Mexico Rebar: Details of AD Duty Order
The Commerce Department issued an antidumping duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from Mexico (A-201-844) (here). The order details a "gap period" of Oct. 21 - Nov. 2 of no AD duty liability, as well as the refund of any cash deposit collected for entries before April 24.
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With the issuance of this order, AD duties on rebar from Mexico become permanent, and can only be ended under certain conditions, like a sunset review or a changed circumstances review. Commerce will now begin conducting annual administrative reviews on exporters of rebar from Mexico, if requested, to determine final assessments of AD duties on importers and make changes to AD duty cash deposit rates.
Refund of AD Cash Deposits Collected Jan. 24 - April 23
Although Commerce found in its preliminary determination that "critical circumstances" existed for imports of rebar from Mexico, and made suspension of liquidation retroactive 90 days, the International Trade Commission decided in October to overrule that decision. As a result, Commerce will refund AD duty cash deposits collected on shipments entered between Jan. 24 and April 23. Cash deposit requirements for rebar from Mexico entered on or after April 24 are still in effect.
Gap Period of No AD Suspension of Liq or AD Duties for Oct. 21 - Nov. 2
For these investigations, the six-month provisional measures period for which the AD suspension of liquidation may remain in effect before the order is issued began on April 24 (the date of the preliminary determination) and ended on Oct. 21.
As the International Trade Commission's final affirmative injury determination was published on Nov. 3, Commerce is instructing CBP to terminate AD suspension of liquidation and to liquidate, without regard to AD duties, unliquidated entries of subject merchandise from Mexico entered on or after Oct. 21, and through Nov. 2 (the gap period).
(For subject merchandise entered on or after April 24 through Oct. 20, suspension of liquidation and AD duty liability remains in effect.)
AD Suspension of Liq Instructions
Suspension of liquidation resumes for all entries of subject merchandise from Mexico entered on or after Nov. 3, the date that the final ITC affirmative injury determination was published.
AD Cash Deposit Instructions
An AD cash deposit requirement is also in effect for subject merchandise from Mexico entered on or after Nov. 3. Commerce will instruct CBP to require, at the same time as importers deposit estimated duties, a cash deposit equal to the AD duty rates listed below:
| 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% |
(See notice for additional details, including the full scope description, etc. See 1410140105 for summary of the ITC's final affirmative injury vote, and 14091212 for summary of Commerce’s final determination.)
ITC final injury determination (Federal Register 11/03/14) is available (here).
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Stephanie Moore (202) 482-3692
(Federal Register 11/06/14)