Commerce
collapsed AEST, Fundiciones de Acero
Estructurales, S.A. de C.V. (FUNACE), Perfiles
Comerciales Sigosa, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles), and
Operadora into the single entity ‘‘Grupo Simec,’’
which included Simec 6 and Orge. See Steel
Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2016–2017, 83 FR 63622 (December 11,
2018), and Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5;
unchanged in Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2016–2017, 84 FR 35599
(July 24, 2019) (2016–2017 Review).
In this administrative review, Commerce has
collapsed Sideru´rgicos Noroeste, S.A. de C.V. and
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Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
Producer and/or exporter
Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.10 .................................................................................................................................................................
Grupo Simec (Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V.; Orge S.A. de C.V.; Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala, S.A. de C.V.;
Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de C.V.; Operadora de Perfiles Sigosa, S.A. de C.V.; Simec International, S.A. de
C.V.; Simec International 7, S.A. de C.V.; Grupo Chant, S.A.P.I. de C.V.; and Sideru´rgicos Noroeste, S.A. de C.V.) 11 ............
AceroMex S.A. .....................................................................................................................................................................................
Arcelor Mittal ........................................................................................................................................................................................
ArcelorMittal Celaya .............................................................................................................................................................................
ArcelorMittal Cordoba S.A. de C.V ......................................................................................................................................................
ArcelorMittal Lazaro Cardenas S.A. de C.V ........................................................................................................................................
Cia Siderurgica De California, S.A. de C.V. ........................................................................................................................................
Compania Siderurgica de California, S.A. de C.V ..............................................................................................................................
Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V ................................................................................................................................................................
Siderurgica Tultitlan S.A. de C.V .........................................................................................................................................................
Talleres y Aceros, S.A. de C.V ...........................................................................................................................................................
Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V ..............................................................................................................................................................
Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations
performed to parties in this proceeding
within five days after publication of
these final results in the Federal
Register, in accordance with section
751(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine and U.S.
Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
shall assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries.12 For any
individually examined respondent
whose weighted-average dumping
margin is above de minimis, we
calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio
of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer’s examined
sales to the totaled entered value of
those same sales in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(b)(1). Upon issuance of the
final results of this administrative
review, if any importer-specific
assessment rates calculated in the final
results are above de minimis (i.e., at or
above 0.5 percent), Commerce will issue
instructions directly to CBP to assess
antidumping duties on appropriate
entries. Where either the respondent’s
weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis, or an importerspecific assessment rate is zero or de
minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries
without regard to antidumping duties.
In accordance with Commerce’s
‘‘automatic assessment’’ practice,13 for
Simec International with Simec 6, Orge, AEST,
FUNACE, Operadora, Simec 7, and Chant in the
single entity, ‘‘Grupo Simec.’’ Consistent with the
2016–2017 Review, we find that Industrias CH is
affiliated with Grupo Simec but Commerce is not
collapsing the company into the single entity
because it is not involved in the production or sale
of subject merchandise. See Memorandum,
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entries of subject merchandise during
the POR produced by each respondent
for which it did not know that its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.
We intend to issue assessment
instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of the final results of
this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit
requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results
of administrative review for all
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the
publication 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 respondents noted
above will be the rate 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)(I), in which case the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers or
exporters not covered in this
administrative review but covered in a
prior segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the
company-specific rate published for the
‘‘Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum for Grupo
Simec,’’ dated January 9, 2020.
12 In these final results, Commerce applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in
Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101
(February 14, 2012).
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most recently completed segment of this
proceeding; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original less-than-fairvalue (LTFV) 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 subject
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be 20.58 percent, the
all-others rate established in the LTFV
investigation.14 These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)
to file a certificate regarding the
reimbursement of antidumping duties
prior to 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 doubled antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective orders (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
13 For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954
(May 6, 2003).
14 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Final Affirmative Determination of
Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 54967 (September 15,
2014).
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continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the 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
sanctionable violation.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Notice to Interested Parties
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) finds that the producers/
exporters subject to this administrative
review made sales of circular welded
non-alloy steel pipe (CWP) from the
Republic of Korea (Korea) at less than
normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR), November 1, 2017
through October 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable November 6, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Andre Gziryan, AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2201.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: November 2, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues
and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Made Since the Preliminary
Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comments Concerning Deacero
Comment 1: Whether Constructed Export
Price (CEP) Offset Should Be Granted
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should
Recalculate Credit Expense
Comment 3: Whether the Highest U.S.
Freight Should Be Applied to All U.S.
Sales
Comment 4: Whether to Disallow Deacero’s
Scrap Offset Calculation
Comment 5: Whether Section 232 Duties
Should be Deducted from Constructed
Export Price
Comments Concerning Grupo Simec
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should
Apply Total AFA to Grupo Simec
Comment 7: Whether Commerce DoubleCounted Depreciation Expenses When
Applying the Transactions Disregarded
Rule to Grupo Simec
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should
Accept Grupo Simec’s Minor Corrections
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should
Alter the Margin Calculation Program to
Distinguish Between Prime and NonPrime Sales
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should
Include Grupo Simec and Sigosa’s
Downstream Home Market Sales in the
Final Margin Program
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should
Recalculate Grupo Simec’s Home Market
Credit Expense
VI. Recommendation
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Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe
From the Republic of Korea: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017–2018
AGENCY:
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.
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Background
This review covers 25 producers and/
or exporters of the subject
merchandise.1 Commerce selected two
mandatory respondent for individual
examination: Husteel Co., Ltd. (Husteel)
and Nexteel Co., Ltd. (Nexteel). The
producers/exporters which were not
selected for individual examination are
listed in Appendix II of this notice.
On January 16, 2020, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of
this administrative review.2 We invited
interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Results. Between February
28, 2020 and March 12, 2020,
Commerce received timely filed case
and rebuttal briefs from various
interested parties.3
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
2159 (February 6, 2019).
2 See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From
the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017–
2018, 85 FR 2719 (January 16, 2020) (Preliminary
Results) and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
3 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded NonAlloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Case
Brief of Wheatland Tube.,’’ dated February 28,
2020; Husteel’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from South Korea, Case No. A–580–809:
Husteel Case Brief,’’ dated February 28, 2020;
Hyundai Steel’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Case Brief,’’
dated February 28, 2020; NEXTEEL’s Letter,
‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: NEXTEEL’s Case Brief,’’ dated
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April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by
50 days.4 On May 26, 2020, Commerce
extended the deadline for issuing these
final results until September 2, 2020.5
On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines for all preliminary and final
results in administrative reviews by 60
days, thereby extending the deadline for
these final results until November 2,
2020.6 Commerce conducted this review
in accordance with section 751(a) of the
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to the order
is circular welded non-alloy steel pipe
and tube. Imports of the product are
currently classifiable in the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under subheadings
7306.30.1000, 7306.30.5025,
7306.30.5032, 7306.30.5040,
7306.30.5055, 7306.30.5085, and
7306.30.5090. While the HTSUS
subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the
written description is dispositive. For a
complete description of the scope of the
order, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.7
Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and
rebuttal briefs filed by parties in this
review are addressed in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, which is hereby
adopted by this notice. A list of the
February 28, 2020; SeAH Letter, ‘‘Administrative
Review of the Antidumping Order on Circular
Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from Korea — Case
Brief of SeAH Steel Corporation,’’ dated February
28, 2020; petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded NonAlloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea—
Rebuttal Brief of Wheatland Tube and Nucor
Tubular Products Inc.,’’ dated March 12, 2020;
Husteel’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pine from Korea. Case No. A–580–809: Husteel
Rebuttal Brief,’’ dated March 12, 2020; Hyundai
Steel’s Letter, ‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Rebuttal Brief,’’
dated March 12, 2020; and NEXTEEL’s Letter,
‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe from the
Republic of Korea: NEXTEEL’s Rebuttal Brief,’’
dated March 12, 2020.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Circular Welded Non-Alloy
Steel Pipe from the Republic of Korea: Extension of
Deadline for Final Results of 2017–2018
Antidumping Administrative Review,’’ dated May
26, 2020.
6 See Memorandum,’’ Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
7 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the 2017–
2018 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel
Pipe from the Republic of Korea,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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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; 2017-2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that sales of
steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico were made at below
normal value during the period of review (POR) November 1, 2017 through
October 31, 2018.
DATES: Applicable November 6, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hall-Eastman, 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) 482-1468.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 16, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary Results.\1\
We invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results.
For events subsequent to the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce conducted sales and cost verifications
of Grupo Simec SAB de CV (Grupo Simec) from February 10, 2020--February
14, 2020 and February 17, 2020--February 21, 2020, respectively.\3\ On
April 8, 2020, we extended the deadline for these final results until
July 14, 2019.\4\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in
administrative reviews by 50 days.\5\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled
all deadlines in administrative reviews by an additional 60 days.\6\
The deadline for the final results of this review is now November 2,
2020.
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\1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018, 85 FR
2702 (January 16, 2020) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-2018,'' dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and
Decision Memorandum).
\3\ See Memoranda, ``Verification of the Sales Response of Grupo
Simec and Constructed Export Sales of Simec USA in the 2017-18
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty on Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from Mexico,'' dated April 16, 2020 (Sales
Verification Report); and ``Verification of the Cost Response of
Grupo Simec in the 2017-18 Administrative Review of the Antidumping
Duty Order on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico,'' (Cost
Verification Report) dated June 5, 2020.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Extension of Deadline for Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review,'' dated April 8, 2020.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
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Scope of the Order
Imports covered by the order are shipments of steel concrete
reinforcing bar imported in either straight length or coil form (rebar)
regardless of metallurgy, length, diameter, or grade. The merchandise
subject to review is currently classifiable under items 7213.10.0000,
7214.20.0000, and 7228.30.8010. The subject merchandise may also enter
under other Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS)
numbers including 7215.90.1000, 7215.90.5000, 7221.00.0017,
7221.00.0018, 7221.00.0030, 7221.00.0045, 7222.11.0001, 7222.11.0057,
7222.11.0059, 7222.30.0001, 7227.20.0080, 7227.90.6085, 7228.20.1000,
and 7228.60.6000. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the
merchandise subject to the order is dispositive.\7\
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to
this administrative review are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum. A list of the issues that parties raised and to which we
responded is attached to this notice as an Appendix. 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 https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Issues and
Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum are identical in content.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received from parties and the
results of Grupo Simec's verification, we have made changes to the
margin calculations of Grupo Simec and Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.
(Deacero). For Grupo Simec, we included the downstream sales from
affiliates that did not pass the arm's-length test, incorporated
updated information from our cost and sales verifications of Grupo
Simec, and corrected an inadvertent programming error.\8\ For Deacero,
we corrected an inadvertent programming error.\9\
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\8\ See Memorandum, ``Final Results Analysis Memorandum for
Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V. (Grupo Simec); 2017-2018,'' dated
concurrently with this memorandum (Grupo Simec Final Analysis
Memorandum).
\9\ See Memorandum, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Final Results Sales and Cost Memorandum for Deacero; 2017-
2018,'' dated concurrently with this memorandum (Deacero Final
Calculation Memorandum).
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Final Results of the Review
As a result of this review, Commerce calculated a weighted-average
dumping margin that is 1.46 percent for Grupo Simec and a 7.12 percent
margin for Deacero for the POR. Therefore, consistent with its practice
and the investigation methodology set forth in section 735(c)(5)(A) of
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce assigned the
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for Grupo Simec to the seven
non-selected companies in these final results, as referenced below.
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\10\ We note that there was also a request for review of DE
ACERO SA. DE CV. However, the company's name is Deacero S.A.P.I. de
C.V. Thus, we have not assigned a non-selected rate to DE ACERO SA.
DE CV.
\11\ In the 2014-2015 Review, Commerce collapsed Orge S.A. de
C.V. (Orge), Compania Siderurgica del Pacifico S.A. de C.V.
(Siderurgica Pacifico), Grupo Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Chant), RRLC
S.A.P.I. de C.V. (RRLC), Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico S.A.
de C.V. (Siderurgica Occidente), Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V.
(Simec 6), Simec International 7 S.A. de C.V. (Simec 7), and Simec
International 9 S.A. de C.V (Simec 9) into the single entity ``Grupo
Simec.'' See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2014-2015, 82 FR
27233 (June 14, 2017) (2014-2015 Review). In the 2016-2017 Review,
Commerce collapsed AEST, Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de
C.V. (FUNACE), Perfiles Comerciales Sigosa, S.A. de C.V. (Perfiles),
and Operadora into the single entity ``Grupo Simec,'' which included
Simec 6 and Orge. See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico:
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2016-
2017, 83 FR 63622 (December 11, 2018), and Preliminary Decision
Memorandum at 5; unchanged in Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review;
2016-2017, 84 FR 35599 (July 24, 2019) (2016-2017 Review).
In this administrative review, Commerce has collapsed
Sider[uacute]rgicos Noroeste, S.A. de C.V. and Simec International
with Simec 6, Orge, AEST, FUNACE, Operadora, Simec 7, and Chant in
the single entity, ``Grupo Simec.'' Consistent with the 2016-2017
Review, we find that Industrias CH is affiliated with Grupo Simec
but Commerce is not collapsing the company into the single entity
because it is not involved in the production or sale of subject
merchandise. See Memorandum, ``Affiliation and Collapsing Memorandum
for Grupo Simec,'' dated January 9, 2020.
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Weighted-
average
Producer and/or exporter dumping margin
(percent)
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Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.\10\............................ 7.12
Grupo Simec (Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V.; Orge 1.46
S.A. de C.V.; Aceros Especiales Simec Tlaxcala, S.A. de
C.V.; Fundiciones de Acero Estructurales, S.A. de C.V.;
Operadora de Perfiles Sigosa, S.A. de C.V.; Simec
International, S.A. de C.V.; Simec International 7,
S.A. de C.V.; Grupo Chant, S.A.P.I. de C.V.; and
Sider[uacute]rgicos Noroeste, S.A. de C.V.) \11\.......
AceroMex S.A............................................ 5.54
Arcelor Mittal.......................................... 5.54
ArcelorMittal Celaya.................................... 5.54
ArcelorMittal Cordoba S.A. de C.V....................... 5.54
ArcelorMittal Lazaro Cardenas S.A. de C.V............... 5.54
Cia Siderurgica De California, S.A. de C.V.............. 5.54
Compania Siderurgica de California, S.A. de C.V......... 5.54
Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V............................. 5.54
Siderurgica Tultitlan S.A. de C.V....................... 5.54
Talleres y Aceros, S.A. de C.V.......................... 5.54
Ternium Mexico, S.A. de C.V............................. 5.54
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Disclosure and Public Comment
We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties in this
proceeding within five days after publication of these final results in
the Federal Register, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection
(CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\12\
For any individually examined respondent whose weighted-average dumping
margin is above de minimis, we calculated importer-specific ad valorem
duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the totaled entered
value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Upon
issuance of the final results of this administrative review, if any
importer-specific assessment rates calculated in the final results are
above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.5 percent), Commerce will issue
instructions directly to CBP to assess antidumping duties on
appropriate entries. Where either the respondent's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis, 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.
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\12\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment
rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR
8101 (February 14, 2012).
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment''
practice,\13\ for entries of subject merchandise during the POR
produced by each respondent for which it did not know that 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(ies) involved in the transaction.
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\13\ For a full discussion of this clarification, see
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of
Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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We intend to issue assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days
after publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication 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 respondents
noted above will be the rate 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)(I),
in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for merchandise
exported by producers or exporters not covered in this administrative
review but covered in a 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, a prior review, or the
original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 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
subject merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers or exporters will continue to be 20.58 percent, the all-
others rate established in the LTFV investigation.\14\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\14\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico: Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Affirmative
Determination of Critical Circumstances, 79 FR 54967 (September 15,
2014).
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Notification to Importers
This notice also serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f) to file a certificate regarding
the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to 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 doubled
antidumping duties.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective orders (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
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continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the 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 sanctionable violation.
Notice 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.
Dated: November 2, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Final Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Changes Made Since the Preliminary Results
V. Discussion of the Issues
Comments Concerning Deacero
Comment 1: Whether Constructed Export Price (CEP) Offset Should
Be Granted
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Recalculate Credit Expense
Comment 3: Whether the Highest U.S. Freight Should Be Applied to
All U.S. Sales
Comment 4: Whether to Disallow Deacero's Scrap Offset
Calculation
Comment 5: Whether Section 232 Duties Should be Deducted from
Constructed Export Price
Comments Concerning Grupo Simec
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Apply Total AFA to Grupo
Simec
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Double-Counted Depreciation Expenses
When Applying the Transactions Disregarded Rule to Grupo Simec
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Accept Grupo Simec's Minor
Corrections
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Alter the Margin Calculation
Program to Distinguish Between Prime and Non-Prime Sales
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should Include Grupo Simec and
Sigosa's Downstream Home Market Sales in the Final Margin Program
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Recalculate Grupo Simec's
Home Market Credit Expense
VI. Recommendation
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