Mexico Rebar: Commerce Issues Final AD Duty Determination
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (A-201-844). The agency made some changes to its preliminary rates, and imposed retroactive suspension of liquidation on Simec. The agency also made a change to the scope of duties. The final determination is effective May 30.
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The next step is for the International Trade Commission to make its final injury determination, currently scheduled for Oct. 23. If the ITC finds injury, Commerce will issue an AD duty order and duties will be made permanent. If the ITC finds no injury, the investigation will be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded.
New Exemption in Scope
At the request of domestic industry, Commerce is adding the following exemption to the scope of AD duties on rebar from Mexico:
"Also excluded from the scope is deformed steel wire meeting ASTM A1064/A1064M with no bar markings (e.g., mill mark, size, or grade) and without being subject to an elongation test."
Suspension of Liquidation Still Retroactive 90 Days for Some Companies
Commerce continued to find "critical circumstances" for Deacero, Acerero, and the "all others" companies, because they allegedly increased sales of subject merchandise in the U.S. before the preliminary determination in an attempt to get in as much rebar as possible before duties were imposed. As such, it will order CBP to continue to suspend liquidation for all subject merchandise for these three companies entered on or after Oct. 24, the date 90 days prior to the preliminary determination.
Commerce also for the first time found critical circumstances exist for Simec, so the agency is now retroactively suspending liquidation and setting cash deposit requirements back to Jan. 24 for that company as well.
Estimated AD Cash Deposit Rates Unchanged
Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from Mexico equal to the following AD rates:
| Exporter or Producer | AD Rate |
| Deacero S.A.P.I. de C.V. | 20.58% |
| Grupo Acerero S.A. de C.V. | 66.7% |
| Grupo Simec | 66.7% |
| All Others | 20.58% |
(The period of investigation is 07/01/12 -- 06/30/13. See Commerce’s notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation, detailed instructions on cash deposit rates, etc. See 14042315 for summary of the preliminary determination of this investigation.)
AC/CVD Operations contact -- Stephanie Moore (202) 482-3692
(Federal Register 09/15/14)