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1See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of 

Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; 2015, 83 FR 1237 (January 

10, 2018) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Deadlines Affected by the 

Shutdown of the Federal Government,’’ dated 

January 23, 2018. All deadlines in this segment of 

the proceeding have been extended by three days. 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Welded Line Pipe from 

Turkey: Extension of Deadline for the Final Results 

of 2015 Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review,’’ dated May 2, 2018. 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Final Results of 2015 Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review: Welded Line Pipe from 

Turkey,’’ dated concurrently with this notice (Issues 

and Decision Memorandum). 

5See 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. 

federally registered lobbyists or 

registered as a foreign agent under the 

Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, 

as amended. 

Those selected for the Board must be 

able to meet the time and effort 

commitments of the Board. 

Board members serve at the discretion 

of the Secretary of Commerce (who may 

remove any member of the Board for 

good cause). The terms of office of each 

member of the Board appointed by the 

Secretary shall be three (3) years. Board 

members can serve a maximum of two 

consecutive full three-year terms. Board 

members are not considered Federal 

government employees by virtue of their 

service as a member of the Board and 

will receive no compensation from the 

Federal government for their 

participation in Board activities. 

Members participating in Board 

meetings and events may be paid actual 

travel expenses and per diem by the 

Corporation when away from their usual 

places of residence. 

Individuals who want to be 

considered for appointment to the Board 

should submit the following 

information by the Friday, August 17, 

2018 deadline to the address listed in 

the ADDRESSES section above: 

1. Name, title, and personal resume of 

the individual requesting consideration, 

including address, email address and 

phone number. 

2. A brief statement of why the person 

should be considered for appointment 

to the Board. This statement should also 

address the individual’s relevant 

international travel and tourism 

marketing experience and audit 

committee financial expertise, if any, 

and indicate clearly the sector or sectors 

enumerated above in which the 

individual has the requisite expertise 

and experience. Individuals who have 

the requisite expertise and experience in 

more than one sector can be appointed 

for only one of those sectors. 

Appointments of members to the Board 

will be made by the Secretary of 

Commerce. 

3. An affirmative statement that the 

applicant is a U.S. citizen and further, 

is not required to register as a foreign 

agent under the Foreign Agents 

Registration Act of 1938, as amended. 

Dated: July 13, 2018. 

Brian Beall, 

Deputy Director, National Travel and Tourism 

Office. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–823] 

Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of 

Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; 2015 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(Commerce) determines that Borusan 

Istikbal Ticaret and Borusan 

Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret 

A.S. (collectively, Borusan), an 

exporter/producer of welded line pipe 

from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), 

received countervailable subsidies 

during the period of review (POR) 

March 20, 2015, through December 31, 

2015. 

DATES: Applicable July 19, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Whitley Herndon and Andrew Medley, 

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 

and 202–482–4987, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Commerce published the Preliminary 

Results of this administrative review in 

the Federal Register on January 10, 

2018.1 We invited interested parties to 

comment on the Preliminary Results. On 

January 23, 2018, Commerce exercised 

its discretion to toll all deadlines 

affected by the closure of the Federal 

Government from January 20 through 

22, 2018.2 On February 12, 2018, we 

received timely case briefs from the 

Government of Turkey and from 

Borusan. On May 2, 2018, Commerce 

postponed the final results of review 

until July 12, 2018.3

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the order 

is welded line pipe, which is carbon 

and alloy steel pipe of a kind used for 

oil or gas pipelines, not more than 24 

inches in nominal outside diameter. A 

full description of the scope of the order 

is contained in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum, which is hereby adopted 

by this notice.4

Analysis of Comments Received 

All issues raised in interested parties’ 

briefs are addressed in the Issues and 

Decision Memorandum accompanying 

this notice. A list of the issues raised by 

interested parties and to which we 

responded in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum is provided in the 

Appendix to this notice. The Issues and 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov and in the Central 

Records Unit, room B8024 of the main 

Department of Commerce building. 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. 

Changes Since the Preliminary Results 

We made no changes to our subsidy 

rate calculation. 

Methodology 

Commerce conducted 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 to be countervailable, we find 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution from a government or 

public entity that gives rise to a benefit 

to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 

specific.5 For a full description of the 

methodology underlying all of 

Commerce’s conclusions, see the Issues 

and Decision Memorandum. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

In accordance with section 777A(e) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we 

determine the total net countervailable 

subsidy rate for the period January 1, 

2015, to December 31, 2015, to be: 


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6For the Borusan Companies, we initiated on the 

following: Borusan Istikbal Ticaret (Istikbal) and 

Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 

(BMB). As explained in the PDM, we found Istikbal 

and BMB to be cross-owned under Borusan 

Holding, A.S. No party has provided argument to 

the contrary; thus, for these final results, we 

continue to find all three companies to be crossowned, though only BMB received countervailable 

subsidies in this review period. 

1See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe 

from the United Arab Emirates: Final Determination 

of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 81 FR 75030 

(October 28, 2016) (Final Determination). 

2See Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel Pipe 

from the Sultanate of Oman, Pakistan, and the 

United Arab Emirates: Amended Final Affirmative 

Antidumping Duty Determination and 

Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 91906 (December 

19, 2016) (Order). 

3Universal is the name collectively used for the 

following group of affiliated producers/exporters of 

CWP: KHK Scaffolding and Framework LLC; 

Universal Tube and Pipe Industries, Ltd; and UTP– 

JA. 

4See Wheatland Tube Company v. United States, 

Court No. 17–00021, Slip Op. 18–49 (CIT April 24, 

2018). 

5See Final Results of Redetermination Pursuant 

to Court Remand, Wheatland Tube Company v. 

United States, Court No. 17–00021, Slip Op. 18–49 

(CIT April 24, 2018), dated June 21, 2018, available 

at: https://enforcement.trade.gov/remands/ 

index.html (Remand Redetermination). 

6See Timken Co. v. United States, 893 F.2d 337, 

341 (Fed. Cir. 1990) (Timken). 

7See Diamond Sawblades Mfrs. Coalition v. 

United States, 626 F.3d 1374 (Fed. Cir. 2010) 

(Diamond Sawblades). 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent) 

Borusan Istikbal Ticaret 

and Borusan 

Mannesmann Boru 

Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.6.

0.78 ad valorem. 

Assessment Rates 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to 

issue appropriate instructions to U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 

days after the date of publication of the 

final results of this review. Commerce 

will instruct CBP to liquidate shipments 

of subject merchandise produced and/or 

exported by the company listed above, 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption, from March 20, 2015, 

through December 31, 2015, at the ad 

valorem rate listed above. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

Commerce also intends to instruct 

CBP to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties in the 

amount shown above for Borusan, on 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review. For all non-reviewed firms, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to continue 

to collect cash deposits at the most 

recent company-specific or all-others 

rate applicable to the company, as 

appropriate. Accordingly, the cash 

deposit requirements that will be 

applied to companies covered by this 

order, but not examined in this 

administrative review, are those 

established in the most recently 

completed segment of the proceeding 

for each company. These cash deposit 

requirements, when imposed, shall 

remain in effect until further notice. 

Administrative Protective Orders 

This notice also serves as a reminder 

to parties subject to administrative 

protective order (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 or 

destruction of APO materials or 

conversion to judicial protective order is 

hereby requested. Failure to comply 

with the regulations and terms of an 

APO is a sanctionable violation. 

These final results are issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.221(b)(5). 

Dated: July 12, 2018. 

Gary Taverman, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations, 

performing the non-exclusive functions and 

duties of the 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. Subsidies Valuation 

A. Allocation Period 

B. Attribution of Subsides 

C. Benchmark Interest Rates 

V. Programs Determined To Be 

Countervailable 

VI. Programs Determined Not To Be Used 

During the POR 

VII. Analysis of Comments 

Comment 1: Treatment of the Investment 

Encouragement Program (IEP): Customs 

and Value Added Tax (VAT) Exemption 

Program 

Comment 2: Whether To Include Borusan’s 

Exchange Variation Income in the Total 

Value of Sales and Total Value of Export 

Sales 

VIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–520–807] 

Circular Welded Carbon-Quality Steel 

Pipe From the United Arab Emirates: 

Notice of Court Decision Not in 

Harmony With Final Determination of 

Sales at Less Than Fair Value 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On July 9, 2018, the United 

States Court of International Trade (the 

Court) entered final judgment sustaining 

the final results of the remand 

redetermination by the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) pertaining to the 

antidumping duty (AD) investigation of 

circular welded carbon-quality steel 

pipe (CWP) from the United Arab 

Emirates (UAE). Commerce is notifying 

the public that the final judgment in this 

case is not in harmony with Commerce’s 

final determination in the AD 

investigation of CWP from the UAE. 

DATES: Applicable July 19, 2018. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Blaine Wiltse and Whitley Herndon, 

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) 482–6345 

and (202) 482–6274, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Subsequent to the October 28, 2016, 

publication of the Final Determination,1

and the December 16, 2016, publication 

of the Order,2 Wheatland Tube 

Company (i.e., the petitioner), filed a 

complaint with the Court challenging 

Commerce’s treatment of the cost of 

‘‘caps’’ used by Universal Tube and 

Plastic Industries, LLC—Jebel Ali 

Branch (UTP–JA), a producer/exporter 

of the mandatory respondent, 

Universal.3 On April 24, 2018, the Court 

remanded Commerce’s final 

determination with the instruction that 

Commerce reexamine whether UTP– 

JA’s cost of caps should be treated as 

packing expenses in light of its prior 

treatment of this material.4

On June 22, 2018, Commerce issued 

its final results of redetermination, in 

which we reclassified UTP–JA’s cost of 

caps as packing expenses; this revision 

did not change the final dumping 

margin for Universal.5 On July 9, 2018, 

the Court sustained the Remand 

Redetermination. 

Timken Notice 

In its decision in Timken,6 as clarified 

by Diamond Sawblades,7 the United 

States Court of Appeals for the Federal 


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