[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 74 (Monday, April 18, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22870-22871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08260]


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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 Changed 
Circumstances Review

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

SUMMARY: On February 25, 2022, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published the notice of initiation and preliminary results of the 
changed circumstances review (CCR) of the countervailing duty (CVD) 
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 [Ouml]zdemir Boru Profil Sanayi ve 
Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Ozdemir A.S.) is the successor-in-interest to 
[Ouml]zdemir Boru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Ozdemir 
LLC) and, as a result, should be accorded the same CVD cash deposit 
treatment as Ozdemir LLC with respect to subject merchandise. For these 
final results, Commerce continues to find that Odzemir A.S. is the 
successor-in-interest to Ozdemir LLC and is entitled to the same cash 
deposit treatment as Ozdemir LLC under the CVD order on HWR pipes and 
tubes from Turkey.

DATES: Applicable April 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jaron Moore or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3640 or (202) 482-0968, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 25, 2022, Commerce published the Initiation and 
Preliminary Results \1\ of this changed circumstances review, finding 
that Ozdemir A.S. is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir LLC and, as 
such, that Ozdemir A.S. is entitled to Ozdemir LLC's CVD cash deposit 
rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise.\2\ In the 
Initiation

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and Preliminary Results, we provided all interested parties with an 
opportunity to comment and request a public hearing regarding our 
preliminary results. No party requested a hearing, submitted a case 
brief, or otherwise commented on the Initiation and Preliminary 
Results.
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    \1\ See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and 
Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of Initiation and 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances 
Review, 87 FR 10772 (February 25, 2022) (Initiation and Preliminary 
Results).
    \2\ Id.
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Scope of the Order <SUP>3</SUP>
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    \3\ 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 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 the Order is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

    Having received no comments from interested parties and finding no 
information or evidence on the record that calls into question the 
preliminary results, we continue to find that Ozdemir A.S. is the 
successor-in-interest to Ozdemir LLC and, as such, that Ozdemir A.S. is 
entitled to Ozdemir LLC's CVD cash deposit rate with respect to entries 
of subject merchandise for the reasons stated in the Initiation and 
Preliminary Results.\4\ As a result of this determination and 
consistent with established practice, we find that Ozdemir A.S. should 
receive the CVD cash deposit rate previously assigned to Ozdemir LLC. 
Consequently, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
to suspend liquidation of all shipments of subject merchandise produced 
and/or exported by Ozdemir A.S. and entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this 
notice in the Federal Register at the CVD cash deposit rate in effect 
for Ozdemir LLC. This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \4\ Initiation and Preliminary Results, 87 FR 10772, 10773.
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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.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 
777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216(e).

    Dated: April 6, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-08260 Filed 4-15-22; 8:45 am]
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