Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2018, 7251-7252 [2021-01791]
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thereby precluding inverted tariff
benefits on such items. The request
indicates that tires, tapered bearings,
and steel wheels/assemblies are subject
to an antidumping/countervailing duty
(AD/CVD) order if imported from
certain countries. The FTZ Board’s
regulations (15 CFR 400.14(e)) require
that merchandise subject to AD/CVD
orders, or items which would be
otherwise subject to suspension of
liquidation under AD/CVD procedures
if they entered U.S. customs territory, be
admitted to the zone in PF status. The
request also indicates that certain
materials/components are subject to
duties under Section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962 (Section 232) or
Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974
(Section 301), depending on the country
of origin. The applicable Section 232
and Section 301 decisions require
subject merchandise to be admitted to
FTZs in PF status.
Public comment is invited from
interested parties. Submissions shall be
addressed to the Board’s Executive
Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The
closing period for their receipt is March
8, 2021.
A copy of the notification will be
available for public inspection in the
‘‘Reading Room’’ section of the Board’s
website, which is accessible via
www.trade.gov/ftz.
For further information, contact
Juanita Chen at juanita.chen@trade.gov
or 202–482–1378.
Dated: January 21, 2021.
Andrew McGilvray,
Executive Secretary.
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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; 2018
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce
(Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the
countervailing duty (CVD) order on
heavy walled rectangular welded carbon
steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and
tubes) from the Republic of Turkey
(Turkey) for the period January 1, 2018
through December 31, 2018. Commerce
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preliminarily determines that Ozdemir
Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti.
(Ozdemir), the sole producer/exporter of
HWR pipes and tubes from Turkey
subject to this review, received de
minimis countervailable subsidies.
DATES: Effective January 27, 2021.
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 12, 2019, Commerce
published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of the CVD order
on HWR pipes and tubes from Turkey.1
On April 24, 2020, Commerce exercised
its discretion to toll all deadlines in
administrative reviews by 50 days.2 On
June 26, 2020, Commerce further
extended the deadline for the
preliminary results to November 18,
2020.3 On July 21, 2020, Commerce
tolled all deadlines in administrative
reviews by an additional 60 days.4
Accordingly, the deadline for the
preliminary results in this
administrative review was postponed to
January 19, 2021.5
For a complete description of the
events that followed the initiation of
this review, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.6 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
1 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 84 FR
61011 (November 12, 2019).
2 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews in Response to Operational
Adjustments Due to COVID–19,’’ dated April 24,
2020.
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 26, 2019.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews,’’ dated July 21, 2020.
5 5 Id. at 2.
6 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; 2018,’’ dated
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Countervailing Duty Centralized
Electronic Service System (ACCESS).
ACCESS is available to registered users
at https://access.trade.gov. 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. 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 determine 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.7 For a full description of the
methodology underlying our
conclusions, see the accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
Commerce preliminarily determines
that the following countervailable
subsidy rate exists for Ozdemir for the
period January 1, 2018 through
December 31, 2018:
Company
Subsidy rate
(percent)
Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve
Tic. Ltd. Sti ........................
* 0.39
* De minimis.
Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of
the Act, 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. If the assessment rate
calculated in the final results is zero or
de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate all appropriate entries without
regard to countervailing duties.
Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35
days after the date of publication of the
final results of this review in the
Federal Register. If a timely summons is
filed at the U.S. Court of International
Trade, the assessment instructions will
7 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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direct CBP not to liquidate relevant
entries until the time for parties to file
a request for a statutory injunction has
expired (i.e., within 90 days of
publication).
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Cash Deposit Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) 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, except, where the rate
calculated in the final results is zero or
de minimis, no cash deposit will be
required. 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.8 Interested parties may submit
written comments (case briefs) within
30 days of publication of the
preliminary results and rebuttal
comments (rebuttal briefs) within seven
days after the time limit for filing case
briefs.9 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.10
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c),
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.11
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
8 See
19 CFR 224(b).
19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
10 See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
11 See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
9 See
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date of the hearing which will be held
at a time and date to be determined.12
Issues addressed during the hearing will
be limited to those raised in the briefs.13
Parties should confirm the date and
time 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.
Note that Commerce has temporarily
modified certain of its requirements for
serving documents containing business
proprietary information, until further
notice.14
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: January 19, 2021.
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
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Conclusion
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12 See
19 CFR 351.310.
19 CFR 351.310(c).
14 See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303
(for general filing requirements); Temporary Rule
Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to
COVID–19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); and
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID–19; Extension of
Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
13 See
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–580–908, A–583–869, A–549–842, A–552–
828]
Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck
Tires From the Republic of Korea,
Taiwan, Thailand, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Notice of
Correction to Preliminary
Determinations in Less-Than-FairValue Investigations
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) is issuing this
notice to correct an inadvertent
typographical error in the ‘‘Scope of the
Investigation’’ in Appendix I to the
previously published Federal Register
notices for the preliminary
determinations in the less-than-fairvalue investigations of passenger
vehicle and light truck tires (passenger
tires) from the Republic of Korea
(Korea), Taiwan, Thailand, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam
(Vietnam).
AGENCY:
DATES:
Applicable January 6, 2021.
Leo
Ayala at (202) 482–3945 (Korea and
Thailand); Lauren Caserta at (202) 482–
4737 (Taiwan); and Jasun Moy at (202)
482–8194 (Vietnam), AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Correction
On January 6, 2021, Commerce
published the Preliminary
Determinations on passenger tires from
Korea, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.1
1 See Passenger Vehicle and Light Truck Tires
from the Republic of Korea: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 501
(January 6, 2021); Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires from Taiwan: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 508
(January 6, 2021); Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires from Thailand: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,
Postponement of Final Determination, and
Extension of Provisional Measures, 86 FR 517
(January 6, 2021); and Passenger Vehicle and Light
Truck Tires from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at
Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final
Determination, and Extension of Provisional
Measures, 86 FR 504 (January 6, 2021) (collectively,
Preliminary Determinations).
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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; 2018
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is conducting an
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on heavy
walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and
tubes) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) for the period January 1,
2018 through December 31, 2018. Commerce preliminarily determines that
Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir), the sole
producer/exporter of HWR pipes and tubes from Turkey subject to this
review, received de minimis countervailable subsidies.
DATES: Effective January 27, 2021.
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 12, 2019, Commerce published a notice of initiation of
an administrative review of the CVD order on HWR pipes and tubes from
Turkey.\1\ On April 24, 2020, Commerce exercised its discretion to toll
all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days.\2\ On June 26,
2020, Commerce further extended the deadline for the preliminary
results to November 18, 2020.\3\ On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all
deadlines in administrative reviews by an additional 60 days.\4\
Accordingly, the deadline for the preliminary results in this
administrative review was postponed to January 19, 2021.\5\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 84 FR 61011 (November 12, 2019).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews in Response to
Operational Adjustments Due to COVID-19,'' dated April 24, 2020.
\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 26, 2019.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,'' dated July 21, 2020.
\5\ 5 Id. at 2.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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. 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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\6\ 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; 2018,'' 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. 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
determine 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.\7\ For a full description of the methodology
underlying our conclusions, see the accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\7\ 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
Commerce preliminarily determines that the following
countervailable subsidy rate exists for Ozdemir for the period January
1, 2018 through December 31, 2018:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent)
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Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti.............. * 0.39
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* De minimis.
Assessment Rate
Consistent with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, 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. If the assessment rate
calculated in the final results is zero or de minimis, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate all appropriate entries without regard to
countervailing duties. Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review in the Federal
Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of
International Trade, the assessment instructions will
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direct CBP not to liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties
to file a request for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within
90 days of publication).
Cash Deposit Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) 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, except, where the rate calculated in the final results is
zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required. 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.\8\ Interested parties
may submit written comments (case briefs) within 30 days of publication
of the preliminary results and rebuttal comments (rebuttal briefs)
within seven days after the time limit for filing case briefs.\9\
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.\10\
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\8\ See 19 CFR 224(b).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii) and 351.309(d)(1).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 351.309(d)(2).
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 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.\11\ 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 a time and date to be determined.\12\ Issues addressed during the
hearing will be limited to those raised in the briefs.\13\ Parties
should confirm the date and time of the hearing two days before the
scheduled date.
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\11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.310.
\13\ 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. Note that Commerce has
temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents
containing business proprietary information, until further notice.\14\
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\14\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general
filing requirements); Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service
Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); and
Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-
19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020).
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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: January 19, 2021.
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
IV. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Benchmarks and Interest Rates
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Conclusion
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