[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 218-220]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-28507]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-822]


Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Partial Rescission 
and Preliminary Intent to Rescind the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to companies for which requests for 
review were timely withdrawn and preliminarily rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to Cimtas Boru Imalatlari ve 
Ticaret, Ltd. Sti. The period of review (POR) is December 1, 2019, 
through November 30, 2020. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
this preliminary rescission.

DATES: Applicable January 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, 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) 482-4682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 4, 2021, based on timely requests for review in 
accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), we initiated an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on welded line pipe from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).\1\ 
This review covers 19 producers and/or exporters of the subject 
merchandise.
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    \1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 86 FR 8166, 8171 (February 4, 2021).
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    On April 27, 2021, the petitioners \2\ withdrew their request for 
an administrative review with respect to 18 companies.\3\ The 
petitioners did not withdraw their review request for Cimtas Boru 
Imalatlari ve Ticaret, Ltd. Sti. (Cimtas).\4\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Maverick Tube Corporation and IPSCO 
Tubulars Inc.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from Turkey: 
Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review of 
Antidumping Duty Order,'' dated April 27, 2021.
    \4\ Id.
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    On August 18, 2021, Commerce extended the preliminary results of 
this review by 119 days, until December 30, 2021.\5\ For a complete 
description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, 
see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \5\ See Memorandum, ``Welded Line Pipe from Turkey: Extension of 
Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2019-2020 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review,'' dated August 18, 2021.
    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Partial 
Rescission and Preliminary Intent to Rescind the 2019-2020 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Welded Line 
Pipe from the Republic of Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, and 
hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order include circular welded carbon 
and alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipe from Turkey. Imports 
of subject merchandise are currently classified under the Harmonized 
Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7305.11.1030, 
7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 
7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. The subject 
merchandise may also enter in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 and 7305.12.1060. 
While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs 
purposes, the written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.\7\
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    \7\ For a complete description of the scope, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a)(1)(B) and (2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 
For a full description of the methodology underlying our decision, see 
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of the sections in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached in Appendix II of 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 https://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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Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an 
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested 
the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of 
publication of notice of initiation of the requested review. On April 
27, 2021, the petitioners timely withdrew their requests for an 
administrative review for the 18 companies listed in Appendix I of this 
notice. No other party requested a review of these companies. 
Accordingly, we are rescinding this review, in part, with respect to 
these companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).

Preliminary Intent To Rescind Administrative Review

    Regarding the remaining company, Cimtas, as discussed in the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum, Commerce preliminarily finds that 
Cimtas had no reviewable shipments, sales, or entries of subject 
merchandise during the POR.\8\ Therefore, we are preliminarily 
rescinding this review with respect to Cimtas, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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    \8\ See Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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Verification

    On May 17, 2020, Commerce received a request from the petitioners 
to conduct verification of Cimtas's statement that it had no reviewable 
shipments or sales during the POR and no entries of welded line pipe 
during the POR were manufactured by Cimtas.\9\ Commerce is currently 
unable to conduct on-site verification of the information relied upon 
in this review. However, we took additional steps in lieu of an on-site 
verification to verify this information, in accordance with section 
782(i) of the Act.\10\
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    \9\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Welded Line Pipe from Turkey: 
Request for Verification,'' dated May 17, 2020.
    \10\ See Commerce's Letter, Antidumping Administrative Review of 
Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey, dated July 21, 2021; 
see also Cimtas's Letter, ``Antidumping Administrative Review of 
Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: Response to 
Questions,'' dated August 4, 2021.
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Public Comment

    Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary 
rescission of this review. Case briefs or other written comments may be 
submitted to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\11\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 
raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than seven days after 
the deadline for case briefs.\12\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and 
(d)(2), 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.\13\
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \12\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements 
Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006 (March 26, 2020); see also Temporary 
Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19; 
Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 2020) 
(Temporary Rule).
    \13\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 
filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 days after the date of 
publication of this notice.\14\ Hearing 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 issues raised in the briefs. If a 
request for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at 
a date and time to be determined.\15\ Parties should confirm the date, 
time, and location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \14\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \15\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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    An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in 
its entirety via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) by 
5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce 
has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving 
documents containing business proprietary information.\16\
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    \16\ See Temporary Rule.
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of its analysis of issues raised in any 
written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication 
of this notice, unless otherwise extended.\17\
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    \17\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
liquidate any suspended entries for the 18 companies listed in Appendix 
I at the rate in effect at the time of entry. Further, we previously 
deferred Cimtas's sales reporting for entries made during the 2018-2019 
POR to this administrative review and stated that the 2018-2019 POR 
entries ``will remain suspended until the completion of the review and 
will be liquidated based on the final results for Cimtas.\18\ Thus, if 
Commerce proceeds to a final rescission of this administrative review 
with respect to Cimtas, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess 
antidumping duties on and liquidate any of Cimtas's suspended entries 
at the cash deposit rate in effect at the time of entry, including any 
suspended entries from the 2018-2019 POR.
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    \18\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: Final 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, in Part, and 
Final Deferral of Administrative Review, in Part; 2018-2019, 86 FR 
17363, 17364 (April 2, 2021).
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    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 Requirements

    If Commerce proceeds to a final rescission of this administrative 
review, no cash deposit rates will change. Accordingly, the current 
cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification 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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d).

    Dated: December 27, 2021.
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

1. Borusan Istikbal Ticaret
2. Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve

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Ticaret A.S.
3. Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
4. Emek Boru Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
5. Erbosan Erciyas Tube Industry and Trade Co. Inc.
6. Erciyas Celik Boru Sanayii A.S.
7. Guven Celik Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti.
8. Has Altinyagmur celik Boru Sanayii ve Ticaret Ltd. Sti.
9. HDM Steel Pipe Industry & Trade Co. Ltd.
10. Metalteks Celik Urunleri Sanayii
11. MMZ Onur Boru Profil Uretim Sanayii ve Ticaret A.S.
12. Noksel Steel Pipe Co. Inc.
13. Ozbal Celik Boru
14. Toscelik Profile and Sheet Industry, Co.
15. Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S.
16. Umran Celik Boru Sanayii
17. YMS Pipe & Metal Sanayii A.S.
18. Yucelboru Ihracat Ithalat Pazzarlam

Appendix II

List of Sections in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
V. Preliminary Intent To Rescind Administrative Review
VI. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2021-28507 Filed 1-3-22; 8:45 am]
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