Notice2025-14214
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2023-2024
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July 28, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) is not being sold in the United States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. We are also rescinding this review with respect to three companies for which all requests for review where withdrawn and seven companies which had no entries in the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 142 (Monday, July 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35500-35502]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14214]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-489-833]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2023-2024
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that large diameter welded pipe (welded pipe) from the
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) is not being sold in the United
States at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review
(POR), May 1, 2023, through April 30, 2024. We are also rescinding this
review with respect to three companies for which all requests for
review where withdrawn and seven companies which had no entries in the
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. Interested parties are
invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable July 28, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros, 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) 482-7425.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 2, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register the
antidumping duty (AD) order on welded pipe from T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On
July 5, 2024, Commerce initiated an administrative review of the Order
covering 12 companies, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\2\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled
certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\3\
On December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by an additional 90 days.\4\ On April 29,
2025, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results of
this administrative review until June 5, 2025.\5\ Finally, on May 30,
2025, Commerce extended the deadline for the preliminary results of
this administrative review until July 23, 2025.\6\
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\1\ See Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Turkey:
Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty Determination and
Antidumping Duty Order, 84 FR 18799 (May 2, 2019); and Large
Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of Court
Decision Not in Harmony With Amended Final Determination in the
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation; Notice of Amended Final
Determination Pursuant to Court Decision; and Notice of Revocation
of Antidumping Duty Order, in Part, 85 FR 35262 (June 9, 2020)
(Amended Final Determination) (collectively, Order).
\2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023--2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated April 29, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023--2024 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review,''
dated May 30, 2025.
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For details regarding the events that occurred subsequent to the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
included in 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 <a href="https://access.trade.gov">https://access.trade.gov</a>. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly
at <a href="https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx</a>.
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\7\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Large
Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye; 2023-2024,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is welded pipe from
T[uuml]rkiye. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see
the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Pursuant to 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 in the Federal Register. On
October 3, 2024, the petitioner \8\ timely withdrew its request for
review of three companies: (1) Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi A.S. (Noksel);
(2) Toscelik Profil ve Sac End. A.S.\9\ (Toscelik Profil); and (3)
Toscelik Spiral Boru Uretim A.S. (Toscelik Spiral).\10\ Because no
other party requested a review of Noksel, Toscelik Profil, or Toscelik
Spiral, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to these
companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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\8\ The petitioner is the American Line Pipe Producers
Association Trade Committee.
\9\ In English, this company's name is Toscelik Profile and
Sheet Ind. Co.
\10\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request
for Administrative Review,'' dated October 3,2024.
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Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review when there are no reviewable entries of subject
merchandise during the POR for which liquidation is suspended.\11\
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended
entries are liquidated at the AD assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\12\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company
to be conducted, there
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must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to
liquidate at the AD assessment rate calculated for the POR.\13\
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\11\ See, e.g., Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Greece:
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2022-2023, 89
FR 4274 (January 23, 2024).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\13\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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On September 5, 2024, we notified parties of our intent to rescind
this administrative review, in part, with respect to the following
companies because there were no suspended entries of subject
merchandise produced or exported by these companies during the POR: (1)
Cagil Makina San ve Tic A.S. AKA Cagil Makina A.S. (Cagil); (2) Cimtas
Boru Imalatiral Ticaret Ltd. (Cimtas); (3) Erciyas Celik Boru Sanayi
A.S. (Erciyas); (4) Mazlum Mangtay Boru Son. Ins. Tar. Urn. San. ve
Tic. A.S. (Mazlum); (5) Ozbal Celik Boru San. Tic. Ve TAAH A.S.
(Ozbal); (6) Spirally Welded Steel Pipe Inc. (Spirally Welded); and (7)
Umran Celik Boru Sanayii A.S. (Umran).\14\ We invited interested
parties to comment on our intent to rescind the review, in part; \15\
however, we received no comments from interested parties. Therefore, in
the absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from Cagil,
Cimtas, Erciyas, Mazlum, Ozbal, Spirally Welded, and Umran during the
POR, we are rescinding the administrative review for these companies,
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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\14\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated September 5, 2024.
\15\ Id.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with sections
751(a)(1) and (2) of the Act. We calculated constructed export price in
accordance with section 772(b) of the Act. We calculated NV in
accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full description of the
methodology underlying these preliminary results, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.
Review-Specific Rate for Companies Not Selected for Individual Review
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the rate to be
applied to companies not selected for individual examination when
Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to
section 777A(c)(2) of the Act. Generally, Commerce looks to section
735(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the
all-others rate in a less-than-fair value (LTFV) investigation, for
guidance when calculating the rate for companies which were not
selected for individual examination in an administrative review. Under
section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act, the all-others rate is normally an
amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins established for exporters and producers individually
investigated, excluding any zero or de minimis margins, and any margins
determined entirely on the basis of facts available.
Where the weighted-average dumping margins for individually
examined respondents are zero, de minimis, or determined based entirely
on facts available, section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act provides that
Commerce may use ``any reasonable method to establish the estimated
all-others rate for exporters and producers not individually
investigated . . .'' In this review, Commerce preliminarily calculated
a weighted-average dumping margin of zero percent for HDM Celik Boru
Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S (HDM). Therefore, we are preliminarily assigning
a rate of zero percent to Emek Boru Makine Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Emek
Boru), the company not selected for individual examination in this
review, in accordance with section 735(c)(5)(B) of the Act.
Preliminary Results of the Review
We preliminarily determine that the following estimated weighted-
average dumping margins exist for the period of May 1, 2023 through
April 30, 2024:
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Weighted-
average
Producer or Exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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HDM Celik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.\16\................... 0.00
Emek Boru Makine Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S...................... 0.00
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\16\ This rate also applies to HDM Spiral Kaynakli Celik Boru
A.S., the English name of which is HDM Spirally Welded Steel Pipe
Inc.
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On October 14, 2024, the petitioner requested that Commerce conduct
verification of the factual information submitted by HDM in this
administrative review.\17\ Accordingly, as provided in section
782(i)(3) of the Act, we verified the information we relied upon in
these preliminary results.\18\
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\17\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Verification,''
dated October 14, 2024.
\18\ See Memoranda, ``Verification of the Sales Response of HDM
[Ccedil]elik Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.[Scedil].,'' dated May 1,
2025; and ``Verification of the Sales Response of JD Fields &
Company,'' dated May 12, 2025.
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis
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 accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Public Comment
Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.309(c)(1)(ii), we have modified the deadline for interested parties
to submit case briefs to Commerce to no later than 21 days after the
date of the publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in case briefs, may be filed no later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\19\ Interested parties who
submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit:
(1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of
authorities.\20\ 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.
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\19\ See 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 Final Rule).
\20\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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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 briefs 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.\21\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their executive summary of
each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the 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
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).\22\
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\21\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\22\ See APO and Service Final Rule.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant
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and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce 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 (3) a list of the issues to be discussed. Issues
raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective
case briefs. Oral presentations at the hearing will be limited to
issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is made,
parties will be notified of the time and date for the hearing.\23\
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\23\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Upon completion of this administrative review, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate
entries covered by this review.\24\ The final results of this review
shall be the basis for the assessment of antidumping duties on entries
of merchandise covered by this review and for future deposits of
estimated duties, where applicable.\25\ 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).
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\24\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1)
\25\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), if HDM's weighted-average dumping
margin is not zero or de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in the
final results of this review, we intend to calculate importer-specific
ad valorem antidumping duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the
total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the examined sales to
the total entered value of those same sales. If HDM's weighted-average
dumping margin in the final results is zero or de minimis within the
meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), or an importer-specific rate is zero
or de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we intend to
instruct CBP to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to
antidumping duties.\26\
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Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice will apply to entries
of subject merchandise during the POR produced by HDM for which it did
not know that the merchandise it sold to an intermediary (e.g., a
reseller, trading company, or exporter) was destined for the United
States. In such instances, we will instruct CBP to liquidate those
entries at the all-others rate (i.e., 1.57 percent) \27\ if there is no
rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction.\28\
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\27\ See Amended Final Determination, 85 FR at 35263.
\28\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).
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For Emek Boru, the company that was not selected for individual
examination, we intend to assign an assessment rate equal to the
weighted-average dumping margin calculated in the final results of this
review for HDM, unless that rate is zero or de minimis, in which case
we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate relevant entries without regards
to antidumping duties.
For the companies for which we are rescinding this review, we will
instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries at
a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated antidumping duties
required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(l)(i). Commerce intends to issue
these rescission instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the
date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies
listed above will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin
established in the final results of this review, except if the rate is
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent), in which case the cash
deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously reviewed or investigated
companies not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate will
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most
recently-completed segment of this proceeding in which the company was
examined; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a
prior review, or the LTFV investigation, but the producer is, the cash
deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recently-
completed segment of this proceeding for the producer of the
merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers or
exporters will continue to be 1.57 percent, the all-others rate
established in the Amended Final Determination. \29\ These cash deposit
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further
notice.
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\29\ See Amended Final Determination, 85 FR at 35263.
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Final Results of Review
Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final
results of this administrative review including the results of its
analysis of issues raised in written briefs, no later than 120 days
after the date of publication of this notice in the Federal Register,
pursuant to 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
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 double 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 results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, 19 CFR 351.213, and
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: July 22, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the 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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
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