82 FR 53456 - Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review: Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 220 (November 16, 2017)

On October 4, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published its notice of initiation and preliminary results of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Mexico to determine whether ArcelorMittal Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AMM) is the successor-in-interest to ArcelorMittal Las Truchas, S.A. de C.V. (AMLT). No interested parties submitted case briefs or requested a hearing with respect to the Department's notice of initiation and preliminary results. Therefore, based on the information on the record, we continue to determine that AMM is the successor-in-interest to ALMT.

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 220 (Thursday, November 16, 2017)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-830]


Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review: Antidumping Duty 
Order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Mexico

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

SUMMARY: On October 4, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) published its notice of initiation and preliminary results 
of a changed circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty order 
on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod (wire rod) from Mexico to 
determine whether ArcelorMittal Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (AMM) is the 
successor-in-interest to ArcelorMittal Las Truchas, S.A. de C.V. 
(AMLT). No interested parties submitted case briefs or requested a 
hearing with respect to the Department's notice of initiation and 
preliminary results. Therefore, based on the information on the record, 
we continue to determine that AMM is the successor-in-interest to ALMT.

DATES: Applicable November 16, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Haynes, 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) 482-5139.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published in the Federal Register the initiation and 
preliminary results of an expedited CCR on October 4, 2017, 
preliminarily finding that AMM is the successor-in-interest to AMLT.\1\ 
In the Preliminary Results, we provided interested parties 30 days from 
the date of publication to submit case briefs or request a hearing. No 
interested parties submitted case briefs or requested a hearing.
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    \1\ See Initiation and Preliminary Results of Changed 
Circumstances Review: Antidumping Duty Order on Carbon and Certain 
Alloy Steel Wire Rod from Mexico, 82 FR 46222 (October 4, 2017) 
(Preliminary Results).
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is carbon and certain alloy 
steel wire rod. The product is currently classified under the 
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) item numbers 
7213.91.3000, 7213.91.3010, 7213.91.3011, 7213.91.3015, 7213.91.3020, 
7213.91.3090, 7213.91.3091, 7213.91.3092, 7213.91.3093, 7213.91.4500, 
7213.91.4510, 7213.91.4590, 7213.91.6000, 7213.91.6010, 7213.91.6090, 
7213.99.0030, 7213.99.0031, 7213.99.0038, 7213.99.0090, 7227.20.0000, 
7227.20.0010, 7227.20.0020, 7227.20.0030, 7227.20.0080, 7227.20.0090, 
7227.20.0095, 7227.90.6010, 7227.90.6020, 7227.90.6030, 7227.90.6035, 
7227.90.6050, 7227.90.6051, 7227.90.6053, 7227.90.6058, 7227.90.6059, 
7227.90.6080, and 7227.90.6085 of the HTSUS. Although the HTSUS numbers 
are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written product 
description remains dispositive.\2\
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    \2\ For a complete description of the scope of the order, see 
Memorandum from James Maeder, Senior Director performing the duties 
of Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations, to Carole Showers, Executive Director, Office of 
Policy, performing the duties of the Deputy Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire 
Rod from Mexico Preliminary Decision Memorandum of Changed 
Circumstances Review,'' dated September 28, 2017 (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Because no party submitted a case brief in response to the 
Department's Preliminary Results, and because the record contains no 
other information or evidence that calls into question the Preliminary 
Results, the Department continues to find that AMM is the successor-in-
interest to AMLT, and is entitled to AMLT's cash deposit rate with 
respect to entries of merchandise subject to the antidumping duty order 
on wire rod from Mexico.\3\
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    \3\ For a complete discussion of the Department's findings, 
which remain unchanged in these final results and which are herein 
incorporated by reference and adopted by this notice, see, 
generally, Preliminary Results and Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    Based on these final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection to suspend liquidation and collect estimated 
antidumping duties for all shipments of subject merchandise exported by 
AMM and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication of this notice in the Federal Register at the 
current antidumping duty cash-deposit rate for AMLT (i.e., 2.59 
percent). This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). 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 terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.216.

    Dated: November 13, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-24865 Filed 11-15-17; 8:45 am]
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