[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 146 (Tuesday, August 3, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41816-41817]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-16475]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-806]


Certain Pasta From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that countervailable subsidies are not being provided to Bessan Makarna 
Gida San. ve Tic. A.S., a producer/exporter of certain pasta from the 
Republic of Turkey. The period of review (POR) is January 1, 2019, 
through December 31, 2019. Interested parties are invited to comment on 
these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable August 3, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Pearson or Richard Roberts, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-2631 or 202-482-
3464, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 14, 1996, Commerce published in the Federal Register the 
countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain pasta from the Republic of 
Turkey (Turkey).\1\ On September 3, 2020, Commerce published an 
initiation notice for an administrative review of the Order.\2\ On 
March 19, 2021 Commerce extended the deadline for these preliminary 
results to no later than July 30, 2021.\3\ For a complete description 
of the events that followed the Initiation Notice, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\4\
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    \1\ See Countervailing Duty Order; Certain Pasta from Turkey, 61 
FR 38546 (July 14, 1996) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 19730 (April 8, 2020).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019,'' dated 
March 19, 2021.
    \4\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of 2019 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: Pasta 
from 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 are certain pasta from Turkey. 
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 Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For a 
full description of the methodology underlying our preliminary 
conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    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 http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A 
list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is 
included as an appendix to this notice.

Preliminary Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4)(i), we preliminarily 
determine that Bessan did not receive countervailable subsidies during 
the POR:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                   Producer/exporter                        (percent)
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Bessan Makarna Gida San. ve Tic. A.S...................            0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    We did not perform calculations for these preliminary results and, 
consequently, we do not have calculations to disclose in accordance 
with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Interested parties may submit written comments 
(case briefs) on the preliminary results no later than 30 days from the 
date of publication of this Federal Register notice,\5\ and rebuttal 
comments (rebuttal briefs) within seven days after the time limit for 
filing case briefs.\6\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(d)(2), rebuttal 
briefs must be limited to issues raised in the case briefs. Parties who 
submit arguments are requested to submit with the argument: (1) A 
statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a 
table of authorities.\7\ All briefs must be filed electronically using 
ACCESS. All briefs must be filed electronically using ACCESS.
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    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(i); see also Temporary Rule Modifying 
AD/CVD Service Requirements Due to COVID-19, 85 FR 17006, 17007 
(March 26, 2020).
    \7\ 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, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Hearing requests should 
contain: (1) The party's name, address, and telephone number; (2) the 
number of participants, whether any participant is a foreign national; 
and (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request for a 
hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a date and 
time to be determined.\8\
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    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    An electronically-filed document must be received successfully in 
its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the established 
deadline. Parties are reminded that briefs and hearing requests are to 
be filed electronically using ACCESS and that electronically filed 
documents must be received successfully in their entirety by 5 p.m. 
Eastern Time on the due date. Note that Commerce has temporarily 
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing 
business proprietary information, until further notice.\9\
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    \9\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 
2020).
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    Commerce intends to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their comments, no later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h), unless this deadline is extended.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(4)(i), upon completion of the 
final results, consistent with 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), Commerce shall determine, and U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate 
entries covered by this review. If Commerce continues to find that 
Bessan received no countervailable subsidies in the final results, 
Commerce intends to instruct CBP to liquidate shipments of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, without regard to 
countervailing duties. 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

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties at the rate determined in the final results. If 
Commerce continues to find that Bessan received no countervailable 
subsidies in the final results, no cash deposit will be required on 
shipments of the 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 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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These preliminary results are issued and published pursuant to 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: July 27, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting 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 Turkey's Economy
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation

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