[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 21 (Tuesday, February 1, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5462-5463]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-01958]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-825]


Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From 
the Republic of Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review; 2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Ozdemir 
Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. (Ozdemir), exporter/producer of 
heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes 
and tubes) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey), received de minimis 
net countervailable subsidies during the period of review, January 1, 
2019, through December 31, 2019.

DATES: Applicable February 1, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Janae Martin, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3640 or (202) 
482-0238, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 5, 2021, Commerce published the preliminary results of 
the administrative review with respect to Ozdemir,\1\ and gave 
interested parties an opportunity to comment.\2\ No interested party 
submitted comments. Commerce has conducted this review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act).
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results and 
Rescission in Part of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2019, 86 FR 54926 (October 5, 2021) (Preliminary Results), and 
accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Preliminary Results, 86 FR 54927.

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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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    \3\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Amended Final Affirmative 
Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 81 
FR 62874 (September 13, 2016) (Order).
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    The products covered by the Order are shipments of 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 exceed 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.

Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    No interested parties filed comments on the Preliminary Results and 
we made no changes to the subsidy calculations for Ozdemir in the final 
results of this review. Thus, there is no decision memorandum 
accompanying these final results.

Final Results of Administrative Review

    In accordance with section 777A(e)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5), we determine that the following net countervailable 
subsidy rate exists for Ozdemir for the period January 1, 2019, through 
December 31, 2019: \4\
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    \4\ We have made no changes to this rate since the Preliminary 
Results. Therefore, no additional disclosure of calculations is 
necessary for these final results under 19 CFR 351.224(b).

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                                                           Subsidy  Rate
                         Company                           (percent  ad
                                                             valorem)
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Ozdemir Boru Profil San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti...............        * 0.26
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* de minimis.

Assessment Rates

    Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
(CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate entries 
covered by this review, pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.212(b)(2). Because we calculated a de minimis 
countervailable subsidy rate for Ozdemir in the final results of this 
review, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries 
without regard to countervailing duties in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2) and 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2).
    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 Requirement

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also intends to 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties at the appropriate rates.\5\ For shipments of subject 
merchandise by Ozdemir entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after the date of publication of these final results, 
the cash deposit rate will be zero. For all non-reviewed firms, we will 
instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits at the most recent 
company-specific or all-others rate applicable to the company, as 
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall 
remain in effect until further notice.
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    \5\ See also section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act (``The {results of 
the{time}  determination . . . shall be the basis for the assessment 
of countervailing or antidumping duties on entries of merchandise 
covered by the determination and for deposits of estimated 
duties.'').
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Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 
an 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), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
proceeding. 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 violation which is subject to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice of final results is 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: January 26, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-01958 Filed 1-31-22; 8:45 am]
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