[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 16 (Wednesday, January 27, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7251-7252]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-01791]
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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 http://access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at http://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
[FR Doc. 2021-01791 Filed 1-26-21; 8:45 am]
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