• Effective Date: Apr 24, 2014
  • Period of Review: Jul 01, 2012 to Jun 30, 2013
  • Cite as: 79 FR 22802 • Cite date: Apr 24, 2014

1. On 04/24/2014, Commerce published in the Federal Register its affirmative preliminary determination of sales at less than fair value and postponement of the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (79 FR 22802).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 3298303, dated 10/25/2013.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number A-201-844.

4. Because Commerce determined that critical circumstances exist for imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico from the producers and/or exporters listed below, CBP shall suspend liquidation of all appropriate entries of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 01/24/2014 which is 90 days before the date of publication of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register. Effective 01/24/2014, for entries of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico from the producers or exporters listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margins:

Producer and/or Exporter: Deacero S.A. de C.V
Case number: A-201-844-001
Cash deposit rate: 20.59%

(Note: Entries may have been made under the Producer and/or Exporter name: Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.)

Producer and/or Exporter: Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V.
Case number: A-201-844-002
Cash deposit rate: 66.70%

All Others
Case Number: A-201-844-000
Cash Deposit Rate: 20.59%

5. Commerce found that critical circumstances do not exist for imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico from the producer and/or exporter listed below. For imports of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico from the producer and/or exporter listed below CBP shall suspend liquidation of such entries which were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 04/24/2014. Effective 4/24/2014, for entries of steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico from the producer and/or exporter listed below, CBP shall require a cash deposit equal to the following dumping margin:

Producer and/or Exporter: Grupo Simec
Case number: A-201-844-003
Cash deposit rate: 10.66%

(Note: Entries may have been made under the Producer and/or Exporter name Simec International 6, S.A. De C.V or Orge S.A. de C.V.)

6. If any entries of this merchandise are exported by a firm other than the producer, then the following instructions apply:

A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise does not have its own rate but the producer has its own rate, the cash deposit will be the producer's rate.

B. Where neither the exporter nor the producer has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate of 20.59 percent to establish the cash deposit.

7. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OIII: JZ).

8. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Michael B. Walsh