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22See Order, 81 FR at 81063. 

23See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act; and 19 CFR 

351.213(h). 

1See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the 

Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Order, 79 

FR 65926 (November 6, 2014) (Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 75270 (November 2, 

2023). 

3See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

90168 (December 29, 2023). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing 

Bar from the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: Extension of 

Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2022 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated 

July 11, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Steel Concrete Reinforcing 

Bar from Tu ̈rkiye: Second Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of 2022 Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated November 22, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review of Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye; 

2022,’’ dated concurrently with, and hereby 

adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum). 

8See 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. 

deposit rate for all other producers or 

exporters will continue to be the allothers rate established in the LTFV 

investigation (i.e., 8.35 percent).22 These 

cash deposit requirements, when 

imposed, shall remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless otherwise extended, we intend 

to issue the final results of this 

administrative review, which will 

include the results of our analysis of all 

issues raised in the case and rebuttal 

briefs, within 120 days of publication of 

these preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, pursuant to section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(1).23

Notification to Importers 

This notice also 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 and/or countervailing 

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 and/or countervailing 

duties occurred and the subsequent 

assessment of doubled antidumping 

duties, and/or an increase in the amount 

of antidumping duties by the amount of 

the countervailing duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results of review in 

accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 

777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2), and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: December 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Partial Rescission of Review 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–819] 

Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From 

the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: Preliminary 

Results and Partial Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies were provided to producers 

and exporters of steel concrete 

reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic 

of Tu ̈rkiye (Tu ̈rkiye) during the period 

of review (POR) January 1, 2022, 

through December 31, 2022. 

Additionally, Commerce is rescinding 

this review with respect to six 

companies. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on these preliminary 

results. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 

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 November 6, 2014, Commerce 

published in the Federal Register the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

rebar from Tu ̈rkiye.1 On November 2, 

2023, Commerce published in the 

Federal Register a notice of opportunity 

to request an administrative review of 

the Order for the POR.2 On December 

29, 2023, Commerce published the 

notice of the initiation of this 

administrative review in the Federal 

Register.3 On July 11, 2024, Commerce 

extended the time period for issuing 

these preliminary results by 117 days, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act).4 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

administrative proceeding by seven 

days.5 On November 22, 2024, 

Commerce extended the time period for 

issuing these preliminary results by an 

additional three days.6 The deadline for 

these preliminary results is now 

December 6, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.7 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is provided in the 

appendix to 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. 

Scope of the Order 

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is rebar from Tu ̈rkiye. For a 

complete description of the scope of the 

Order, see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) 

of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, we 

preliminarily find that there is a 

subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution 

that gives rise to a benefit to the 

recipient, and the subsidy is specific.8

For a full description of the 

methodology underlying our 

conclusions, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 


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9See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Partial Withdrawal of 

Request for Administrative Review,’’ dated January 

22, 2024. 

10See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Procedures). 

11We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

12See APO and Service Procedures. 

13See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

Companies Not Selected for Individual 

Examination 

The Act and Commerce’s regulations 

do not directly address the subsidy rate 

to be applied to companies not selected 

for individual examination where 

Commerce limits its examination in an 

administrative review pursuant to 

section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, 

Commerce normally determines the 

rates for non-selected companies in 

reviews in a manner that is consistent 

with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which 

provides instructions for calculating the 

all-others rate in an investigation. 

Section 777A(e)(2) of the Act provides 

that ‘‘the individual countervailable 

subsidy rates determined under 

subparagraph (A) shall be used to 

determine the all-others rate under 

section 705(c)(5) {of the Act}.’’ Section 

705(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that for 

companies not investigated, in general, 

we will determine an all-others rate by 

weight averaging the countervailable 

subsidy rates established for each of the 

companies individually investigated, 

excluding zero and de minimis rates or 

any rates based solely on the facts 

available. 

In this administrative review, 

Commerce preliminarily calculated a de 

minimis rate for Icdas Celik Enerji 

Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S. 

Therefore, the only rate that is not zero, 

de minimis, or based entirely on facts 

otherwise available is the preliminary 

rate calculated for Kaptan Demir Celik 

Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kaptan). 

Consequently, for these preliminary 

results, we are assigning Colakoglu 

Metalurji A.S. the rate calculated for 

Kaptan. 

Rescission of Administrative Review, in 

Part 

Commerce’s practice is to rescind an 

administrative review of a CVD order, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), when 

the interested party that requested a 

review withdraws the request within 90 

days of publication of the notice of 

initiation of the requested review. 

Commerce received timely-filed 

withdrawal requests with respect to six 

companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1): (1) Ans Kargo Lojistik Tas 

ve Tic Baykan Dis Ticaret; (2) Baykan 

Dis Ticaret; (3) Kibar dis Ticaret A.S.; 

(4) Meral Makina Iml Ith Ihr Gida; (5) 

Sami Soybas Demir Sanayi ve Ticaret; 

and (6) Yucel Boru Ihracat Ithalat ve 

Pazarlama.9 Because the withdrawal 

requests were timely filed, and no other 

party requested a review of these 

companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding 

this review with respect to these six 

companies. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

As a result of this review, we 

preliminarily determine the following 

net countervailable subsidy rates for the 

period January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022: 

Company Subsidy rate 

(percent ad valorem) 

Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane 

ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S.

0.14 (de minimis). 

Kaptan Demir Celik 

Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S.

2.54. 

Colakoglu Metalurji A.S ........ 2.54. 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations performed to interested 

parties for these preliminary results 

within five days of any public 

announcement or, if there is no public 

announcement, within five days of the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register in accordance with 19 

CFR 351.224(b). 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

to Commerce no 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. Interested parties who 

submit case or rebuttal briefs in this 

proceeding must submit: (1) a table of 

contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.10 All briefs must be 

filed electronically using ACCESS. An 

electronically filed document must be 

received successfully in its entirety in 

ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

the established deadline. 

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this review, we 

instead request that interested parties 

provide at the beginning of their briefs 

a public, executive summary for each 

issue raised in their briefs.11 Further, we 

request that interested parties limit their 

public executive summary of each issue 

to no more than 450 words, not 

including citations. We intend to use 

the public executive summaries as the 

basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final results in this administrative 

review. We request that interested 

parties include footnotes for relevant 

citations in the public executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).12

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, filed electronically via 

ACCESS by 5:00 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 whether any 

participant is a foreign national; (3) a 

list of the issues to be discussed. Issues 

raised in the hearing will be limited to 

those raised in the respective case and 

rebuttal briefs. If a request for a hearing 

is made, Commerce will inform parties 

of the scheduled date for the hearing.13

Assessment Rates 

Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon 

issuance of the final results, Commerce 

will determine, and U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries covered by this review. 

For the companies for which 

Commerce is rescinding this review, 

Commerce will instruct CBP to assess 

countervailing duties on all appropriate 

entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit 

of estimated countervailing duties 

required at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption, during the period January 

1, 2022, through December 31, 2022, in 

accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). 

Commerce intends to issue assessment 

instructions to CBP regarding these 

companies no earlier than 35 days after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. 

For the companies listed in the table 

above, 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 


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1See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

90168 (December 29, 2023). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Respondent Selection,’’ 

dated January 26, 2024. 

3See ASAS’s Letter, ‘‘ Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review,’’ dated March 28, 2024 

(ASAS’’ Withdrawal); see also Petitioners’’ Letter, ‘‘ 

Petitioners’’ Partial Withdrawal of Request for 

Review,’’ dated March 28, 2024 (Petitioners’’ 

Withdrawal). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Additional Respondent 

Selection,’’ dated April 5, 2024. 

5See Memorandum, ‘‘Extension of Deadline for 

Preliminary Results of 2022 Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review,’’ dated May 15, 2024. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Second Extension of 

Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2022 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,’’ dated 

November 8, 2024. 

8See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the 2022 Countervailing 

Duty Administrative Review of Certain Aluminum 

Foil from the Republic of Tu ̈rkiye,’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

9See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate 

of Oman and the Republic of Turkey: 

Countervailing Duty Orders, 86 FR 62782 

(November 12, 2021) (Order). 

10See ASAS’’ Withdrawal; See also Petitioners’’ 

Withdrawal. 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

In accordance with section 

751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 

intends, upon publication of the final 

results, to instruct CBP to collect cash 

deposits of estimated countervailing 

duties in the amounts shown for the 

companies listed above with regard to 

shipments of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP 

will continue to collect cash deposits of 

estimated countervailing duties at the 

all-others rate or the most recent 

company-specific rate applicable to the 

company, as appropriate. These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Final Results of Administrative Review 

Unless otherwise extended, pursuant 

to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 

Commerce intends to issue the final 

results of this administrative review, 

including the results of its analysis of 

the issues raised by parties in their 

comments, within 120 days after the 

date of publication of these preliminary 

results in the Federal Register. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 

Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4). 

Dated: December 6, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Diversification of Tu ̈rkiye’s Economy 

V. Subsidies Valuation Information 

VI. Analysis of Programs 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–489–845] 

Certain Aluminum Foil From the 

Republic of Tu ̈rkiye: Preliminary 

Results and Partial Rescission of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies were provided to producers 

and exporters of certain aluminum foil 

(aluminum foil) from the Republic of 

Tu ̈rkiye (Tu ̈rkiye). The period of review 

(POR) is January 1, 2022, through 

December 31, 2022. In addition, 

Commerce is rescinding the review, in 

part, with respect to one company. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on these preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable December 13, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian 

Riggs, 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) 482–3810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 29, 2023, based on 

timely requests for review, Commerce 

initiated this administrative review of 

the countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

aluminum foil from Tu ̈rkiye.1 On 

January 6, 2024, Commerce selected 

ASAS Aluminyum Sanayi ve Ticaret 

A.S. (ASAS) and Assan Aluminyum 

Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Assan) as the 

mandatory respondents in this review.2

On March 28, 2024, the petitioners and 

ASAS timely withdrew their requests 

for review for ASAS.3 Therefore, on 

April 5, 2024, Commerce selected Panda 

Aluminyum A.S. (Panda) as an 

additional mandatory respondent in this 

review.4

On July 15, 2024, Commerce extended 

the deadline for the preliminary results 

of this review.5 On July 22, 2024, 

Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 

certain administrative proceedings by 

seven days.6 On November 8, 2024, 

Commerce extended the time period for 

issuing these preliminary results by an 

additional 14 days.7 The deadline for 

the preliminary results is now December 

6, 2024. 

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this review, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.8 A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as an 

appendix to 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 http:// 

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. 

Scope of the Order 9

The merchandise covered by the 

Order is aluminum foil from Tu ̈rkiye. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of the Order, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Partial Rescission of Administrative 

Review 

In accordance with 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 the notice of 

initiation of the requested review in the 

Federal Register. On March 28, 2024, 

the petitioners and ASAS withdrew 

their requests for review for ASAS.10

Because ASAS and the petitioners 

timely withdrew their requests for a 


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