Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017, 43583-43585 [2019-18011]
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Dated: August 12, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix
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Scope of the Order
The products covered by this Order are
certain flat-rolled steel products, either clad,
plated, or coated with corrosion-resistant
metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-,
aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys,
whether or not corrugated or painted,
varnished, laminated, or coated with plastics
or other non-metallic substances in addition
to the metallic coating. The products covered
include coils that have a width of 12.7 mm
or greater, regardless of form of coil (e.g., in
successively superimposed layers, spirally
oscillating, etc.). The products covered also
include products not in coils (e.g., in straight
lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75 mm and
a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that
measures at least 10 times the thickness. The
products covered also include products not
in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a
thickness of 4.75 mm or more and a width
exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least
twice the thickness. The products described
above may be rectangular, square, circular, or
other shape and include products of either
rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section
where such cross-section is achieved
subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ‘‘worked after
rolling’’ (e.g., products which have been
beveled or rounded at the edges). For
purposes of the width and thickness
requirements referenced above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual
measurements vary, a product is within the
scope if application of either the nominal or
actual measurement would place it within
the scope based on the definitions set forth
above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for
a specific product (e.g., the thickness of
certain products with non-rectangular crosssection, the width of certain products with
nonrectangular shape, etc.), the measurement
at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of this
Order are products 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 listed below exceeds
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
• 2.00 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten (also called
wolfram), 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
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Unless specifically excluded, products are
included in this scope regardless of levels of
boron and titanium.
For example, specifically included in this
scope are vacuum degassed, fully stabilized
(commonly referred to as interstitial-free (IF))
steels and high strength low alloy (HSLA)
steels. IF steels are recognized as low carbon
steels with micro-alloying levels of elements
such as titanium and/or niobium added to
stabilize carbon and nitrogen elements.
HSLA steels are recognized as steels with
microalloying levels of elements such as
chromium, copper, niobium, titanium,
vanadium, and molybdenum.
Furthermore, this scope also includes
Advanced High Strength Steels (AHSS) and
Ultra High Strength Steels (UHSS), both of
which are considered high tensile strength
and high elongation steels. Subject
merchandise also includes corrosionresistant steel that has been further processed
in a third country, including but not limited
to annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing,
trimming, cutting, punching and/or slitting
or any other processing that would not
otherwise remove the merchandise from the
scope of the investigation if performed in the
country of manufacture of the in-scope
corrosion resistant steel.
All products that meet the written physical
description, and in which the chemistry
quantities do not exceed any one of the noted
element levels listed above, are within the
scope of this Order unless specifically
excluded. The following products are outside
of and/or specifically excluded from the
scope of this Order:
• Flat-rolled steel products either plated or
coated with tin, lead, chromium, chromium
oxides, both tin and lead (terne plate), or
both chromium and chromium oxides (tin
free steel), whether or not painted, varnished
or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances in addition to the metallic
coating;
• Clad products in straight lengths of
4.7625 mm or more in composite thickness
and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and
measures at least twice the thickness; and
• Certain clad stainless flat-rolled
products, which are three-layered corrosionresistant flat-rolled steel products less than
4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist
of a flat-rolled steel product clad on both
sides with stainless steel in a 20%-60%-20%
ratio.
The products subject to the Order are
currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under
item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0091,
7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000,
7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090,
7210.90.6000, 7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000,
7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090, 7212.30.3000,
7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, and 7212.60.0000.
The products subject to the Order may also
enter under the following HTSUS item
numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500,
7217.30.1530, 7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000,
7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060, 7217.90.5090,
7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000, 7225.99.0090,
7226.99.0110, 7226.99.0130, 7226.99.0180,
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7228.60.6000, 7228.60.8000, and
7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are
provided for convenience and customs
purposes only. The written description of the
scope of the Order is dispositive.
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–489–825]
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded
Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From
the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary
Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2017
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic.
Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir) received
countervailable subsidies for the
production and export of heavy walled
rectangular welded carbon steel pipes
and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from
the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) during
the period of review January 1, 2017
through December 31, 2017. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janae Martin or Jaron Moore, 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) 482–0238 or (202) 482–3640,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On November 15, 2018, Commerce
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
HWR pipes and tubes from Turkey.1
Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial
federal government closure from
December 22, 2018 through the
resumption of operations on January 29,
2019.2 On June 19, 2019, Commerce
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 83 FR
57411 (November 15, 2018).
2 See Memorandum to the Record from Gary
Taverman, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations
for Enforcement and Compliance, ‘‘Deadlines
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extended the deadline for the
preliminary results to August 16, 2019.3
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as an
Appendix to this notice. The
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is on file
electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance’s Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov, and is
available to all parties in the Central
Records Unit, room B8024 of the main
Commerce building. In addition, a
complete version of the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum can be accessed
directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/
frn/. The signed and electronic versions
of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order
is HWR pipes and tubes. 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. For a complete
description of the scope of the order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
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Commerce is conducting this review
in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). For each of the subsidy
programs found countervailable, we
preliminarily find that there is a
subsidy, i.e., a government financial
contribution that gives rise to a benefit
to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal
Government,’’ dated January 28, 2019. All deadlines
in this segment of the proceeding have been
extended by 40 days.
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Heavy Walled Rectangular
Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the
Republic of Turkey: Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2017,’’ dated June 19, 2019.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results: Administrative Review of
the Countervailing Duty Order on Heavy Walled
Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes
from the Republic of Turkey,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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specific.5 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily find that the
following subsidy rate exists for
Ozdemir, the sole respondent in this
administrative review, for the period
January 1, 2017 through December 31,
2017:
Subsidy
rate
(percent)
Company
Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic.
Ltd. Sti .....................................
1.94
Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon
issuance of the final results, 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 instructions to CBP 15
days after publication of the final results
of this review.
Cash Deposit Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act, Commerce intends to instruct CBP
to collect cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties in the amount
indicated for Ozdemir with regard to
shipments of subject merchandise
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of
publication of the final results of this
review. For all non-reviewed firms, we
will instruct CBP to continue to collect
cash deposits of estimated
countervailing duties at the most recent
company-specific or all-others rate
applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit
instructions, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We will disclose to parties to this
proceeding the calculations performed
in reaching the preliminary results
within five days of the date of
publication of these preliminary results,
or if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of this
notice in accordance with 19 CFR
351.224(b). Interested parties may
submit written comments (case briefs)
within 30 days of publication of the
preliminary results and rebuttal
comments (rebuttal briefs) within five
days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.6 Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be
limited to issues raised in the case
briefs. Parties who submit arguments are
requested to submit with the argument:
(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief
summary of the argument; and (3) a
table of authorities.7
Interested parties who wish to request
a hearing must do so within 30 days of
publication of these preliminary results
by submitting a written request to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance using Enforcement and
Compliance’s ACCESS system.8
Requests should contain the party’s
name, address, and telephone number,
the number of participants, whether any
participant is a foreign national, and a
list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce
will inform parties of the scheduled
date of the hearing which will be held
at the U.S. Department of Commerce,
1401 Constitution Avenue NW,
Washington, DC 20230, at a time and
date to be determined.9 Issues addressed
during the hearing will be limited to
those raised in the briefs.10 Parties
should confirm by telephone the date,
time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
Parties are reminded that all briefs
and hearing requests must be filed
electronically using ACCESS and
received successfully in their entirety by
5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of
the issues raised by the parties in their
comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice
are in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 13, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement
and Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
6 See
5 See
sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act
regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E)
of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of
the Act regarding specificity.
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19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
8 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
9 See 19 CFR 351.310.
10 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
7 See
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IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation
Hitachi Metals timely withdrew its
request for an administrative review.4
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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–588–875]
Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length
Plate From Japan: Rescission of
Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2018–2019
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is rescinding the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on carbon and
alloy steel cut-to-length plate from Japan
for the period May 1, 2018, through
April 30, 2019, based on the timely
withdrawal of the request for review.
DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Hannah Falvey, AD/CVD Operations,
Office V, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–4889.
AGENCY:
Background
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On May 1, 2019, Commerce published
in the Federal Register a notice of
opportunity to request an administrative
review of the antidumping duty (AD)
order on carbon and alloy steel cut-tolength plate (CTL plate) from Japan for
the period May 1, 2018, through April
30, 2019.1 On May 31, 2019, Commerce
received a timely request to conduct an
administrative review of the AD order
on CTL plate from Japan from Hitachi
Metals, Ltd. (Hitachi Metals).2 On July
15, 2019, in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR
351.221(c)(1)(i), Commerce initiated an
administrative review of the AD order
on CTL plate from Japan with respect to
Hitachi Metals.3 On August 6, 2019,
1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order,
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity
to Request Administrative Review, 84 FR 18479
(May 1, 2019).
2 See Hitachi Metals’ Letter, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Japan—Hitachi
Metals’ Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated
May 31, 2019.
3 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
33739 (July 15, 2019).
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Rescission of Review
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1),
Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in
part, if the party that requested the
review withdraws its request within 90
days of the publication date of the
notice of initiation of the requested
review. Hitachi Metals withdrew its
request for review within the 90-day
deadline. Because Commerce received
no other requests for review of Hitachi
Metals, and no other requests were
made for a review of the AD order on
CTL plate from Japan with respect to
other companies, we are rescinding the
administrative review covering the
period May 1, 2018, through April 30,
2019, in full, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1).
Assessment
Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP) to assess
AD duties on all appropriate entries of
CTL plate from Japan during the period
of review. For the company for which
this review is rescinded, AD duties shall
be assessed at rates equal to the cash
deposit rate of estimated AD duties
required at the time of entry, or
withdrawal from warehouse, for
consumption, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends
to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of this notice in the Federal
Register.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as the only
reminder to importers whose entries
will be liquidated as a result of this
rescission notice, of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
certificate regarding the reimbursement
of AD duties prior to liquidation of the
relevant entries during this review
period. Failure to comply with this
requirement could result in the
presumption that reimbursement of the
AD duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double AD duties.
Notification Regarding Administrative
Protective Order
This notice also serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
disposition of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
4 See Hitachi Metals’ Letter, ‘‘Carbon and Alloy
Steel Cut-To-Length Plate from Japan—Hitachi
Metals’ Withdrawal of Request for Administrative
Review,’’ dated August 6, 2019.
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with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely
written notification of the return or
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 sanctionable violation.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published in
accordance with sections 751 and
777(i)(l) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(d)(4).
Dated: August 15, 2019.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2019–18014 Filed 8–20–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–026, C–570–027]
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products
From the People’s Republic of China:
Initiation of Anti-Circumvention
Inquiries on the Antidumping Duty and
Countervailing Duty Orders
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY Based on available
information, the Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is self-initiating
country-wide anti-circumvention
inquiries to determine whether imports
of corrosion-resistant steel products
(CORE) completed in Costa Rica,
Guatemala, Malaysia, South Africa, and
the United Arab Emirates (UAE)
(collectively, third countries) using hotrolled steel (HRS) and cold-rolled steel
(CRS) flat products manufactured in the
People’s Republic of China (China) are
circumventing the antidumping duty
(AD) and countervailing duty (CVD)
orders on CORE from China.
DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brendan Quinn at (202) 482–5848, AD/
CVD Operations, Office III or Justin
Enck at (202) 482–1614, Office of Policy,
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
Background
On June 3, 2015, AK Steel
Corporation, ArcelorMittal USA LLC,
California Steel Industries, Inc., Nucor
Corporation, Steel Dynamics, Inc., and
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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: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir) received
countervailable subsidies for the production and export of heavy walled
rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes)
from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) during the period of review
January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable August 21, 2019.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janae Martin or Jaron Moore, 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) 482-0238 or (202)
482-3640, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 15, 2018, Commerce published a notice of initiation of
an administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on HWR
pipes and tubes from Turkey.\1\ Commerce exercised its discretion to
toll all deadlines affected by the partial federal government closure
from December 22, 2018 through the resumption of operations on January
29, 2019.\2\ On June 19, 2019, Commerce
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extended the deadline for the preliminary results to August 16,
2019.\3\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 57411 (November 15, 2018).
\2\ See Memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by
the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated January 28,
2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been
extended by 40 days.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon
Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Extension of
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2017,'' dated June 19, 2019.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\4\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included as an Appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://access.trade.gov, and is available to all
parties in the Central Records Unit, room B8024 of the main Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum are identical in content.
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\4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results: Administrative Review of the Countervailing Duty Order on
Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from
the Republic of Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby
adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is HWR pipes and tubes. 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. For a complete description of the scope of the order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily find
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government financial contribution that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is
specific.\5\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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\5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding
benefit; and section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily find that the following subsidy rate exists for
Ozdemir, the sole respondent in this administrative review, for the
period January 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017:
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Subsidy
Company rate
(percent)
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Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti................... 1.94
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Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, 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 instructions to CBP 15 days after
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amount indicated for Ozdemir with regard to shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this review. For all non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to
continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at
the most recent company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the
company, as appropriate. These cash deposit instructions, when imposed,
shall remain in effect until further notice.
Disclosure and Public Comment
We will disclose to parties to this proceeding the calculations
performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of the
date of publication of these preliminary results, or if there is no
public announcement, within five days of the date of this notice in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties may submit
written comments (case briefs) within 30 days of publication of the
preliminary results and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs) within five
days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(d)(2), rebuttal briefs must be limited to issues raised in the
case briefs. Parties who submit arguments are requested to submit with
the argument: (1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the
argument; and (3) a table of authorities.\7\
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
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Interested parties who wish to request a hearing must do so within
30 days of publication of these preliminary results by submitting a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance using Enforcement and Compliance's ACCESS system.\8\
Requests should contain the party's name, address, and telephone
number, the number of participants, whether any participant is a
foreign national, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a
request for a hearing is made, Commerce will inform parties of the
scheduled date of the hearing which will be held at the U.S. Department
of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a
time and date to be determined.\9\ Issues addressed during the hearing
will be limited to those raised in the briefs.\10\ Parties should
confirm by telephone the date, time, and location of the hearing two
days before the scheduled date.
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\8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Parties are reminded that all briefs and hearing requests must be
filed electronically using ACCESS and received successfully in their
entirety by 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the due date.
Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, Commerce intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of our analysis of the
issues raised by the parties in their comments, within 120 days after
publication of these preliminary results.
Notification to Interested Parties
This administrative review and notice are in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: August 13, 2019.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
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IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation
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