The Commerce Department announced the preliminary results of its administrative reviews of the antidumping orders against carbon and alloy steel wire rod from Brazil, Mexico, and Trinidad and Tobago. Brazil: The administrative review of Brazil covers one producer - Companhia Siderurgica Belgo Mineira, Belgo Mineira Participacao Industria e Comercio, and BMP Siderurgica (collectively "Belgo") - during the period from April 15, 2002 through September 2003. The Department has preliminarily determined a dumping margin of 98.69%. This margin compares with Belgo's current dumping duty deposit rate of 94.73%. The "All Others" dumping duty deposit rate of 74.45% remains unchanged. There is also a countervailing duty order against wire rod from Brazil, and the countervailing duty deposit rate for Belgo is 6.74%. The countervailing duty deposit rate for Gerdau is 2.76%, and the deposit rate for "All Others" is 5.64%. There is no administrative review of the countervailing duty order against Brazil, so these rates remain unchanged. Mexico: The administrative review covers two producers - Hylsa Puebla S.A. de C.V.; and Siderurgica Lazaro Cardenas Las Truchas S.A. de C.V. and its affiliate, CCC Steel GmbH (collectively SICARTSA) - during the period from April 10, 2002 through September 30, 2003. The Department has preliminarily determined dumping margins of 1.82% for SICARTSA and 7.27% for Hylsa Puebla. These margins compare with the current dumping duty deposit rate of 20.11% for both SICARTSA and Hylsa Puebla. Trinidad and Tobago: The administrative review of Trinidad and Tobago covers one producer - Caribbean Ispat Limited and its affiliates, Ispat North America and Walker Wire - during the period from April 10, 2002 through September 30, 2003. The Department has preliminarily determined a dumping margin of 3.45%. This margin compares with the company's current dumping duty deposit rate of 11.40%. At the same time, the Department has preliminarily determined that the "All Others" rate for Trinidad and Tobago is 12.38%, compared with the current dumping duty deposit rate of 11.40%. The Department plans to complete these reviews by March 2005, and the current dumping duty deposit rates will remain in effect until the Department's final results are published in the Federal Register.
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