18808 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 67 / Wednesday, April 8, 2015 / Notices 

1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 

Request for Revocation in Part, 79 FR 24398 (April 

30, 2014). 

2See memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

Preliminary Results of the 2013–2014 Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review: Brass Sheet and Strip 

from Italy’’ (Preliminary Decision Memorandum), 

dated concurrently with this notice. 

3On November 24, 2014, Enforcement and 

Compliance changed the name of Enforcement and 

Compliance’s AD and CVD Centralized Electronic 

Service System (IA ACCESS) to AD and CVD 

Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

The Web site location was changed from http://

iaaccess.trade.gov to http://access.trade.gov. The 

Final Rule changing the references to the 

Regulations can be found at 79 FR 69046 

(November 20, 2014). 

4See 19 CFR 351.309(d). 

5See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

6See 19 CFR 351.303. 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–475–601] 

Brass Sheet and Strip From Italy; 

Preliminary Results of Antidumping 

Duty Administrative Review; 2013– 

2014 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on brass sheet 

and strip (BSS) from Italy.1 This review 

covers one company. The period of 

review (POR) is March 1, 2013, through 

February 28, 2014. 

DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Shuler, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 

Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 

482–1293. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise subject to the 

antidumping duty order is brass sheet 

and strip, other than leaded brass and 

tin brass sheet and strip, from Italy, 

which is currently classified under 

subheading 7409.21.00.50, 

7409.21.00.75, 7409.21.00.90, 

7409.29.00.50, 7409.29.00.75, and 

7409.29.00.90 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

The HTSUS numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes. A 

full description of the scope of the order 

is contained in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.2 The written description 

is dispositive. 

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).3

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at http://access.trade.gov and to all 

parties in the Central Records Unit, 

Room 7046 of the main Department of 

Commerce building. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly on the Internet at http://

enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. 

A list of the topics discussed in the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 

attached as an Appendix to this notice. 

Methodology 

In accordance with sections 776(a) 

and (b) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 

amended (the Act), we relied on facts 

available with an adverse inference with 

respect to KME Italy SpA (KME Italy), 

the only company for which a review 

was requested. Thus, we preliminarily 

assign a rate of 22.00 percent as the 

dumping margin for KME Italy. In 

making these findings, we relied on 

facts available because KME Italy failed 

to respond to the Department’s 

antidumping duty questionnaire, and 

thus withheld requested information, 

failed to provide requested information 

by the established deadlines, and 

significantly impeded this proceeding. 

See sections 776(a)(2)(A)–(C) of the Act. 

Furthermore, because we preliminarily 

determine that KME Italy failed to 

cooperate by not acting to the best of its 

ability to comply with the Department’s 

requests for information, we drew an 

adverse inference in selecting from 

among the facts otherwise available. See 

section 776(b) of the Act. 

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of our review, we 

preliminarily determine that the 

following dumping margin on BSS from 

Italy exists for the period March 1, 2013, 

through February 28, 2014: 

Exporter/manufacturer 

Dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

KME Italy SpA ............................ 22.00 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

not later than 30 days after the date of 

publication of this notice. Rebuttal 

briefs, limited to issues raised in the 

case briefs, may be filed not later than 

five days after the date for filing case 

briefs.4 Parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are 

encouraged to submit with each 

argument: (1) A statement of the issue; 

(2) a brief summary of the argument; 

and (3) a table of authorities.5 Case and 

rebuttal briefs should be filed using 

ACCESS.6

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, or to participate if one is 

requested, must submit a written 

request to the Assistant Secretary for 

Enforcement and Compliance, filed 

electronically via ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety in 

ACCESS by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 

30 days after the date of publication of 

this notice. Requests should contain: (1) 

The party’s name, address and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. 

The Department intends to issue the 

final results of this administrative 

review, including the results of its 

analysis of the issues raised in any 

written briefs, not later than 120 days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Act. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon issuance of the final results, the 

Department shall determine, and U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries covered by this 

review. If the preliminary results are 

unchanged for the final results we will 

instruct CBP to apply an ad valorem 

assessment rate of 22.00 percent to all 

entries of subject merchandise during 

the POR which were produced and/or 

exported by KME Italy. 

We intend to issue liquidation 

instructions to CBP 15 days after 

publication of the final results of 

review. 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following deposit requirements 

will be effective upon publication of the 

notice of final results of administrative 

review for all shipments of BSS from 

Italy entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 


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1See Turkey Pipe 2012 Preliminary Results and 

accompanied Preliminary Issues and Decision 

Memorandum at 5 unchanged in Turkey Pipe 2012 

Final Results and accompanying Issues and 

Decision Memorandum at 2, in which we found the 

Toscelik Companies to be cross-owned entities. 

2See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 

Tubes From Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review; Calendar Year 2011, 

78 FR 64916 (October 30, 2013), in which we found 

the Erbosan Companies to be cross-owned; see also 

Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes and 

Welded Carbon Steel Line Pipe from Turkey; Final 

Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Reviews, 64 FR 44496 (August 16, 1999), in which 

we found the Yucel Companies to be cross-owned. 

3See the Erbosan Companies’ May 5, 2014, 

submission; see also the Yucel Companies June 27, 

2014, submission. 

4See, e.g., Aluminum Extrusions from the 

People’s Republic of China: Notice of Partial 

Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review, 79 FR 2635 (January 15, 2014). 

the date of publication, as provided by 

section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash 

deposit rate for the reviewed company 

will be the rate established in the final 

results of this review; (2) for 

merchandise exported by manufacturers 

or exporters not covered in this review 

but covered in a prior segment of the 

proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 

continue to be the company-specific rate 

published for the most recently 

completed segment of this proceeding; 

(3) if the exporter is not a firm covered 

in this review, a prior review, or the 

less-than-fair-value investigation but the 

manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established for the most 

recently completed segment of this 

proceeding for the manufacturer of the 

merchandise; (4) if neither the exporter 

nor the manufacturer has its own rate, 

the cash deposit rate will be 5.44 

percent. These deposit requirements, 

when imposed, shall remain in effect 

until further notice. 

Notifications to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in the 

Secretary’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of doubled antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

results in accordance with sections 

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

Dated: March 30, 2015. 

Paul Piquado, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

A. Summary 

B. Background 

C. Scope of the Order 

D. Discussion of the Methodology 

1. Use of Facts Otherwise Available 

a. Use of Facts Available 

b. Application of Facts Available With an 

Adverse Inference 

c. Selection and Corroboration of 

Information Used As Facts Available 

E. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2015–07953 Filed 4–7–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–502] 

Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes 

and Tubes From Turkey: Preliminary 

Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review and Preliminary 

Intent To Rescind in Part; Calendar 

Year 2013 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is conducting an 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

circular welded carbon steel pipes and 

tubesfrom Turkey for the period of 

review (POR) of January 1, 2013, 

through December 31, 2013. The review 

covers one producer/exporter of subject 

merchandise that the Department 

selected for individual examination: the 

Borusan Group, Borusan Holding, A.S. 

(Borusan Holding), Borusan 

Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret 

A.S. (Borusan), Borusan Istikbal Ticaret 

T.A.S. (Istikbal), and Borusan Lojistik 

Dagitim Pepolama Tasimacilik ve Tic 

A.S. (Borusan Lojistik) (collectively, the 

Borusan Companies). Additionally, this 

review covers three firms that were not 

individually examined: Toscelik Profil 

ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. (Toscelik Profil), 

Toscelik Metal Ticaret AS., and Tosyali 

Dis Ticaret AS. (Tosyali) (collectively, 

the Toscelik Companies),1 Umran Celik 

Born Sanayii A.S. (also known as 

Umran Steel Pipe Inc.) (Umran), and 

Guven Steel Pipe (also known as Guven 

Celik Born San. Ve Tic. Ltd.) (Guven). 

We preliminarily determine that the 

Borusan Companies received 

countervailable subsidies during the 

POR. For purposes of these preliminary 

results, we assigned the Toscelik 

Companies, Umran and Guven, the nonselected respondents, the same net 

subsidy rate calculated for the Borusan 

Companies. Additionally, we 

preliminarily determine to rescind the 

administrative reviews on Erbosan 

Erciyas Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 

(Erbosan AS) and Erbosan Erciyas Pipe 

Industry and Trade Co. Kayseri Free 

Zone Branch (Erbosan FZB), 

(collectively Erbosan) and the Yucel 

Group and all affiliates including Yucel 

Boru ye Profil Endustrisi A.S, Yucelboru 

Ihracat Ithalat ye Pazarlama A.S, and 

Cayirova Born Sanayi ye Ticaret A.S.) 

(collectively, the Yucel Companies).2

DATES: Effective Date: April 8, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Conniff or Jolanta Lawska, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office III, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone: 202–482–1009 and 202–482– 

8362, respectively. 

Intent To Rescind the 2013 

Administrative Review, in Part 

Erbosan and the Yucel Companies 

submitted letters to the Department on 

May 5, 2014, June 27, 2014, 

respectively, timely certifying that they 

had no sales, shipments, or entries, 

directly or indirectly, of subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR.3 Petitioners did not comment 

on Erbosan’s and Yucel’s claims of no 

sales, shipments, or entries. On May 19 

and July 14, 2014, we transmitted ‘‘NoShipment Inquiries’’ to U.S. Customs 

and Border Protection (CBP) regarding 

these companies. We did not receive 

any information from CBP contrary to 

Erbosan’s and Yucel’s claims of no 

sales, shipments, or entries of subject 

merchandise to the United States during 

the POR. Accordingly, based on the 

record evidence, we preliminarily 

determine that Erbosan and Yucel, did 

not ship subject merchandise to the 

United States during the POR. 

Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(3), and consistent with our 

practice,4 we preliminarily determine to 

rescind the review for Erbosan and 

Yucel. 

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by this order 

are certain welded carbon steel pipe and 

tube with an outside diameter of 0.375 

inch or more, but not over 16 inches, of 

any wall thickness (pipe and tube) from 

Turkey. These products are currently 

provided for under the Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States 

(HTSUS) as item numbers 7306.30.10, 


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