Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-201-830]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that sales of carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Mexico were made at less than normal value during the period of review (POR), October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this administrative review with respect to one company. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable November 14, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Palmer, 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) 482-4243 or (202) 482-1678, respectively. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On October 29, 2002, Commerce published the antidumping duty order on wire rod from Mexico in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On October 3, 2023, we published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order.</E> <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On December 6, 2023, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), Commerce initiated an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order</E>   <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> on wire rod from Mexico covering the following nine exporters/producers: ArcelorMittal Mexico S.A. de C.V. (AMM); Comercializadora Eloro S.A. (Comercializadora Eloro); Deacero S.A.. de C.V./Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Deacero); Deacero Summit S.A.P.I. de C.V. (Deacero Summit); Grupo Villacero S.A. de C.V. (Villacero); Ingeteknos Estructurales S.A. (Ingeteknos); TA 2000 S.A. de C.V. (TA 2000); Talleres y Aceros S.A. de C.V. (Talleres y Aceros); and Ternium Mexico S.A. de C.V. (Ternium). On June 7, 2024, we extended the preliminary results of this review to August 21, 2024. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> On August 9, 2024, we further extended the preliminary results of this review to November 6, 2024. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Moldova, Trinidad and Tobago, and Ukraine,</E> 67 FR 65945 (October 29, 2002) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,</E> 88 FR 68098 (October 3, 2023). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 88 FR 84784, 84786 (December 6, 2023) ( <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated June 7, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,” dated August 9, 2024. </FTNT> For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 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 <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico; 2022-2023,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The merchandise subject to the <E T="03">Order</E> is wire rod, in coils. A full description of the scope of the <E T="03">Order</E> is contained in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Partial Rescission of Review</HD> As noted above, we initiated this review with respect to nine companies. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> During the course of the review, we selected two mandatory respondents. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> Thus, there are seven companies upon which this review was requested, and which were not selected for individual examination: (1) AMM; (2) Comercializadora Eloro; (3) Deacero Summit; (4) Villacero; (5) Ingeteknos; (6) Talleres y Aceros; and (7) Ternium. <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation Notice.</E> </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Selection of Respondents for Individual Examination,” dated January 11, 2024. </FTNT> Commerce received timely withdrawal requests within 90 days of the date of publication of the <E T="03">Initiation Notice,</E> with respect to: AMM; Commercialiazadora Eloro; Villacero; and Ternium. <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> As a result, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to the four companies referenced above in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> CMC/Nucor's Letter, “Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,” dated March 5, 2024. </FTNT> In addition, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an administrative review when there are no reviewable suspended entries. Based on our analysis of the U.S. Customers and Border Protection (CBP) information, five companies listed in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR, specifically: AMM; Commercialiazadora Eloro; Villacero; Ingeteknos; and Talleres y Aceros. On December 20, 2023, we notified parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to the above-referenced five companies that had no reviewable suspended entries during the POR. <SU>11</SU> <FTREF/> On January 5, 2024, we received comments on our Intent to Rescind Memorandum from CMC/Nucor. <SU>12</SU> <FTREF/> Furthermore, on August 30, 2024, we notified parties of our intent to rescind this administrative review with respect to Deacero Summit. <SU>13</SU> <FTREF/> We did not receive comments regarding our intent to rescind the above-referenced entity. <FTNT> <SU>11</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Commerce's Letter, “Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,” dated December 20, 2023 (Intent to Rescind Memorandum). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>12</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> CMC/Nucor's Letter, “Comments on Notice of Intent to Rescind,” dated January 5, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>13</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In Part,” dated August 30, 2024. </FTNT> After considering the comments received, and consistent with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to Ingeteknos and Deacero Summit, which both had no entries in the POR and for which withdrawal requests were not previously received from all parties requesting review. <SU>14</SU> <FTREF/> As explained above, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is also rescinding this review, in part, with respect to four companies which received timely withdrawal requests: AMM, Commercialiazadora Eloro; Villacero; and Ternium. As a result, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to a total of six companies, which are referenced above. <SU>15</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>14</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>15</SU>   <E T="03">Id.</E> </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Act. Export price and constructed export price were calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value was calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, <E T="03">see</E> the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of Review</HD> As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the POR: <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>16</SU>  As discussed in further detail in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum, we preliminarily determine that TA 2000 is the successor-in-interest to Talleres y Aceros. </FTNT> <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,i1" CDEF="s50,12"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Producer/exporter</CHED> TA 2000 S.A. de C.V. <SU>16</SU> </ENT> <ENT>18.09</ENT> </R ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 21k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━