[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 81884-81886]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-23382]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-817]


Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Turkey: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2022

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers 
and exporters of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the 
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) during the period of review 
(POR) from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. In addition, 
Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to 10 
companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these 
preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable October 9, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski, 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) 482-1395.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 18, 2014, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on OCTG from T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On 
November 15, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On 
December 18, 2024, Commerce selected Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve 
Ticaret A.S. (Borusan) and Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 
(Cayirova) for individual examination as the mandatory respondents in 
this administrative review.\3\ On May 21, 2024, we extended the 
deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review 
until September 27, 2024.\4\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\5\ The 
deadline for the preliminary results is now October 4, 2024.
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    \1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India and the 
Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders and Amended 
Affirmative Final Countervailing Duty Determination for India, 79 FR 
53688 (September 10, 2014) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298 (November 15, 2023) (Initiation 
Notice).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Companies to be Reviewed,'' dated December 
18, 2024.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated May 
21, 2024.
    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated July 
22, 2024.
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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 in the Appendix I 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 https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review on Certain 
Oil Country Tubular Goods; 2022,'' 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 OCTG. For a complete 
description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative 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 find that there is a subsidy (i.e., a government-provided 
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 Preliminary 
Determination 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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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Commerce may rescind an administrative review of a CVD order when 
no reviewable entries of subject merchandise exist during the POR for 
which liquidation is suspended, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).\8\ 
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, suspended 
entries are liquidated at the CVD assessment rate calculated for the 
review period.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review to be 
conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce 
can instruct CBP to liquidate at the CVD assessment rate calculated for 
the POR.\10\
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    \8\ See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's 
Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also 
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic 
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019).
    \9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 
data, we determine that 10 companies had no entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR. On September 24, 2024, we notified 
interested parties of our intent to rescind the administrative review 
with respect to 10 companies because there are no reviewable 
entries.\11\ No parties commented on the notification of intent to 
rescind, in part. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are rescinding 
the administrative review of these companies. For a list of these 
companies with no reviewable suspended entries of subject merchandise, 
see Appendix II.
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    \11\ See Memorandum, ``Intent to Rescind review, in Part,'' 
dated September 24, 2024.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    We preliminarily find that the following net countervailable 
subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2022, through December 
31, 2022: \12\
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    \12\ We preliminarily cumulated any subsidy benefits received by 
Y[uuml]celboru Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama A.[Scedil]. with those 
received by Cayirova, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.525(c). See Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum at 5-6.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S...........            1.01
Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.....................            1.55
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations and analysis 
performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within 
five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public 
announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this 
notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).\13\
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    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties may submit 
case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\14\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 
raised in the case briefs, may be filed no later than seven days after 
the date for filing case briefs.\15\ Parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are encouraged to submit with each 
argument: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table 
of authorities.\16\
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative Protective 
Order, Service, and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 
2023) (APO and Service Final Rule).
    \16\ See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 
proceedings we have encouraged interested parties to provide an 
executive summary of their brief that should be limited to five pages 
total, including footnotes. In this review, we instead request that 
interested parties provide at the beginning of their briefs a public, 
executive summary for each issue raised in their briefs.\17\ Further, 
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary 
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We 
intend to use the public executive summaries as the basis of the 
comment summaries included in the issues and decision memorandum that 
will accompany the final results in this administrative review. We 
request that interested parties include footnotes for relevant 
citations in the public executive summary of each issue. Note that 
Commerce has amended certain of its requirements pertaining to the 
service of documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).\18\
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    \17\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that 
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and 
Decision Memorandum.
    \18\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS. An 
electronically filed hearing request must be received successfully in 
its entirety by Commerce's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this 
notice.\19\ Requests should contain: (1) the party's name, address, and 
telephone number; (2) the number of participants and whether any 
participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues to be 
discussed. If a request for a hearing is made, we will inform parties 
of the scheduled date and time of the hearing.
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    \19\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily assigned subsidy rates in the 
amounts shown above for the producers/exporters shown above. Consistent 
with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon 
issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and CBP shall 
assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by 
this review.
    For the companies for which this review is rescinded with these 
preliminary results, we will instruct CBP to assess countervailing 
duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 
of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of entry, or 
withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(c)(l)(i). For the companies remaining in the review, we intend 
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

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce 
intends upon publication of the final results, to instruct U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) to collect cash deposits of the estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts calculated in the final results of 
this review for the respective companies listed above 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. If the rate calculated in the final results is 
zero or de minimis, no cash deposit will be required on shipments of 
the 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, CBP will continue to collect cash 
deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate or 
the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.

Final Results

    Unless extended, we intend to issue the final results of this 
administrative review, which will include the results of our analysis 
of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days of the date of 
publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register, 
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results and notice are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213 and 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 3, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix I

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation

Appendix II

Companies for Which the Review Is Being Rescinded

1. Bakir Grup Makine Imalat Bakim Montaj Demontaj Sanayi ve Ticaret 
Ltd. Sti.

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2. Hatboru San ve Tic A.S.
3. Hydra Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi
4. Kalibre Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret
5. KALTEK Machinery & Trading Ltd. Co.
6. Milfit Boru ve Baglanti Elemenlari Sanayi ve Tic. A.S.
7. NETBORU San. Ve Dis. Tic. Koll. Sti.
8.Organize Sanayi Bolgesi
9.Umran Celik Boru Sanayi A.S.
10. Yilmaz Pipo

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