[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83837-83838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24090]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-834]


Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines 
countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of 
large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the Republic of 
T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) during the period of review (POR) January 
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.

DATES: Applicable October 18, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay K. Menon, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 6, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this 
administrative review.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain 
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ The 
deadline for the final results is now October 11, 2024. For a 
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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    \1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of 
T[uuml]rkiye: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 48379 (June 
6, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the 2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review 
of Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>4</SUP>
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    \4\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: 
Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 18771 (May 2,
    2019) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by this Order is welded pipe from 
T[uuml]rkiye. For a complete description of the scope of this Order, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.

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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in HDM [Ccedil]elik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.'s 
(HDM Celik's) case brief are addressed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of the issues addressed is 
attached as an 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. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found 
countervailable, we 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.\5\ For a description of 
the methodology underlying all of Commerce's conclusions, see the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \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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Final Results of Review

    We determine that, for the period January 1, 2022, through December 
31, 2022, the following total net countervailable subsidy rates exist:

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                                                            Subsidy rate
                     Producer/exporter                       (percent ad
                                                              valorem)
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[Ccedil]imta[scedil] Boru Imalatari Ticaret Ltd...........          2.18
HDM [Ccedil]elik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.\6\...........          6.31
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Disclosure
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    \6\ Commerce initiated this review on both HDM [Ccedil]elik and 
HDM Spiral Kaynakli Celik Boru A.S. (HDM Spiral). See Initiation 
Notice, 88 FR at 44273. However, in the LTFV investigation, we found 
that HDM [Ccedil]elik acquired HDM Spiral on October 31, 2017, and 
HDM Spiral ceased to exist. See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the 
Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 83 FR 43646, 
43647 (August 27, 2018), unchanged in Large Diameter Welded Pipe 
from the Republic of Turkey: Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value, 84 FR 6362 (February 27, 2019).
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    Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations 
performed in connection with the final results of review within five 
days of public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, 
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final 
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
However, because we did not make any changes to the calculations in the 
Preliminary Results, there are no calculations to disclose.

Assessment Rate

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate 
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of 
this review, for the above-listed companies at the applicable ad 
valorem assessment rates listed. 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 Rates

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends 
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amounts shown for the companies listed above for 
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 administrative review. 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 
deposits, effective upon the publication of the final results of this 
review, shall remain in effect until further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the return or 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 sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    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: October 10, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting 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
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues
    Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Revise HDM [Ccedil]elik's 
Sales Denominator
    Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Revise its Calculation of the 
Benefit for the Rediscount Program for HDM Celik
    Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Revise its Calculation of the 
Benefit for the Hot-Rolled Steel (HRS) for Less Than Adequate 
Remuneration (LTAR) Program for HDM Celik
VII. Recommendation

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