1. Commerce has published in the Federal Register (82 FR 27233) on 06/14/2017 the final results of its administrative review of certain producers and/or exporters subject to the antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Mexico for the period 04/24/2014 through 10/31/2015.

2. As a result of Commerce's review, the cash deposit rate has been revised for certain companies. Therefore, for shipments of rebar produced and/or exported by the firm(s) listed below, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 06/14/2017, the required cash deposit has been revised:

Producer and/or Exporter: Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V.
Case number: A-201-844-001
Cash deposit rate: 0.56 %

Producer and/or Exporter: Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V.
Case number: A-201-844-003
Cash deposit rate: 0.00 %

Note: Commerce collapsed Grupo Simec S.A.B. de C.V.; Orge S.A. de C.V.; Compania Siderurgica del Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; Grupo Chant S.A.P.I. de C.V.; RRLC S.A.P.I. de C.V.; Siderurgica del Occidente y Pacifico S.A. de C.V.; Simec International 6 S.A. de C.V.; Simec International 7 S.A. de C.V.; and Simec International 9 S.A. de C.V., and treated these companies as a single entity. The cash deposit rate applies to all of these companies.

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

A. If the exporter of the subject merchandise has its own rate, use the exporter's rate to determine the cash deposit rate.

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

C. Where neither the exporter nor the producer currently has its own rate or the producer is unknown, use the all-others rate for establishing the cash deposit rate.

4. For all producers/exporters of rebar from Mexico without their own rate, the cash deposit rate is 20.58 percent.

5. These cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice. Do not liquidate any entries of merchandise covered by the administrative review until specific liquidation instructions are issued.

6. 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: SM/PMT).

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

Alexander Amdur