Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 33646-33648 [2021-13550]

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• DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
• International Trade Administration

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 120 (Friday, June 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33646-33648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-13550]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-836]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Mexico: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that light-
walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico was sold in the United 
States at less than normal value during the period of review (POR) 
August 1, 2018, through July 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable June 25, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kyle Clahane or John Conniff, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5449 or (202) 482-1009, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 23, 2020, Commerce published the Preliminary 
Results.\1\ On March 31, 2021, Commerce extended the deadline for these 
final results.\2\ For a complete description of the events that 
occurred since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2018-2019, 85 FR 83886 (December 23, 2020) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube 
from Mexico: Extension of Deadline for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-2019,'' dated March 31, 
2021.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for Light-
Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico: Final Results and 
Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2018-
2019,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 
(Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by this order are light-walled rectangular 
pipe and tube from Mexico. For a full description of the scope, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ Id.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs are addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the appendix to this 
notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is 
on file electronically via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at 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/.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on the comments received, we made changes for these final 
results which are explained in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\
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    \5\ Id.
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Final Results of the Review

    As a result of this review, Commerce determines the following 
weighted-average dumping margins exist for the mandatory respondents, 
Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. (Maquilacero) and Regiomontana de Perfiles y 
Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. (Regiopytsa), for the period August 1, 2018, 
through July 31, 2019. In accordance with section 735(c)(5)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce calculated a 
weighted-average dumping margin for the firms not selected for 
individual examination using the weighted-average dumping margins 
calculated for the mandatory respondents, which are not zero, de 
minimis, or determined entirely on the basis of facts available.\6\
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    \6\ In the case of two mandatory respondents, our practice is to 
calculate: (A) A weighted average of the dumping margins calculated 
for the mandatory respondents; (B) a simple average of the dumping 
margins calculated for the mandatory respondents; and (C) a weighted 
average of the dumping margins calculated for the mandatory 
respondents using each company's publicly ranged values for the 
merchandise under consideration. We compare (B) and (C) to (A) and 
select the rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all 
other companies. See Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic 
Products from Taiwan: Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2014-2016, 82 FR 31555, 31556 (July 7, 2017). 
We have applied that practice here. See Memorandum, ``Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review of Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube 
from Mexico: Calculation of Margin for Respondents Not Selected for 
Individual Examination,'' dated concurrently with this notice.

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                                                       Weighted-average
                  Exporter/producer                     dumping margin
                                                           (percent)
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Maquilacero S.A. de C.V. and Tecnicas de Fluidos                    4.23
 S.A. de C.V........................................
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V.                 5.44
 (formerly Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de
 C.V.) \7\..........................................
Aceros Cuatro Caminos S.A. de C.V...................                4.92
Fabricaciones y Servicios de Mexico.................                4.92
Grupo Estructuras y Perfiles........................                4.92
Perfiles LM, S.A. de C.V............................                4.92
Productos Laminados de Monterrey S.A. de C.V........                4.92
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Disclosure of Calculations
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    \7\ In the Preliminary Results, we preliminarily determined that 
Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S. de R.L. de C.V. to be successor-
in-interest to Regiomontana de Perfiles y Tubos S.A. de C.V. We did 
not receive comments from interested parties on this finding. 
Accordingly, we continue to determine that it is the successor-in-
interest. For additional information on Commerce's analysis 
regarding the successor-in-interest finding. See Preliminary Results 
PDM at 6.
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    We intend to disclose the calculations performed in connection with 
these final results to parties in this proceeding within five days 
after the date of publication of this notice, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.224(b).

Assessment Rates

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protections (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review. For each individually examined respondent whose weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 
percent), we calculated importer-specific ad valorem duty assessment 
rates based on the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for 
each importer's examined sales and the total entered value of the sales 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
    For each company which was not individually examined whose 
weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis, we will 
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties at an ad valorem rate equal 
to each company's weighted-average dumping margin noted above. Where a 
non-examined company's weighted-average dumping margin is zero or de 
minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to antidumping duties.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by each 
respondent for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for 
the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate such 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).

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 the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication, as provided by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the 
companies listed above will be the rate established in the final 
results of this administrative review; (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 manufacturers 
or exporters will continue to be 3.76 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the LTFV investigation.\8\ These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.
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    \8\ See Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico, the 
People's Republic of China, and the 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).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to liquidation 
of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties has occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final 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 
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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5) 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: June 21, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Successor-in-Interest
V. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Revise the Model Match 
Criteria

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    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Adjust Maquilacero's Costs 
for Non-Prime Products
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Use Average Net Price to 
Value Maquilacero's Non-Prime Product
    Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Adjust the Selling, General, 
and Administrative (SG&A) Cost Calculation Maquilacero Provided for 
Tecnicas de Fluidos S.A. de C.V. (TEFLU)
    Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Adjustment to 
Maquilacero's Costs for Coil Obtained From Affiliated Parties
    Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Recalculate the Adjustment to 
Maquilacero's Scrap Offset
    Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Adjust TEFLU's Further 
Processing Costs
    Comment 8: Whether Maquilacero's and TEFLU's Sales Were Made at 
the Same Level of Trade
    Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Collapse Maquilacero and 
TEFLU
    Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should Make Certain Changes to 
Maquilacero's SAS Programs
    Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Assign Perfiles the 
Weighted-Average Dumping Margin It Received as a Mandatory 
Respondent in the 2013-2014 Administrative Review
VI. Recommendation

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