<NOTICE>
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
<SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY>
<DEPDOC>[A-201-862]</DEPDOC>
<SUBJECT>Certain Glass Wine Bottles From Mexico: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Final Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances</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) determines that imports of certain glass wine bottles (wine bottles) from Mexico are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV) for the period of investigation October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023.
</SUM>
<DATES>
<HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD>
Applicable January 2, 2025.
</DATES>
<FURINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD>
Elizabeth Bremer or Maria Teresa Aymerich, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4987 or (202) 482-0499, respectively.
</FURINF>
<SUPLINF>
<HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD>
On August 9, 2024, Commerce published in the
<E T="04">Federal Register</E>
its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of wine bottles from Mexico, in which it also postponed the final determination until December 23, 2024.
<SU>1</SU>
<FTREF/>
We invited interested parties to comment on the
<E T="03">Preliminary Determination.</E>
<SU>2</SU>
<FTREF/>
We received no comments from interested parties regarding the preliminary determination of negative critical circumstances. Therefore, we continue to determine that critical circumstances do not exist for all companies.
<SU>3</SU>
<FTREF/>
<FTNT>
<SU>1</SU>
<E T="03">See Certain Glass Wine Bottles from Mexico: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures,</E>
89 FR 65317 (August 9, 2024) (
<E T="03">Preliminary Determination</E>
), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>2</SU>
<E T="03">Id.,</E>
89 FR at 65318.
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>3</SU>
<E T="03">Id.,</E>
89 FR at 65317.
</FTNT>
A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the
<E T="03">Preliminary Determination,</E>
as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
<SU>4</SU>
<FTREF/>
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
<E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E>
In addition, a complete version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at
<E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E>
<FTNT>
<SU>4</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value in the Investigation of Certain Glass Wine Bottles from Mexico,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Investigation</HD>
The products covered by this investigation are wine bottles from Mexico. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation,
<E T="03">see</E>
Appendix I.
<SU>5</SU>
<FTREF/>
<FTNT>
<SU>5</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Appendix I.
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope Comments</HD>
On August 19, 2024, Commerce published the final scope memorandum for this investigation.
<SU>6</SU>
<FTREF/>
Commerce is not modifying the scope language as it appeared in the
<E T="03">Initiation Notice</E>
and
<E T="03">Preliminary Determination</E>
for the final determination.
<SU>7</SU>
<FTREF/>
<E T="03">See</E>
the scope in Appendix I to this notice.
<FTNT>
<SU>6</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Memorandum, “Glass Wine Bottles from the People's Republic of China, Chile, and Mexico: Final Scope Decision Memorandum,” dated August 19, 2024.
</FTNT>
<FTNT>
<SU>7</SU>
<E T="03">See Certain Glass Wine Bottles from Chile, the People's Republic of China, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations,</E>
89 FR 4911 (January 25, 2024) (
<E T="03">Initiation Notice</E>
).
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Verification</HD>
As provided in section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), in August and October 2024, we verified the sales and cost information submitted by Owens América, S. de R.L. de C.V. (Owens América) and Fevisa Industrial S.A. de C.V./Fevisa Comercial S.A. de C.V./Fábrica de Envases de Vidrio S.A. de C.V./Fábrica de Envases de Vidrio del Potosi, S.A. de C.V (collectively, Fevisa) for use in our final determination.
<SU>8</SU>
<FTREF/>
We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Owens América and Fevisa.
<FTNT>
<SU>8</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Memorandum, “Verification of Owens América, S. de R.L. de C.V.,” dated November 21, 2024; Memorandum, “CEP Verification of Owens América, S. de R.L. de C.V.,” dated November 21, 2024; Memorandum, “Verification of the Sales Response of Fevisa Industrial S.A. de C.V./Fevisa Comercial S.A. de C.V./Fábrica de Envases de Vidrio S.A. de C.V./Fábrica de Envases de Vidrio del Potosi, S.A. de C.V. (collectively Fevisa),” dated November 21, 2024; Memorandum, “Verification of the Cost Response of Fabrica de Envases de Vidrio S.A. de C.V.,” dated November 22, 2024; Memorandum, “Verification of the Cost Response of Owens América, S. de R.L. de C.V.,” November 22, 2024.
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of Comments Received</HD>
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Changes Since the Preliminary Determination</HD>
Based on a review of the record and comments received from interested parties regarding our
<E T="03">Preliminary Determination,</E>
we made certain changes to both Fevisa's and Owens America's preliminary weighted-average dumping margin calculations. For a discussion of these changes,
<E T="03">see</E>
the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
<HD SOURCE="HD1">All-Others Rate</HD>
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that the estimated weighted-average dumping margin for all other producers and exporters not individually investigated shall be equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for individually investigated exporters and producers, excluding rates that are zero,
<E T="03">de minimis,</E>
or determined entirely under section 776 of the Act,
<E T="03">i.e.,</E>
facts otherwise available.
In this investigation, Commerce calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Ownes America and Fevisa that are not zero,
<E T="03">de minimis,</E>
or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Commerce calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged values for the merchandise under consideration.
<SU>9</SU>
<FTREF/>
<FTNT>
<SU>9</SU>
<E T="03">See</E>
Memorandum, “All-Others Rate Calculation,” dated concurrently with this notice. With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a simple average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S. sales values for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters.
<E T="03">See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part,</E>
75 FR 53661, 53662 (September 1, 2010), and accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 1. As complete publicly ranged sales data were available, Commerce based the all others rate on the publicly ranged sales data of the mandatory respondents. For a complete analysis of the data,
<E T="03">see</E>
the All Others Rate Calculation Memorandum.
</FTNT>
<HD SOURCE="HD1">Final Determination</HD>
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist:
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<TTITLE> </TTITLE>
<CHED H="1">Exporter and/or producer</CHED>
<CHED H="1">
Weighted-average
<ENT I="01">Fevisa Industrial S.A. de C.V./Fevisa Comercial S.A. de C.V./Fábrica de Envases de Vidrio S.A. de C.V./Fábrica de Envases de Vidrio del Potosi, S.A. de C.V</ENT>
<ENT>13.95</ENT>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENT I="01">Glass & Glass S.A. de C.V</ENT>
<ENT>* 96.95</ENT>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENT I="01">JOCOGLASS</ENT>
<ENT>* 96.95</ENT>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENT I="01">Owens América S.
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