[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 16 (Tuesday, January 25, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 3763-3764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01363]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-824]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
the Republic of Turkey: Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: On December 10, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published its notice of initiation and preliminary results of changed 
circumstances review (CCR) of the antidumping duty (AD) order on heavy 
walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and 
tubes) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). Commerce preliminarily 
determined that Ozdemir Boru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret Sirketi (A.S.) 
(Ozdemir AS) is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir Boru Profil Sanayi 
ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Ozdemir Ltd. Sti.), and, as a result, 
should be accorded the same treatment previously accorded to that 
company. We invited interested parties to comment on the preliminary 
results. As no parties submitted comments, and there is no other 
information or evidence on the record calling into question our 
preliminary results, Commerce is making no changes to the preliminary 
results. For these final results, Commerce continues to find that 
Ozdemir AS is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir Ltd. Sti.

DATES: Applicable January 25, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Kinney at (202) 482-2285, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 13, 2016, Commerce published the AD order on imports 
of HWR pipes and tubes from Turkey.\1\ On November 2, 2021, Ozdemir AS 
requested that Commerce conduct an expedited CCR of the Order to 
determine that Ozdemir AS is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir Ltd. 
Sti.\2\ In its request, Ozdemir AS addressed the factors Commerce 
analyzes with respect to successor-in-interest determinations, and 
provided documentation in support.\3\ Commerce received no comments 
from interested parties on Ozdemir AS's CCR request. On December 10, 
2021, Commerce initiated a CCR and made preliminary findings that 
Ozdemir AS is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir Ltd. Sti., and is 
entitled to Ozdemir Ltd. Sti.'s AD cash deposit rate with respect to 
entries of subject merchandise.\4\ We provided interested parties 14 
days from the date of publication of the Preliminary Results to submit 
case briefs and to request a public hearing. No interested parties 
submitted case briefs or requested a hearing.
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Korea, Mexico, and the Republic of 
Turkey: Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 62865 (September 13, 2016) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Ozdemir AS's Letter, ``Request for Changed Circumstances 
Reviews,'' dated November 2, 2021 (Ozdemir AS's CCR Request).
    \3\ Id.
    \4\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from Turkey: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of 
Changed Circumstances Review, 86 FR 70443 (December 10, 2021) 
(Preliminary Results). As stated in the Preliminary Results, entries 
of subject merchandise that are not both produced and exported by 
Ozdemir Ltd. Sti. have an applicable AD cash deposit rate. Entries 
that are both produced and exported by Ozdemir Ltd. Sti. are 
excluded from the Order. In the Preliminary Results, we determined 
that Ozdemir AS is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir Ltd. Sti.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the Order is certain heavy walled 
rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes of rectangular (including 
square) cross section, having a nominal wall thickness of not less than 
4 mm. The merchandise includes, but is not limited to, the American 
Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-500, grade B specifications, 
or comparable domestic or foreign specifications.
    Included products are those in which: (1) Iron predominates, by 
weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon 
content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements 
below exceeds the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:
    <bullet> 2.50 percent of manganese, or
    <bullet> 3.30 percent of silicon, or
    <bullet> 1.50 percent of copper, or
    <bullet> 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
    <bullet> 1.25 percent of chromium, or
    <bullet> 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
    <bullet> 0.40 percent of lead, or
    <bullet> 2.0 percent of nickel, or
    <bullet> 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
    <bullet> 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
    <bullet> 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
    <bullet> 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
    <bullet> 0.30 percent of zirconium.
    The subject merchandise is currently provided for in item 
7306.61.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS). Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 7306.61.3000. 
While the HTSUS subheadings and ASTM specification are provided for 
convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope 
of this Order is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Because the record contains no information or evidence that calls 
into question the Preliminary Results, and because we received no 
comments from interested parties to the contrary, for the reasons 
stated in the Preliminary Results, Commerce continues to find that 
Ozdemir AS is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir Ltd. Sti.

Instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection

    Based on these final results, we will instruct U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) not to collect estimated AD duties for 
shipments of subject merchandise that is both produced and exported by 
Ozdemir AS because this merchandise is excluded from the Order. For 
shipments of subject merchandise that is not both produced and exported 
by Ozdemir AS and is entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the publication date of this notice in the 
Federal Register, we will instruct CBP to collect estimated AD duties 
at the current AD cash deposit rate for merchandise not both produced 
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exported by Ozdemir Ltd. Sti. (i.e., 35.66 percent). These cash deposit 
requirements shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results in accordance 
with sections 751(b) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, 
and 19 CFR 351.216 and 351.221(c)(3).

    Dated: January 19, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-01363 Filed 1-24-22; 8:45 am]
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