Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 80005 

1See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire from the 

Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination, Preliminary 

Affirmative Critical Circumstances Determination, 

in Part, 85 FR 59287 (September 21, 2020) 

(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Determination of the Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand from the Republic of Turkey,’’ dated 

concurrently with this determination (Issues and 

Decision Memorandum). 

3See 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. 

4See Commerce’s Letter, dated October 26, 2020; 

and Guney Celik’s Letter, ‘‘Prestressed Concrete 

Steel Wire Strand from Turkey; In Lieu of 

Verification Questionnaire Response,’’ dated 

November 3, 2020. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand from the Republic of Turkey: PostPreliminary Analysis,’’ dated November 19, 2020 

(Post-Preliminary Analysis Memorandum). 

6See Memoranda, ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand from the Republic of Turkey: Final 

Determination Calculation Memorandum for Celik 

Halat ve Tel San A.S.’’ and ‘‘Countervailing Duty 

Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand from the Republic of Turkey: Final 

Determination Calculation Memorandum for Guney 

Celik Hasir ve Demir,’’ both dated concurrently 

with this notice (collectively, Final Analysis 

Memoranda). 

7326.90.8688, or 8413.91.9055. While these 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Changes From the Preliminary 

Determination 

IV. Discussion of the Issues 

Comment 1: Application of Adverse Facts 

Available 

Comment 2: Direct Material Costs 

Comment 3: Constructed Value Profit 

Comment 4: Major Input Adjustment and 

the Appropriate Level of Aggregation 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–843] 

Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand From the Republic of Turkey: 

Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty 

Determination and Final Negative 

Critical Circumstances Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that 

countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

prestressed concrete steel wire strand 

(PC strand) from the Republic of Turkey 

(Turkey). 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Whitley Herndon or Jacob Garten, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office II, Enforcement 

and Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–6274, or (202) 482–3342, 

respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The petitioners in this investigation 

are Insteel Wire Products, Sumiden 

Wire Products Corporation, and Wire 

Mesh Corporation. In addition to the 

Government of Turkey, the mandatory 

respondents in this investigation are 

Celik Halat ve Tel San A.S. (Celik Halat) 

and Guney Celik Hasir ve Demir (Guney 

Celik). 

A summary of the events that 

occurred since Commerce published the 

Preliminary Determination,1 as well as a 

full discussion of the issues raised by 

parties for this final determination, are 

discussed in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.2 The Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is a public document and 

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 Issues and 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/ 

frn/. The signed and electronic versions 

of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum are identical in content. 

Period of Investigation 

The period of investigation is January 

1, 2019 through December 31, 2019. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of the investigation is PC 

strand from Turkey. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Analysis of Subsidy Programs and 

Comments Received 

The subsidy programs under 

investigation and the issues raised in 

the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 

this investigation are discussed in the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum. A 

list of the issues that parties raised, and 

to which we responded in the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum, is included 

as Appendix II. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act). For each of the 

subsidy programs found 

countervailable, Commerce determines 

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.3 For a 

full description of the methodology 

underlying our final determination, see 

the Issues and Decision Memorandum. 

Verification 

Commerce was unable to conduct onsite verification of the information 

relied upon in making its final 

determination in this investigation, 

pursuant to section 782(i) of the Act. 

Accordingly, we took additional steps in 

lieu of on-site verification and requested 

additional documentation and 

information.4 Consistent with section 

776(a)(2)(D) of the Act, Commerce relied 

on the information submitted on the 

record as facts available in making our 

final determination. 

Changes Since the Preliminary 

Determination 

Based on our review and analysis of 

the information received in lieu of onsite verification and comments received 

from parties, we made certain changes 

to the respondents’ subsidy rate 

calculations since the Preliminary 

Determination and the Post-Preliminary 

Analysis Memorandum.5 As a result of 

these changes, Commerce has also 

revised the all-others rate. For a 

discussion of these changes, see the 

Issues and Decision Memorandum and 

the Final Analysis Memoranda.6

Final Negative Determination of 

Critical Circumstances 

Pursuant to section 705(a)(2) of the 

Act, Commerce determines that critical 

circumstances do not exist for imports 

of PC strand from Turkey. For full 

description of the methodology and 

results of Commerce’s critical 

circumstances analysis, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i)(I) of the Act, we 

calculated countervailable subsidy rates 

for Celik Halat and Guney Celik. Section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states that, for 


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7We have calculated the simple average of the 

two responding firm’s rates for the all-others rate 

using the following 

calculation: (158.44 (Celik Halat’s calculated rate) 

+ 30.78 (Guney Celik’s calculated rate))/2 = 94.61 

(the all-others rate). 

8Commerce found the following companies to be 

cross-owned with Celik Halat: Dogan Sirketler 

Grubu Holding A.S. and Adilbey Holding A.S. See 

Preliminary Determination PDM at ‘‘Attribution of 

Subsidies.’’ 

all exporters and producers not 

individually investigated, we will 

determine an all-others rate equal to the 

weighted-average countervailable 

subsidy rates established for exporters 

and producers individually 

investigated, excluding any zero and de 

minimis countervailable subsidy rates, 

and any rates determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

Notwithstanding the language of 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, we 

have not calculated the all-others rate by 

weight averaging the rates of Celik Halat 

and Guney Celik because doing so risks 

disclosure of business proprietary 

information. Rather, we used a simple 

average to calculate the all-others rate.7

Final Determination 

Commerce determines the total 

estimated net countervailable subsidy 

rates to be: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Celik Halat ve Tel San A.S.8 158.44 

Guney Celik Hasir ve Demir 30.78 

All Others .............................. 94.61 

In accordance with section 

705(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we calculated 

a rate for each company respondent. 

Section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act states 

that, for companies not individually 

investigated, we will determine an ‘‘all 

others’’ rate equal to the weightedaverage countervailable subsidy rates 

established for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis countervailable 

subsidy rates, and any rates determined 

entirely under section 776 of the Act. 

Notwithstanding the language of section 

705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act, we have not 

calculated the ‘‘all others’’ rate by 

weight averaging the rates of Celik Halat 

and Guney Celik because doing so risks 

disclosure of proprietary information. 

Therefore, we calculated a simple 

average of Celik Halat and Guney Celik’s 

rates. 

Disclosure 

Commerce will disclose the 

calculations performed in connection 

with this final determination within five 

days of the date of publication of this 

notice to parties in this proceeding in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

As a result of our Preliminary 

Determination and pursuant to section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce instructed U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section, that was 

entered or withdrawn from warehouse 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register. 

Because we find critical 

circumstances do not exist for Celik 

Halat, we will direct CBP to terminate 

the retroactive suspension of liquidation 

ordered at the Preliminary 

Determination and release any cash 

deposits that were required prior to 

September 21, 2020, the date of 

publication of the Preliminary 

Determination in the Federal Register, 

consistent with section 705(c)(3) of the 

Act. 

If the U.S. International Trade 

Commission (ITC) issues a final 

affirmative injury determination, we 

will issue a countervailing duty order 

and require a cash deposit of estimated 

countervailing duties for such entries of 

subject merchandise in the amounts 

indicated above. If the ITC determines 

that material injury, or threat of material 

injury, does not exist, this proceeding 

will be terminated and all estimated 

duties deposited or securities posted as 

a result of the suspension of liquidation 

will be refunded or canceled. 

ITC Notification 

In accordance with section 705(d) of 

the Act, we will notify the ITC of our 

determination. In addition, we are 

making available to the ITC all nonprivileged and non-proprietary 

information related to this investigation. 

We will allow the ITC access to all 

privileged and business proprietary 

information in our files, provided the 

ITC confirms that it will not disclose 

such information, either publicly or 

under an administrative protective order 

(APO), without the written consent of 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Because the final determination in 

this proceeding is affirmative, in 

accordance with section 705(b) of the 

Act, the ITC will make its final 

determination as to whether the 

domestic industry in the United States 

is materially injured, or threatened with 

material injury, by reason of imports of 

welded pipe from Turkey no later than 

45 days after our final determination. If 

the ITC determines that material injury 

or threat of material injury does not 

exist, this proceeding will be terminated 

and all cash deposits will be refunded. 

If the ITC determines that such injury 

does exist, Commerce will issue a 

countervailing duty order directing CBP 

to assess, upon further instruction by 

Commerce, countervailing duties on all 

imports of the subject merchandise that 

are entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the effective date of the suspension of 

liquidation, as discussed above in the 

‘‘Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation’’ section. 

Notification Regarding APO 

In the event that the ITC issues a final 

negative injury determination, this 

notice will serve as the only reminder 

to parties subject to the APO of their 

responsibility concerning the 

destruction of proprietary information 

disclosed under APO in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely 

written notification of the return/ 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a violation which is subject to 

sanction. 

This determination is issued and 

published pursuant to sections 705(d) 

and 777(i) of the Act. 

Dated: December 7, 2020. 

Jeffrey I. Kessler, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is prestressed concrete steel 

wire strand (PC strand), produced from wire 

of non-stainless, non-galvanized steel, which 

is suitable for use in prestressed concrete 

(both pretensioned and post-tensioned) 

applications. The product definition 

encompasses covered and uncovered strand 

and all types, grades, and diameters of PC 

strand. PC strand is normally sold in the 

United States in sizes ranging from 0.25 

inches to 0.70 inches in diameter. PC strand 

made from galvanized wire is only excluded 

from the scope if the zinc and/or zinc oxide 

coating meets or exceeds the 0.40 oz./ft2 

standard set forth in ASTM–A–475. 

The PC strand subject to this investigation 

is currently classifiable under subheadings 

7312.10.3010 and 7312.10.3012 of the 

Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United 

States (HTSUS). Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the scope of this investigation 

is dispositive. 


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Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 239 / Friday, December 11, 2020 / Notices 80007 

1See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea 

and the Russian Federation: Initiation of 

Countervailing Duty Investigations, 85 FR 47170 

(August 4, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea 

and the Russian Federation: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing 

Duty Investigations, 85 FR 54533 (September 2, 

2020). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Affirmative Preliminary Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Seamless 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 

Pressure Pipe from the Russian Federation,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

5See Initiation Notice, 85 FR at 47171. 

6See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, 

Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea, 

the Russian Federation, and Ukraine: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 

Less-Than-Fair Value Investigations, 85 FR 73687 

(November 19, 2020). 

7The deadlines for interested parties to submit 

scope case and rebuttal briefs will be established in 

the preliminary 

scope decision memorandum. 

8See 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. 

9See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

10See Vallourec Star, LP (Petitioner)’s Letter, 

‘‘Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, 

and Pressure Pipe from Korea and Russia: Request 

to Align Final Determinations,’’ dated October 15, 

2020. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Final Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

IV. Use of Adverse Facts Available 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Application of Total Adverse 

Facts Available (AFA) to Guney Celik 

Hasir ve Demir (Guney Celik) 

Comment 2: Application of AFA to Certain 

Guney Celik Programs 

Comment 3: Correct Numerator for the Tax 

Reduction RIIS Regional Investment 

Incentive Scheme (RIIS) Program 

Comment 4: Allocation or Expense of 

Certain Grant Program Benefits for 

Guney Celik 

Comment 5: Application of AFA to the 

Property Tax Exemption Program for 

Guney Celik 

Comment 6: Application of AFA to Celik 

Halat ve Tel San A.S. (Celik Halat) 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–821–827] 

Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 

Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 

From the Russian Federation: 

Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing 

Duty Determination and Alignment of 

Final Determination With Final 

Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) preliminarily determines 

that countervailable subsidies are being 

provided to producers and exporters of 

seamless carbon and alloy steel 

standard, line, and pressure pipe 

(seamless pipe) from the Russian 

Federation (Russia). The period of 

investigation is January 1, 2019 through 

December 31, 2019. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 11, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caitlin Monks, 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) 482–2670, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on August 4, 2020.1 On September 2, 

2020, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation to December 7, 2020.2 For 

a complete description of the events that 

followed the initiation of this 

investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II 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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are seamless pipe from 

Russia. For a complete description of 

the scope of this investigation, see 

Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 we set aside a 

period of time, as stated in the Initiation 

Notice, for parties to raise issues 

regarding product coverage (i.e., scope).5

We received comments concerning the 

scope of the antidumping duty (AD) and 

countervailing duty (CVD) 

investigations of seamless pipe as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. We 

are currently evaluating the scope 

comments filed by the interested 

parties. We intend to issue our 

preliminary decision regarding the 

scope of this and the companion AD 

and CVD investigations no later than 

February 3, 2021, the deadline for the 

preliminary determinations in the 

companion AD investigations with 

respect to Russia, the Republic of Korea, 

and Ukraine.6 We will issue a final 

scope decision after considering any 

relevant comments submitted in case 

and rebuttal briefs.7

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

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.8

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that the 

respondent did not act to the best of its 

ability to respond to Commerce’s 

requests for information, Commerce 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.9 For further 

information, see ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Alignment 

As noted in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, in accordance with 

section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.210(b)(4), Commerce is aligning the 

final CVD determination in this 

investigation with the final 

determination in the companion AD 

investigation of seamless pipe from 

Russia based on a request made by the 

petitioner.10 Consequently, the final 


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