Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; Calendar Year 2011, 64916-64918 [2013-25816]

Download as PDF 64916 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 30, 2013 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Application(s) for Duty-Free Entry of Scientific Instruments Pursuant to Section 6(c) of the Educational, Scientific and Cultural Materials Importation Act of 1966 (Pub. L. 89–651, as amended by Pub. L. 106– 36; 80 Stat. 897; 15 CFR part 301), we invite comments on the question of whether instruments of equivalent scientific value, for the purposes for which the instruments shown below are intended to be used, are being manufactured in the United States. Comments must comply with 15 CFR 301.5(a)(3) and (4) of the regulations and be postmarked on or before November 19, 2013. Address written comments to Statutory Import Programs Staff, Room 3720, U.S. Department of Commerce, Washington, DC 20230. Applications may be examined between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. at the U.S. Department of Commerce in Room 3720. Docket Number: 13–034. Applicant: University of Minnesota—Twin Cities, 421 Washington Avenue SE., Minneapolis, MN 55455. Instrument: Diode-Pumped Solid-State Femtosecond Laser. Manufacturer: Light Conversion, Lithuania. Intended Use: The instrument will be used to study nonequilibrium materials processes ranging spatially from the atomic-scale up to micrometers and temporally from femtoseconds to seconds, including thermal transport, energy conversion (e.g., light to heat), crystallization, melting, phase transformations, fracture, and other dynamic events. The unique characteristics of the instrument required for the research objectives include a variable repetition rate from single-shot to 1 MHz controlled with TTL input for external triggering or via computer interface, 0.2 mJ/pulse (<30 kHz), 6 Watts at 1 MHz, collinear output from a harmonics module of fundamental (1030 nm), second harmonic (515 nm), and third harmonic (343 nm) with additional optics for operation at low and high repetition rates. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: July 30, 2013. Docket Number: 13–036. Applicant: UChicago Argonne, 9700 South Cass Avenue, Lemont, IL 60439. Instrument: High pressure crystal growth furnace with Siemens programmable logic controller. Manufacturer: SCIDRE— Scientific Instruments, Germany. VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:58 Oct 29, 2013 Jkt 232001 Intended Use: The instrument will be used to create transition metal oxides, including oxides of iron, manganese, copper, cobalt, vanadium, iridium, ruthenium, rhenium, titanium, nickel, and zinc. It will also be used to grow crystals of intermetallic phases, which are non-oxides of these same transition metals, alloyed with lanthanide metals and/or main group metals (e.g., Al, Si, Bi). These materials will be created to understand a variety of physical phenomena including superconductivity, metal-insulator transitions, and magnetism. With the crystals grown on the instrument, a variety of tests will be performed including magnetic measurements, structural determination by x-ray or neutron scattering, and electrical transport. The unique characteristics of this instrument required for the research objectives include operation at pressures of oxygen or inert gases up to 150 atm, measurement of image zone using pyrometric probes, and cleansing of inert gas stream to better than 10¥12 ppm oxygen with monitoring during process. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 19, 2013. Docket Number: 13–037. Applicant: Georgia Health Sciences University, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912. Instrument: Imaging System/Digital Microscope & Accessories. Manufacturer: Till Photonics, Germany. Intended Use: The instrument will be used for fluorescence imaging of cellular organelles and calcium flux, photoactivation and photo-bleaching fluorescent proteins to study cellular organelles (mitochondria) and intracellular ion flux. The unique characteristics of the instrument include fast wavelength change, a dichromotome system, and two different light sources that are incorporated and readily switchable, incorporated into a single unit of a wide field fluorescence microscope. Justification for Duty-Free Entry: There are no instruments of the same general category manufactured in the United States. Application accepted by Commissioner of Customs: August 22, 2013. Dated: October 22, 2013. Gregory W. Campbell, Director of Subsidies Enforcement, Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2013–25599 Filed 10–29–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–489–502] Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; Calendar Year 2011 Enforcement and Compliance (Formerly Import Administration), International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: On April 9, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (steel pipes and tubes) from Turkey for the January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, period of review (POR).1 The Department preliminarily found that the following producers/ exporters of subject merchandise covered by this review had de minimis net subsidy rates for the POR: (1) Borusan Group, Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (BMB), and Borusan Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S. (Istikbal) (collectively, Borusan); (2) Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Erbosan AS) and Erbosan Erciyas Pipe Industry and Trade Co. Kayseri Free Zone Branch (Erbosan FZB), (collectively Erbosan), and (3) Tosyali dis Ticaret A.S. (Tosyali) and Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. (Toscelik Profil), (collectively, Toscelik). The Department has now completed the administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff of 1930, as amended (the Act). Based on our analysis of comments received, the net subsidy rates for Borusan and Erbosan, although revised, continue to be de minimis. The Department has also revised the net subsidy rate for Toscelik. Further discussion of our analysis of the comments received is provided in the accompanying Final Decision Memorandum.2 The final net subsidy rates for Borusan, Erbosan, and Toscelik AGENCY: 1 See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; Calendar Year 2011, 78 FR 21107 (April 9, 2013) (Preliminary Results). 2 See Decision Memorandum for Final Results of Countervailing Duty (CVD) Administrative Review: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Turkey from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance dated concurrently with these final results (Final Decision Memorandum). E:\FR\FM\30OCN1.SGM 30OCN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 30, 2013 / Notices are listed below in the ‘‘Final Results of Review’’ section. DATES: Effective: October 30, 2013. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska at 202–482–8362 (for Borusan and Erbosan) at 202–482–8362 and John Conniff at 202–482–1009 (for Toscelik), AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230. Background On March 7, 1986, the Department published in the Federal Register the CVD order on steel pipes and tubes from Turkey.3 On April 9, 2013, the Department published in the Federal Register the preliminary results for this review. In the Preliminary Results, we invited interested parties to submit case briefs commenting on the preliminary results and to request a hearing.4 On May 9, 2013, we received case briefs from Borusan and Petitioners.5 On May 14, 2013, we received a rebuttal brief from Toscelik. We did not hold a hearing in this review, as none was requested by interested parties. emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Scope of Order The products covered by this order are certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube with an outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more, but not over 16 inches, of any wall thickness (pipe and tube) from Turkey. These products are currently provided for under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as item numbers 7306.30.10, 7306.30.50, and 7306.90.10. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the merchandise is dispositive. Analysis of Comments Received All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to this administrative review are addressed in the Final Decision Memorandum, dated concurrently with this notice and which is hereby adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised, and to which we have responded in the Final Decision Memorandum, is attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Final Decision Memorandum is a public document and is on file 3 See Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube Products From Turkey, 51 FR 7984 (March 7, 1986). 4 See Preliminary Results. 5 Petitioners in this review are Wheatland Tube Company (Wheatland), Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation and TMK IPSCO, and United States Steel Corporation (collectively, Petitioners). VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:58 Oct 29, 2013 Jkt 232001 electronically via IA ACCESS. IA ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Final Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https:// enforcement.ita.doc.gov/frn/. The signed Final Decision Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Final Decision Memorandum are identical in content. Final Results of Review Consistent with the Preliminary Results, the total net subsidy rate for Erbosan remained 0.30 percent ad valorem. In these final results, we have revised Borusan’s total net subsidy rate to 0.19 percent ad valorem. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c), the calculated rates for Erbosan and Borusan are de minimis. We have also revised the net subsidy rate for Toscelik. In these final results, we have calculated a total net subsidy rate of 0.83 percent for Toscelik. Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date of publication of these final results, to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise by Borusan and Erbosan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, without regard to CVDs because a de minimis subsidy rate was calculated for each company. We will also instruct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation but to collect no cash deposits of estimated CVDs on shipments of the subject merchandise by Borusan and Erbosan, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of this review. For Toscelik, the Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these final results of review to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise by Toscelik entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, at the ad valorem assessment rate listed above. We will also instruct CBP to collect cash deposits for Toscelik at the CVD cash deposit rate indicated above on all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of these final results of review. For all non-reviewed companies, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 64917 cash deposits at the most recent company-specific or country-wide rate applicable to the company. Accordingly, the cash deposit rates that will be applied to companies covered by this order, but not examined in this review, are those established in the most recently completed administrative proceeding for each company. The cash deposit rates for all companies not covered by this review are not changed by the results of this review, and remain in effect until further notice. Return or Destruction of Proprietary Information This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return/ destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation. We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. Dated: October 23, 2013. Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Appendix I. Methodology and Background Information Subsidies Valuation Information A. Attribution of Subsidies B. Benchmark Interest Rates II. Analysis of Programs I. Programs Determined To Be Countervailable A. Deduction from Taxable Income for Export Revenue B. Short Term Pre-Shipment Rediscount Program C. Law 5084: Withholding of Income Tax on Wages and Salaries D. Law 5084: Incentive for Employers’ Share in Insurance Premiums E. Law 5084: Allocation of Free Land and Purchase of Land for Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR) F. Law 5084: Energy Support G. Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ): Exemption From Property Tax H. Corporate Income Tax Exemption Under the Free Zones Law I. Investment Encouragement Program (IEP): Customs Duty Exemptions II. Programs Determined To Not Confer Countervailable Benefits During the POR A. Inward Processing Certificate Exemption B. Provision of Buildings and Land Use Rights for LTAR Under the Free Zones Law E:\FR\FM\30OCN1.SGM 30OCN1 64918 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 210 / Wednesday, October 30, 2013 / Notices III. Programs Found Not Countervailable During the POR A. Deductions on Social Security Payments Program Under Law 5510 B. Deductions on Social Security Payments Program Under Law 5921 C. Customs Duties and Value-Added Tax (VAT) Exemptions Under the Free Zones Law IV. Programs Determined To Not Be Used During the POR A. Stamp Duties and Fees Exemptions Under the Free Zones Law B. Other Programs Not Used • Post-Shipment Export Loans • Export Credit Bank of Turkey Buyer Credits • Subsidized Turkish Lira Credit Facilities • Subsidized Credit for Proportion of Fixed Expenditures • Subsidized Credit in Foreign Currency • Regional Subsidies • VAT Support Program (Incentive Premium on Domestically Obtained Goods) • IEP: VAT Exemptions • IEP: Reductions in Corporate Taxes • IEP: Interest Support • IEP: Social Security Premium Support • IEP: Land Allocation • National Restructuring Program • Regional Incentive Scheme: Reduced Corporate Tax Rates • Regional Incentive Scheme: Social Security Premium Contribution for Employees • Regional Incentive Scheme: Allocation of State Land • Regional Incentive Scheme: Interest Support • OIZ: Waste Water Charges • OIZ: Exemptions From Customs Duties, VAT, and Payments for Public Housing Fund, for Investments for Which an Income Certificate Is Received • OIZ: Credits for Research and Development Investments, Environmental Investments, Certain Technology Investments, Certain ‘‘Regional Development’’ Investments, and Investments Moved From Developed Regions to ‘‘Regions of Special Purpose’’ • Foreign Trade Companies Short Term Export Credits • Pre-Export Credits • Pre-shipment Export Credits • OIZ: Exemption From Building and Construction Charges • OIZ: Exemption From Amalgamation and Allotment Transaction Charges emcdonald on DSK67QTVN1PROD with NOTICES Analysis of Comments Borusan Comment 1: Whether the Department Should Grant an Offset to the Gross Subsidy Found on Turkish Eximbank Loans for the Bank Guarantee Fees Comment 2: Whether the Department Erred in Including Certain Eximbank Loans in the Department’s Preliminary Benefit Calculations Erbosan Comment 3: Whether the Department Should Find Provision of Buildings and Land Use Rights for Less than Adequate VerDate Mar<15>2010 16:58 Oct 29, 2013 Jkt 232001 Remuneration under the Free Zones Law Program Countervailable Toscelik Comment 4: Benchmark Used to Calculate the Benefit under the Osmaniye Organized Industrial Zone Program Used by Toscelik Comment 5: Treatment of Investment Encouragement Program (IEP) [FR Doc. 2013–25816 Filed 10–29–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Interagency Ocean Observation Committee, Meeting of the Data Management and Communications Steering Team National Ocean Service (NOS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC). ACTION: Notice of open meeting. AGENCY: NOAA’s Integrated Ocean Observing System (IOOS®) Program publishes this notice on behalf of the Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC) to announce a formal meeting of the IOOC’s Data Management and Communications Steering Team (DMAC–ST). The DMAC–ST membership is comprised of IOOCapproved federal agency representatives and non-federal participants representing academic, non-profit, private, regional and state sectors who will discuss issues outlined in the agenda. DATES: The meeting is scheduled for November 19, 2013, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. and November 20, 2013, between 9 a.m. and noon, Eastern Standard Time. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be broadcast via a conference telephone call. Public access is available at the Consortium for Ocean Leadership, 1201 New York Avenue NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20005. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For further information about this notice, please contact the U.S. IOOS Program (Charles Alexander, 301–427–2429, Charles.Alexander@noaa.gov) or the IOOC Support Office (Joshua Young, 202–787–1622, jyoung@ oceanleadership.org). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The IOOC was established by Congress under the Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation System Act of 2009 and created under the National Ocean Research Leadership Council (NORLC). SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 The DMAC–ST was subsequently chartered by the IOOC in December 2010 to assist with technical guidance with respect to the management of ocean data collected under the U.S. IOOS®. The IOOC’s Web site (https:// www.iooc.us/) contains more information about their charter and responsibilities. A summary of the DMAC–ST meetings, documentations, activities and terms of reference can also be found on-line, at the following address: https://www.iooc.us/committeenews/dmac. Authority: 33 U.S.C. 3601–3610. Dated: October 21, 2013. Zdenka S. Willis, Director, Integrated Ocean Observing System Program. [FR Doc. 2013–25706 Filed 10–29–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–JE–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648–XC893 Takes of Marine Mammals Incidental to Specified Activities; Taking Marine Mammals Incidental to Rocky Intertidal Monitoring Surveys Along the Oregon and California Coasts National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; proposed incidental harassment authorization; request for comments. AGENCY: NMFS has received an application from the Partnership for Interdisciplinary Study of Coastal Oceans (PISCO) at the University of California (UC) Santa Cruz for an Incidental Harassment Authorization (IHA) to take marine mammals, by harassment, incidental to rocky intertidal monitoring surveys. Pursuant to the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), NMFS is requesting comments on its proposal to issue an IHA to PISCO to incidentally take, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during the specified activity. DATES: Comments and information must be received no later than November 29, 2013. ADDRESSES: Comments on the application should be addressed to Michael Payne, Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. The SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30OCN1.SGM 30OCN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-502]


Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Turkey: Final 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; Calendar Year 
2011

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance (Formerly Import Administration), 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On April 9, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register its preliminary results of 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 
circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (steel pipes and tubes) 
from Turkey for the January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, period 
of review (POR).\1\ The Department preliminarily found that the 
following producers/exporters of subject merchandise covered by this 
review had de minimis net subsidy rates for the POR: (1) Borusan Group, 
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (BMB), and Borusan 
Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S. (Istikbal) (collectively, Borusan); (2) Erbosan 
Erciyas Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Erbosan AS) and Erbosan Erciyas 
Pipe Industry and Trade Co. Kayseri Free Zone Branch (Erbosan FZB), 
(collectively Erbosan), and (3) Tosyali dis Ticaret A.S. (Tosyali) and 
Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. (Toscelik Profil), 
(collectively, Toscelik). The Department has now completed the 
administrative review in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff 
of 1930, as amended (the Act). Based on our analysis of comments 
received, the net subsidy rates for Borusan and Erbosan, although 
revised, continue to be de minimis. The Department has also revised the 
net subsidy rate for Toscelik. Further discussion of our analysis of 
the comments received is provided in the accompanying Final Decision 
Memorandum.\2\ The final net subsidy rates for Borusan, Erbosan, and 
Toscelik

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are listed below in the ``Final Results of Review'' section.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; Calendar Year 2011, 78 FR 21107 (April 9, 2013) (Preliminary 
Results).
    \2\ See Decision Memorandum for Final Results of Countervailing 
Duty (CVD) Administrative Review: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 
and Tubes from Turkey from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant 
Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to 
Paul Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance 
dated concurrently with these final results (Final Decision 
Memorandum).

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DATES: Effective: October 30, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska at 202-482-8362 (for 
Borusan and Erbosan) at 202-482-8362 and John Conniff at 202-482-1009 
(for Toscelik), AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Background

    On March 7, 1986, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the CVD order on steel pipes and tubes from Turkey.\3\ On April 9, 
2013, the Department published in the Federal Register the preliminary 
results for this review. In the Preliminary Results, we invited 
interested parties to submit case briefs commenting on the preliminary 
results and to request a hearing.\4\ On May 9, 2013, we received case 
briefs from Borusan and Petitioners.\5\ On May 14, 2013, we received a 
rebuttal brief from Toscelik. We did not hold a hearing in this review, 
as none was requested by interested parties.
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    \3\ See Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipe and Tube Products From Turkey, 51 FR 7984 (March 7, 1986).
    \4\ See Preliminary Results.
    \5\ Petitioners in this review are Wheatland Tube Company 
(Wheatland), Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation and TMK IPSCO, and 
United States Steel Corporation (collectively, Petitioners).
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Scope of Order

    The products covered by this order are certain welded carbon steel 
pipe and tube with an outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more, but not 
over 16 inches, of any wall thickness (pipe and tube) from Turkey. 
These products are currently provided for under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) as item numbers 7306.30.10, 
7306.30.50, and 7306.90.10. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise is dispositive.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties to 
this administrative review are addressed in the Final Decision 
Memorandum, dated concurrently with this notice and which is hereby 
adopted by this notice. A list of the issues which parties have raised, 
and to which we have responded in the Final Decision Memorandum, is 
attached to this notice as an Appendix. The Final Decision Memorandum 
is a public document and is on file electronically via IA ACCESS. IA 
ACCESS is available to registered users at https://iaaccess.trade.gov 
and in the Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Final 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at https://enforcement.ita.doc.gov/frn/. The signed Final Decision 
Memorandum and the electronic versions of the Final Decision Memorandum 
are identical in content.

Final Results of Review

    Consistent with the Preliminary Results, the total net subsidy rate 
for Erbosan remained 0.30 percent ad valorem. In these final results, 
we have revised Borusan's total net subsidy rate to 0.19 percent ad 
valorem. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c), the calculated rates for 
Erbosan and Borusan are de minimis. We have also revised the net 
subsidy rate for Toscelik. In these final results, we have calculated a 
total net subsidy rate of 0.83 percent for Toscelik.

Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits

    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 days after the date of 
publication of these final results, to liquidate shipments of subject 
merchandise by Borusan and Erbosan entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after January 1, 2011, through 
December 31, 2011, without regard to CVDs because a de minimis subsidy 
rate was calculated for each company. We will also instruct CBP to 
continue to suspend liquidation but to collect no cash deposits of 
estimated CVDs on shipments of the subject merchandise by Borusan and 
Erbosan, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of the final results of this review.
    For Toscelik, the Department intends to issue assessment 
instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of publication of these 
final results of review to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise 
by Toscelik entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011, at the ad valorem 
assessment rate listed above. We will also instruct CBP to collect cash 
deposits for Toscelik at the CVD cash deposit rate indicated above on 
all shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication of these 
final results of review.
    For all non-reviewed companies, we will instruct CBP to continue to 
collect cash deposits at the most recent company-specific or country-
wide rate applicable to the company. Accordingly, the cash deposit 
rates that will be applied to companies covered by this order, but not 
examined in this review, are those established in the most recently 
completed administrative proceeding for each company. The cash deposit 
rates for all companies not covered by this review are not changed by 
the results of this review, and remain in effect until further notice.

Return or Destruction of Proprietary Information

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion 
to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply 
with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 23, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix

I. Methodology and Background Information

Subsidies Valuation Information

A. Attribution of Subsidies
B. Benchmark Interest Rates

II. Analysis of Programs

I. Programs Determined To Be Countervailable
    A. Deduction from Taxable Income for Export Revenue
    B. Short Term Pre-Shipment Rediscount Program
    C. Law 5084: Withholding of Income Tax on Wages and Salaries
    D. Law 5084: Incentive for Employers' Share in Insurance 
Premiums
    E. Law 5084: Allocation of Free Land and Purchase of Land for 
Less Than Adequate Remuneration (LTAR)
    F. Law 5084: Energy Support
    G. Organized Industrial Zone (OIZ): Exemption From Property Tax
    H. Corporate Income Tax Exemption Under the Free Zones Law
    I. Investment Encouragement Program (IEP): Customs Duty 
Exemptions
II. Programs Determined To Not Confer Countervailable Benefits 
During the POR
    A. Inward Processing Certificate Exemption
    B. Provision of Buildings and Land Use Rights for LTAR Under the 
Free Zones Law

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III. Programs Found Not Countervailable During the POR
    A. Deductions on Social Security Payments Program Under Law 5510
    B. Deductions on Social Security Payments Program Under Law 5921
    C. Customs Duties and Value-Added Tax (VAT) Exemptions Under the 
Free Zones Law
IV. Programs Determined To Not Be Used During the POR
    A. Stamp Duties and Fees Exemptions Under the Free Zones Law
    B. Other Programs Not Used
     Post-Shipment Export Loans
     Export Credit Bank of Turkey Buyer Credits
     Subsidized Turkish Lira Credit Facilities
     Subsidized Credit for Proportion of Fixed Expenditures
     Subsidized Credit in Foreign Currency
     Regional Subsidies
     VAT Support Program (Incentive Premium on Domestically 
Obtained Goods)
     IEP: VAT Exemptions
     IEP: Reductions in Corporate Taxes
     IEP: Interest Support
     IEP: Social Security Premium Support
     IEP: Land Allocation
     National Restructuring Program
     Regional Incentive Scheme: Reduced Corporate Tax Rates
     Regional Incentive Scheme: Social Security Premium 
Contribution for Employees
     Regional Incentive Scheme: Allocation of State Land
     Regional Incentive Scheme: Interest Support
     OIZ: Waste Water Charges
     OIZ: Exemptions From Customs Duties, VAT, and Payments 
for Public Housing Fund, for Investments for Which an Income 
Certificate Is Received
     OIZ: Credits for Research and Development Investments, 
Environmental Investments, Certain Technology Investments, Certain 
``Regional Development'' Investments, and Investments Moved From 
Developed Regions to ``Regions of Special Purpose''
     Foreign Trade Companies Short Term Export Credits
     Pre-Export Credits
     Pre-shipment Export Credits
     OIZ: Exemption From Building and Construction Charges
     OIZ: Exemption From Amalgamation and Allotment 
Transaction Charges

Analysis of Comments

Borusan

Comment 1: Whether the Department Should Grant an Offset to the 
Gross Subsidy Found on Turkish Eximbank Loans for the Bank Guarantee 
Fees
Comment 2: Whether the Department Erred in Including Certain 
Eximbank Loans in the Department's Preliminary Benefit Calculations

Erbosan

Comment 3: Whether the Department Should Find Provision of Buildings 
and Land Use Rights for Less than Adequate Remuneration under the 
Free Zones Law Program Countervailable

Toscelik

Comment 4: Benchmark Used to Calculate the Benefit under the 
Osmaniye Organized Industrial Zone Program Used by Toscelik
Comment 5: Treatment of Investment Encouragement Program (IEP)

[FR Doc. 2013-25816 Filed 10-29-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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