Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Turkey: Affirmative Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 58757-58758 [2018-25381]
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Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Turkey: Affirmative
Final Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
determines that Ozdemir Boru Profil
San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir), an
exporter/producer of heavy walled
rectangular welded carbon steel pipes
and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from
the Republic of Turkey (Turkey),
received countervailable subsidies
during the period of review (POR)
December 28, 2015, through April 25,
2016, and September 12, 2016, through
December 31, 2016.
DATES: Applicable November 21, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Smith or Janae Martin, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement
and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–1766 or (202) 482–0238,
respectively.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 14, 2018, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results of the
administrative review.1 Commerce gave
interested parties an opportunity to
comment on the Preliminary Results.2
No interested parties submitted
comments. Commerce has conducted
this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are
shipments of certain heavy walled
rectangular welded steel pipes and
tubes of rectangular (including square)
cross section, having a nominal wall
thickness of not less than 4 mm. The
merchandise includes, but is not limited
to, the American Society for Testing and
Materials (ASTM) A–500, grade B
specifications, or comparable domestic
or foreign specifications.
Included products are those in which:
(1) Iron predominates, by weight, over
each of the other contained elements; (2)
the carbon content is 2 percent or less,
by weight; and (3) none of the elements
below exceed the quantity, by weight,
respectively indicated:
• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.0 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called
columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium.
The subject merchandise is currently
provided for in item 7306.61.1000 of the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the
United States (HTSUS). Subject
merchandise may also enter under
HTSUS 7306.61.3000. While the HTSUS
subheadings and ASTM specification
are provided for convenience and
customs purposes, the written
description of the scope of this order is
dispositive.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results
As no parties submitted comments on
the Preliminary Results, we made no
1 See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Turkey:
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2016, 83 FR 40228 (August
14, 2018) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM).
2 See Preliminary Results, 83 FR at 40228.
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changes in the final results of this
review.
and terms of an APO is a violation
which is subject to sanction.
Final Results of Administrative Review
In accordance with section 777A(e)(1)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we
determine the following countervailable
subsidy rate during the period
December 28, 2015, through April 25,
2016, and September 12, 2016, through
December 31, 2016: 3
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and
published in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Subsidy
rate
(percent)
Company
Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic.
Ltd. Sti .....................................
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1.18
Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review. We
intend to issue assessment instructions
to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review.
Cash Deposit Requirement
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, Commerce also intends to instruct
CBP to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties, in the
amount shown above, on shipments of
subject merchandise by Ozdemir
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of these final results. For all
non-reviewed firms, we will instruct
CBP to continue to collect cash deposits
at the most-recent company-specific or
all-others rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
return or destruction of proprietary
information disclosed under APO in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3),
which continues to govern business
proprietary information in this segment
of proceeding. 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
3 As we have made no changes to this rate since
the Preliminary Results, no additional disclosure of
calculations under 19 CFR 351.224(b) is necessary
for these final results.
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Dated: November 15, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations,
performing the non-exclusive functions and
duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-489-825]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Turkey: Affirmative Final Results of Countervailing
Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce determines that Ozdemir Boru Profil
San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir), an exporter/producer of heavy walled
rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes)
from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), received countervailable
subsidies during the period of review (POR) December 28, 2015, through
April 25, 2016, and September 12, 2016, through December 31, 2016.
DATES: Applicable November 21, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Janae Martin, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1766 or (202)
482-0238, respectively.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 14, 2018, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of
the administrative review.\1\ Commerce gave interested parties an
opportunity to comment on the Preliminary Results.\2\ No interested
parties submitted comments. Commerce has conducted this review in
accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and
Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2016, 83 FR 40228 (August
14, 2018) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Preliminary Results, 83 FR at 40228.
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by the order are shipments of certain heavy
walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes of rectangular
(including square) cross section, having a nominal wall thickness of
not less than 4 mm. The merchandise includes, but is not limited to,
the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-500, grade B
specifications, or comparable domestic or foreign specifications.
Included products are those in which: (1) Iron predominates, by
weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements
below exceed the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
2.50 percent of manganese, or
3.30 percent of silicon, or
1.50 percent of copper, or
1.50 percent of aluminum, or
1.25 percent of chromium, or
0.30 percent of cobalt, or
0.40 percent of lead, or
2.0 percent of nickel, or
0.30 percent of tungsten, or
0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
0.30 percent of vanadium, or
0.30 percent of zirconium.
The subject merchandise is currently provided for in item
7306.61.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS). Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 7306.61.3000.
While the HTSUS subheadings and ASTM specification are provided for
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope
of this order is dispositive.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
As no parties submitted comments on the Preliminary Results, we
made no changes in the final results of this review.
Final Results of Administrative Review
In accordance with section 777A(e)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(5), we determine the following countervailable subsidy rate
during the period December 28, 2015, through April 25, 2016, and
September 12, 2016, through December 31, 2016: \3\
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\3\ As we have made no changes to this rate since the
Preliminary Results, no additional disclosure of calculations under
19 CFR 351.224(b) is necessary for these final results.
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Subsidy
Company rate
(percent)
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Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti.................. 1.18
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Assessment Rates
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall determine,
and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this
review. We intend to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 days after
the date of publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirement
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties, in the amount shown above, on shipments of subject merchandise
by Ozdemir entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the date of publication of these final results. For all non-
reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash
deposits at the most-recent company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
an administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of
proceeding. 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 terms of an APO
is a violation which is subject to sanction.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are issued and published in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: November 15, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
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