Notice2024-24090
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Türkiye: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
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Published
October 18, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 202 (Friday, October 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 83837-83838]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24090]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-489-834]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye:
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines
countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of
large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) during the period of review (POR) January
1, 2022, through December 31, 2022.
DATES: Applicable October 18, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay K. 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 June 6, 2024, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this
administrative review.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ The
deadline for the final results is now October 11, 2024. For a
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\3\
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022, 89 FR 48379 (June
6, 2024) (Preliminary Results), and accompanying Preliminary
Decision Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Results of the 2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review
of Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues
and Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order <SUP>4</SUP>
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\4\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Turkey:
Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 18771 (May 2,
2019) (Order).
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The merchandise covered by this Order is welded pipe from
T[uuml]rkiye. For a complete description of the scope of this Order,
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in HDM [Ccedil]elik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.'s
(HDM Celik's) case brief are addressed in the Issues and Decision
Memorandum accompanying this notice. A list of the issues addressed is
attached as an appendix to this notice. The Issues and 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
Methodology
Commerce conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found
countervailable, we find that there is a subsidy, i.e., a government-
provided financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the
recipient, and that the subsidy is specific.\5\ For a description of
the methodology underlying all of Commerce's conclusions, see the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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\5\ See 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.
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Final Results of Review
We determine that, for the period January 1, 2022, through December
31, 2022, the following total net countervailable subsidy rates exist:
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Subsidy rate
Producer/exporter (percent ad
valorem)
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[Ccedil]imta[scedil] Boru Imalatari Ticaret Ltd........... 2.18
HDM [Ccedil]elik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.\6\........... 6.31
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Disclosure
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\6\ Commerce initiated this review on both HDM [Ccedil]elik and
HDM Spiral Kaynakli Celik Boru A.S. (HDM Spiral). See Initiation
Notice, 88 FR at 44273. However, in the LTFV investigation, we found
that HDM [Ccedil]elik acquired HDM Spiral on October 31, 2017, and
HDM Spiral ceased to exist. See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the
Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value and Postponement of Final Determination, 83 FR 43646,
43647 (August 27, 2018), unchanged in Large Diameter Welded Pipe
from the Republic of Turkey: Final Determination of Sales at Less
Than Fair Value, 84 FR 6362 (February 27, 2019).
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Normally, Commerce discloses to interested parties the calculations
performed in connection with the final results of review within five
days of public announcement or, if there is no public announcement,
within five days of the date of publication of the notice of final
results in the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
However, because we did not make any changes to the calculations in the
Preliminary Results, there are no calculations to disclose.
Assessment Rate
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), Commerce has determined, and U.S. Customs and Border
Protection (CBP) shall assess, countervailing duties on all appropriate
entries of subject merchandise in accordance with the final results of
this review, for the above-listed companies at the applicable ad
valorem assessment rates listed. 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 Rates
In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce intends
to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amounts shown for the companies listed above for
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 administrative review. For all non-reviewed
firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash deposits of
estimated countervailing duties at the most recent company-specific or
all-others rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash
deposits, effective upon the publication of the final results of this
review, shall remain in effect until further notice.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to
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). 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.
Notification to Interested Parties
These final results are 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: October 10, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Subsidies Valuation
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1: Whether Commerce Should Revise HDM [Ccedil]elik's
Sales Denominator
Comment 2: Whether Commerce Should Revise its Calculation of the
Benefit for the Rediscount Program for HDM Celik
Comment 3: Whether Commerce Should Revise its Calculation of the
Benefit for the Hot-Rolled Steel (HRS) for Less Than Adequate
Remuneration (LTAR) Program for HDM Celik
VII. Recommendation
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