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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Article 10.12:
Binational Panel Review: Notice of Request for Panel Review
AGENCY: United States Section, USMCA Secretariat, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of USMCA request for panel review.
SUMMARY: A Request for Panel Review was filed on behalf of Grupo Aceroro S.A. de C.V.
with the United States Section of the USMCA Secretariat on June 6, 2024, pursuant to USMCA
Article 10.12. Panel Review was requested of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Final Results
in the 2021-2022 Administrative Review of Antidumping Duty Order on Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from Mexico.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vidya Desai, United States Secretary,
USMCA Secretariat, Room 2061, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, D.C. 20230,
202-482-5438.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
The final determination was published in the Federal Register on May 10, 2024 (89 FR 40467).
The USMCA Secretariat has assigned case number USA-MEX-2024-10.12-03 to this request.
Article 10.12 of Chapter 10 of USMCA provides a dispute settlement mechanism involving trade
remedy determinations issued by the Government of the United States, the Government of
Canada, and the Government of Mexico. Following a Request for Panel Review, a Binational
Panel is composed to review the trade remedy determination being challenged and issue a
binding Panel Decision. There are established USMCA Rules of Procedure for Article 10.12
(Binational Panel Reviews), which were adopted by the three governments for panels requested
pursuant to Article 10.12(2) of USMCA which requires Requests for Panel Review to be

published in accordance with Rule 40. For the complete Rules, please see https://can-mex-usasec.org/secretariat/agreement-accord-acuerdo/usmca-aceum-tmec/rules-regles-reglas/articlearticle-articulo_10_12.aspx?lang=eng.
The Rules provide that:
(a) A Party or interested person may challenge the final determination in whole or in part by
filing a Complaint in accordance with Rule 44 no later than 30 days after the filing of the
first Request for Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Complaint is July 8, 2024);
(b) A Party, an investigating authority or other interested person who does not file a
Complaint but who intends to participate in the panel review shall file a Notice of
Appearance in accordance with Rule 45 no later than 45 days after the filing of the first
Request for Panel Review (the deadline for filing a Notice of Appearance is July 22,
2024);
(c) The panel review will be limited to the allegations of error of fact or law, including
challenges to the jurisdiction of the investigating authority, that are set out in the
Complaints filed in the panel review and to the procedural and substantive defenses
raised in the panel review.
Dated: June 11, 2024.
Vidya Desai,
United States Secretary,
USMCA Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2024-13251 Filed: 6/25/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/26/2024]