[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 10, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27988-27989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-09984]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-822]


Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Rescission of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2019-2020

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding this 
administrative review with respect to Cimtas Boru Imalatlari ve 
Ticaret, Ltd. Sti. (Cimtas). The period of review (POR) is December 1, 
2019, through November 30, 2020.

DATES: Applicable May 10, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4682.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 4, 2022, Commerce published its preliminary intent to 
rescind this administrative review with respect to Cimtas in the 
Federal Register.\1\ Although we invited parties to comment on the 
Preliminary Results,\2\ no interested party submitted comments. 
Accordingly, no decision memorandum accompanies this Federal Register 
notice.
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    \1\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: Partial 
Rescission and Preliminary Intent to Rescind the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review; 2019-2020, 87 FR 218 (January 4, 2022) 
(Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum (PDM) at 3-5. In the Preliminary Results, we also 
rescinded this review with respect to 18 companies. Id. at 3.
    \2\ Id., 87 FR at 219.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are circular welded carbon and 
alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipe of a kind used for oil or 
gas pipelines (welded line pipe), not more than 24 inches in nominal 
outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, 
end finish, or stenciling. Welded line pipe is normally produced to the 
American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L, but can be 
produced to comparable foreign specifications, to proprietary grades, 
or can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting the physical 
description set forth above, including multiple-stenciled pipe with an 
API or comparable foreign specification line pipe stencil is covered by 
the scope of this order.
    The welded line pipe that is subject to the order is currently 
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 
7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. The subject merchandise may also enter 
in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 and 7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Rescission of Administrative Review

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that the sole 
respondent in this administrative review, Cimtas, had no reviewable 
shipments, sales, or entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\3\ 
Also, we stated that Cimtas' 2018-2019 POR entries will remain 
suspended until the completion of this review and will be liquidated 
based on the final results for Cimtas in this review. We received no 
comments from interested parties with respect to this record 
information or the preliminary rescission of the administrative review 
for Cimtas. Therefore, we are rescinding this administrative review 
with respect to Cimtas.\4\
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    \3\ See Preliminary Results PDM at 3-5.
    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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Assessment

    Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 
assess antidumping duties on and liquidate any of Cimtas' suspended 
entries from this POR and the 2018-2019 POR at the cash deposit rate in 
effect at the time of entry.
    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

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statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    As Commerce has proceeded to a final rescission of this 
administrative review, no cash deposit rates will change. Accordingly, 
the current cash deposit requirements shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping 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 duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only 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), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable 
violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: May 4, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-09984 Filed 5-9-22; 8:45 am]
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