Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Turkey: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021, 7941-7943 [2023-02592]
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to lead to continuation or recurrence of
dumping, and that the magnitude of the
dumping margins likely to prevail
would be weighted-average dumping
margins of up to 376.67 percent.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only
reminder to parties subject to an
administrative protective order (APO) of
their responsibility concerning the
destruction of proprietary information
disclosed under APO in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.305(a). Timely
notification of the destruction of APO
materials or conversion to judicial
protective orders 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
We are issuing and publishing these
final results in accordance with sections
751(c), 752(c), and 777(i)(1) of the Act,
and 19 CFR 351.218(e)(1)(ii)(C)(2) and
19 CFR 351.221(c)(5)(ii).
Dated: January 31, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. History of the Order
V. Legal Framework
VI. Discussion of the Issues
1. Likelihood of Continuation or
Recurrence of Dumping
2. Magnitude of the Margins of Dumping
Likely to Prevail
VII. Final Results of Sunset Review
VIII. Recommendation
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Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From
the Republic of Turkey: Final Results
of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No
Shipments; 2020–2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers or exporters of steel concrete
reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic
of Turkey (Turkey) subject to this
review made sales of subject
AGENCY:
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merchandise at less than normal value
(NV) during the period of review (POR)
July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021.
Additionally, we find that one company
made no shipments of subject
merchandise to the United States during
the POR.
DATES: Applicable February 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–3642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 5, 2022, Commerce
published the Preliminary Results and
invited interested parties to comment.1
These final results cover six companies
for which an administrative review was
initiated.2 We selected two companies
for individual examination: (1)
Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. (Colakoglu
Metal)/Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S.
(COTAS) (collectively, Colakoglu); 3 and
(2) Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve
Ticaret A.S. (Kaptan Demir)/Kaptan
Metal Dis Ticaret Ve Nakliyat A.S.
(Kaptan Metal) (collectively, Kaptan).4
For a complete description of the events
that followed the Preliminary Results,
see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.5 Commerce conducted
1 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the
Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Preliminary Determination of No-Shipments; 2020–
2021, 87 FR 47975, (August 5, 2022) (Preliminary
Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 86 FR
50034 (September 7, 2021).
3 We collapsed Colakoglu and COTAS in the
2019–2020 administrative review. See Steel
Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of
Turkey: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Final Determination of
No Shipments; 2019–2020, 87 FR 7118, 7119
(February 8, 2022) (Rebar from Turkey 2019–2020).
Because there is no information on the record of
this administrative review that would lead us to
revisit this determination, we are continuing to treat
these companies as a single entity for the purposes
of this administrative review.
4 We collapsed Kaptan Demir and Kaptan Metal
in the 2019–2020 administrative review. See Rebar
from Turkey 2019–2020, 87 FR at 7119. Because
there is no information on the record of this
administrative review that would lead us to revisit
this determination, we are continuing to treat these
companies as a single entity for the purposes of this
administrative review.
5 See Memorandum, ‘‘Issues and Decision
Memorandum for the Final Results of the
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from
Turkey, 2020–2021,’’ dated concurrently with, and
hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision
Memorandum).
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this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act).
Scope of the Order 6
The product covered by the Order is
steel concrete reinforcing bar from
Turkey. For a full description of the
scope, see the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.7
Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the
case and rebuttal briefs in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum. A list of these
issues is attached in an appendix to this
notice. The Issues and Decision
Memorandum is a public document and
is available electronically via
Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Services System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the
comments received from interested
parties, a review of the record, and for
the reasons explained in the Issues and
Decision Memorandum, we made
certain changes to the preliminary
weighted-average dumping margin
calculations for Colakoglu and Kaptan,
as detailed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum.8
Final Determination of No Shipments
For the Preliminary Results, we found
that Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal
Endu¨strisi A.S (Habas) did not have any
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. No party commented
on this preliminary determination. For
the final results of the review, we
continue to find that Habas made no
shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. As noted in the
‘‘Assessment Rates’’ section below,
Commerce intends to issue appropriate
instructions to U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) for Habas based on the
final results of the review.
6 See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the
Republic of Turkey and Japan: Amended Final
Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination for
the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 32532 (July 14, 2017), as amended
by Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic
of Turkey: Notice of Court Decision Not in Harmony
With the Amended Final Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation; Notice of Amended
Final Determination, 87 FR 934 (January 22, 2022)
(Order).
7 See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
8 Id. at 4.
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Rate for Non-Selected Respondents
Generally, Commerce looks to section
735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides
instructions for calculating the allothers rate in a market economy
investigation, for guidance for
calculating the rate for companies
which were not selected for individual
examination in an administrative
review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of
the Act, the all-others rate is normally
‘‘an amount equal to the weightedaverage of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established
for exporters and producers
individually investigated, excluding any
zero or de minimis margins, and any
margins determined entirely {on the
basis of facts available}.’’
In this review, we calculated a
weighted-average dumping margin of
1.13 percent for Colakolgu and a
weighted-average dumping margin of
5.51 percent for Kaptan. With two
respondents under individual
examination, Commerce normally
calculates: (A) a weighted-average of the
estimated dumping rates calculated for
the examined respondents; (B) a simple
average of the estimated dumping rates
calculated for the examined
respondents; and (C) a weighted-average
of the estimated dumping rates
calculated for the examined respondents
using each company’s publicly-ranged
U.S. sale values for the merchandise
under consideration. Commerce then
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects
the rate closest to (A) as the most
appropriate rate for all other producers
and exporters.9
Consistent with our practice, we have
determined that 3.76 percent, which is
the weighted-average of Colakoglu and
Kaptan’s margins based on publicly
ranged data, will be assigned to the nonexamined companies under section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.10 These
companies are Diler Dis Ticaret A.S.,
Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim,
and Sami Soybas Demir Sanayi ve
Tiscaret A.S.
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We determine that following
weighted-average dumping margins
exist for the period July 1, 2020, through
June 30, 2021:
9 See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United
Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews, Final Results of ChangedCircumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order
in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).
10 For a complete analysis of the data, see
Memorandum, ‘‘Calculation of the Cash Deposit
Rate for Non-Selected Companies,’’ dated
concurrently with this notice (Non-Selected
Companies Memorandum).
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Producers/exporters
Colakoglu Metalurji A. S./Colakoglu Dis
Ticaret A.S. (COTAS) ........................
Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve
Ticaret A.S./Kaptan Metal Dis Ticaret
Ve Nakliyat A.S ..................................
Weightedaverage
dumping
margin
(percent)
1.13
5.51
Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the
Following Companies 11
Diler Dis Ticaret A.S ..............................
Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim
Sanayi A.S .........................................
Sami Soybas Demir Sanayi ve Tiscaret
A.S .....................................................
3.76
3.76
3.76
Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the
calculations performed in connection
with these final results of review to
parties in this review within five days
after public announcement of the final
results or, if there is no public
announcement, within five days of the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine and CBP
shall assess antidumping duties on all
appropriate entries of subject
merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review. For
Colakoglu and Kaptan, we calculated
importer-specific assessment rates on
the basis of the ratio of the total amount
of dumping calculated for each
importer’s examined sales and the total
entered value of those sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
Where an importer-specific assessment
rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5
percent), the entries by that importer
will be liquidated without regard to
antidumping duties. For entries of
subject merchandise during the POR
produced by Colakoglu or Kaptan for
which the producer did not know its
merchandise was destined for the
United States, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate unreviewed entries at the allothers rate if there is no rate for the
intermediate company(ies) involved in
the transaction.12 For the companies
identified above that were not selected
for individual examination, we will
instruct CBP to liquidate entries at the
11 This rate is based on the rates for the
respondents that were selected for individual
review, excluding rates that are zero, de minimis,
or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act; see also Non-Selected
Companies Memorandum.
12 See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68
FR 23954 (May 6, 2003) (Assessment of
Antidumping Duties).
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rates established in these final results of
review.
As indicated above, for Habas, which
we determined had ‘‘no shipments’’ of
the subject merchandise during the
POR, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
all POR entries associated with this
company at the all-others rate if there is
no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the
transaction, consistent with Commerce’s
reseller policy.13
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 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 Requirements
The following deposit requirements
for estimated antidumping duties will
be effective upon publication of this
notice for all shipments of the subject
merchandise entered, or withdrawn
from warehouse, for consumption on or
after the publication date of the final
results of this administrative review, as
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the
companies under review will be the rate
established in the final results of this
review; (2) for merchandise exported by
producers or exporters not covered in
this review but covered in a prior
completed segment of the proceeding,
the cash deposit rate will continue to be
the company-specific rate published in
the completed segment for the most
recent period; (3) if the exporter is not
a firm covered in this review, a prior
review, or the original investigation, but
the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the
completed segment for the most recent
period for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit
rate for all other producers or exporters
will continue to be 3.90 percent, the allothers rate established in the
investigation.14
These cash deposit instructions, when
imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder
to importers of their responsibility
under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
13 For a full discussion of this practice, see
Assessment of Antidumping Duties.
14 See Order, 87 FR at 935.
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certificate regarding the reimbursement
of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries
during this POR. Failure to comply with
this requirement could result in
Commerce’s presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties
occurred and the subsequent assessment
of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties
Regarding Administrative Protective
Orders
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This notice also serves as a reminder
to parties subject to administrative
protective order (APO) of their
responsibility concerning the
destruction or return 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 the proceeding. Timely written
notification of the destruction or return
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.
We are issuing and publishing this
notice in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: February 1, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance.
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Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual
Examination
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should
Use Invoice Date as the U.S. Date of Sale
Comment 2: Whether Section 232 Duties
Should be Deducted from Export Price
Comment 3: Whether Colakoglu’s Section
232 Payments Should Be Set to 25
Percent of Gross Unit Price
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Kaptan’s U.S. Duty Drawback
Adjustment
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Colakoglu’s U.S. Duty Drawback
Adjustment
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should
Include in Its Calculations Certain Sales
Made by Kaptan
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should
Continue to Rely on the Cost
Methodologies Applied in the
Preliminary Results
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Its Percent Change Comparison
Calculation for Colakoglu
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Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should
Correct Its Exempted Duty Drawback
Cost Calculation for Colakoglu
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should
Correct Its Exempted Duty Drawback
Cost Calculation for Kaptan
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should
Permit an Offset to Colakoglu’s General
and Administrative (G&A) Expenses
Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should
Revise Kaptan’s Reported G&A Ratio
VII. Recommendation
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C–533–894]
Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from
India: Preliminary Results of
Countervailing Duty Administrative
Review; 2020–2021
Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that certain producers/
exporters of forged steel fluid end
blocks (fluid end blocks) from India
received countervailable subsidies
during the period of review (POR) May
26, 2020, through December 31, 2021.
Interested parties are invited to
comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable February 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Konrad Ptaszynski, AD/CVD
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–6187.
AGENCY:
Background
On January 29, 2021, Commerce
published the countervailing duty order
on fluid end blocks from India.1 On
March 9, 2022, Commerce published in
the Federal Register a notice of
initiation of an administrative review
for the countervailing duty order on
fluid end blocks from India.2 On
September 15, 2022, Commerce
extended the deadline for the
1 See Forged Steel Fluid End Blocks from the
People’s Republic of China, the Federal Republic of
Germany, India, and Italy: Countervailing Duty
Orders, and Amended Final Affirmative
Countervailing Duty Determination for the People’s
Republic of China, 86 FR 7535 (January 29, 2021)
(Order).
2 See Initiation of Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 87 FR
13252 (March 9, 2022).
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preliminary results of this
administrative review by 120 days, until
January 31, 2023.3
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 the
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://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this
Order is fluid end blocks from India. For
a complete description of the scope of
the Order, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
countervailing duty administrative
review in accordance with section
751(a)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act). For each of the
subsidy programs found to be
countervailable, we preliminarily
determine that there is a subsidy, i.e., a
financial contribution by an ‘‘authority’’
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 Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we
preliminarily determine that, for 2020
and 2021, the following estimated
countervailable subsidy rates exist:
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2020–2021,’’ dated
September 15, 2022.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review: Forged Steel Fluid End
Blocks from India; 2020–2021,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
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Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Turkey: Final
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final
Determination of No Shipments; 2020-2021
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
producers or exporters of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from
the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) subject to this review made sales of
subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of
review (POR) July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021. Additionally, we find
that one company made no shipments of subject merchandise to the United
States during the POR.
DATES: Applicable February 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Copyak, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3642.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 5, 2022, Commerce published the Preliminary Results and
invited interested parties to comment.\1\ These final results cover six
companies for which an administrative review was initiated.\2\ We
selected two companies for individual examination: (1) Colakoglu
Metalurji A.S. (Colakoglu Metal)/Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. (COTAS)
(collectively, Colakoglu); \3\ and (2) Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve
Ticaret A.S. (Kaptan Demir)/Kaptan Metal Dis Ticaret Ve Nakliyat A.S.
(Kaptan Metal) (collectively, Kaptan).\4\ For a complete description of
the events that followed the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\5\ Commerce conducted this review in accordance
with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).
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\1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of
Turkey: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Preliminary Determination of No-Shipments; 2020-2021, 87
FR 47975, (August 5, 2022) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 50034 (September 7, 2021).
\3\ We collapsed Colakoglu and COTAS in the 2019-2020
administrative review. See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the
Republic of Turkey: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review and Final Determination of No Shipments; 2019-2020, 87 FR
7118, 7119 (February 8, 2022) (Rebar from Turkey 2019-2020). Because
there is no information on the record of this administrative review
that would lead us to revisit this determination, we are continuing
to treat these companies as a single entity for the purposes of this
administrative review.
\4\ We collapsed Kaptan Demir and Kaptan Metal in the 2019-2020
administrative review. See Rebar from Turkey 2019-2020, 87 FR at
7119. Because there is no information on the record of this
administrative review that would lead us to revisit this
determination, we are continuing to treat these companies as a
single entity for the purposes of this administrative review.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty
Order on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Turkey, 2020-2021,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order \6\
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\6\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of
Turkey and Japan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty
Determination for the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 82 FR 32532 (July 14, 2017), as amended by Steel Concrete
Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony With the Amended Final Determination in the
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation; Notice of Amended Final
Determination, 87 FR 934 (January 22, 2022) (Order).
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The product covered by the Order is steel concrete reinforcing bar
from Turkey. For a full description of the scope, see the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.\7\
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\7\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received
We addressed all issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs in
the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of these issues is attached
in an appendix to this notice. The Issues and Decision Memorandum is a
public document and is available electronically via Enforcement and
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic
Services System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at
https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete version of the Issues
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Changes Since the Preliminary Results
Based on our analysis of the comments received from interested
parties, a review of the record, and for the reasons explained in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum, we made certain changes to the
preliminary weighted-average dumping margin calculations for Colakoglu
and Kaptan, as detailed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\8\
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Final Determination of No Shipments
For the Preliminary Results, we found that Habas Sinai ve Tibbi
Gazlar Istihsal End[uuml]strisi A.S (Habas) did not have any shipments
of subject merchandise during the POR. No party commented on this
preliminary determination. For the final results of the review, we
continue to find that Habas made no shipments of subject merchandise
during the POR. As noted in the ``Assessment Rates'' section below,
Commerce intends to issue appropriate instructions to U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) for Habas based on the final results of the
review.
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Rate for Non-Selected Respondents
Generally, Commerce looks to section 735(c)(5) of the Act, which
provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in a market
economy investigation, for guidance for calculating the rate for
companies which were not selected for individual examination in an
administrative review. Under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-
others rate is normally ``an amount equal to the weighted-average of
the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for
exporters and producers individually investigated, excluding any zero
or de minimis margins, and any margins determined entirely {on the
basis of facts available{time} .''
In this review, we calculated a weighted-average dumping margin of
1.13 percent for Colakolgu and a weighted-average dumping margin of
5.51 percent for Kaptan. With two respondents under individual
examination, Commerce normally calculates: (A) a weighted-average of
the estimated dumping rates calculated for the examined respondents;
(B) a simple average of the estimated dumping rates calculated for the
examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average of the estimated
dumping rates calculated for the examined respondents using each
company's publicly-ranged U.S. sale values for the merchandise under
consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects
the rate closest to (A) as the most appropriate rate for all other
producers and exporters.\9\
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\9\ See, e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France,
Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-
Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR
53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010).
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Consistent with our practice, we have determined that 3.76 percent,
which is the weighted-average of Colakoglu and Kaptan's margins based
on publicly ranged data, will be assigned to the non-examined companies
under section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.\10\ These companies are Diler
Dis Ticaret A.S., Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim, and Sami Soybas
Demir Sanayi ve Tiscaret A.S.
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\10\ For a complete analysis of the data, see Memorandum,
``Calculation of the Cash Deposit Rate for Non-Selected Companies,''
dated concurrently with this notice (Non-Selected Companies
Memorandum).
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Final Results of Review
We determine that following weighted-average dumping margins exist
for the period July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2021:
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Weighted-
average
Producers/exporters dumping
margin
(percent)
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Colakoglu Metalurji A. S./Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. (COTAS). 1.13
Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S./Kaptan Metal 5.51
Dis Ticaret Ve Nakliyat A.S.................................
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Review-Specific Average Rate Applicable to the Following Companies \11\
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Diler Dis Ticaret A.S........................................ 3.76
Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S.............. 3.76
Sami Soybas Demir Sanayi ve Tiscaret A.S..................... 3.76
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\11\ This rate is based on the rates for the respondents that
were selected for individual review, excluding rates that are zero,
de minimis, or based entirely on facts available. See section
735(c)(5)(A) of the Act; see also Non-Selected Companies Memorandum.
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Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with these final results of review to parties in this review
within five days after public announcement of the final results or, if
there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in the Federal Register, in accordance with
19 CFR 351.224(b).
Assessment Rates
Commerce shall determine and CBP shall assess antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the
final results of this review. For Colakoglu and Kaptan, we calculated
importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the
total amount of dumping calculated for each importer's examined sales
and the total entered value of those sales in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1). Where an importer-specific assessment rate is de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.5 percent), the entries by that importer will be
liquidated without regard to antidumping duties. For entries of subject
merchandise during the POR produced by Colakoglu or Kaptan for which
the producer did not know its merchandise was destined for the United
States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\12\ For the companies identified above
that were not selected for individual examination, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate entries at the rates established in these final results of
review.
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\12\ See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings:
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003)
(Assessment of Antidumping Duties).
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As indicated above, for Habas, which we determined had ``no
shipments'' of the subject merchandise during the POR, we will instruct
CBP to liquidate all POR entries associated with this company at the
all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction, consistent with Commerce's reseller
policy.\13\
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\13\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Assessment of
Antidumping Duties.
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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
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 Requirements
The following deposit requirements for estimated antidumping duties
will be effective upon publication of this notice for all shipments of
the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the publication date of the final results of
this administrative review, as provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the
Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies under review will be
the rate established in the final results of this review; (2) for
merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this
review but covered in a prior completed segment of the proceeding, the
cash deposit rate will continue to be the company-specific rate
published in the completed segment for the most recent period; (3) if
the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or
the original investigation, but the producer is, then the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the completed segment for the most
recent period for the producer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other producers or exporters will continue to be
3.90 percent, the all-others rate established in the investigation.\14\
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\14\ See Order, 87 FR at 935.
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These cash deposit instructions, when imposed, shall remain in
effect until further notice.
Notification to Importers
This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a
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certificate regarding the reimbursement of antidumping duties prior to
liquidation of the relevant entries during this POR. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in Commerce's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.
Notification to Interested Parties Regarding Administrative Protective
Orders
This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility
concerning the destruction or return 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
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the destruction or
return 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.
We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5).
Dated: February 1, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Changes Since the Preliminary Results
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Use Invoice Date as the U.S.
Date of Sale
Comment 2: Whether Section 232 Duties Should be Deducted from
Export Price
Comment 3: Whether Colakoglu's Section 232 Payments Should Be
Set to 25 Percent of Gross Unit Price
Comment 4: Whether Commerce Should Revise Kaptan's U.S. Duty
Drawback Adjustment
Comment 5: Whether Commerce Should Revise Colakoglu's U.S. Duty
Drawback Adjustment
Comment 6: Whether Commerce Should Include in Its Calculations
Certain Sales Made by Kaptan
Comment 7: Whether Commerce Should Continue to Rely on the Cost
Methodologies Applied in the Preliminary Results
Comment 8: Whether Commerce Should Revise Its Percent Change
Comparison Calculation for Colakoglu
Comment 9: Whether Commerce Should Correct Its Exempted Duty
Drawback Cost Calculation for Colakoglu
Comment 10: Whether Commerce Should Correct Its Exempted Duty
Drawback Cost Calculation for Kaptan
Comment 11: Whether Commerce Should Permit an Offset to
Colakoglu's General and Administrative (G&A) Expenses
Comment 12: Whether Commerce Should Revise Kaptan's Reported G&A
Ratio
VII. Recommendation
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