Notice2025-16610
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Türkiye: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value
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August 29, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 166 (Friday, August 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42216-42218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16610]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-489-855]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than
Fair Value
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that
imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye) are being, or are likely to be,
sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of
investigation (POI) is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024.
DATES: Applicable August 29, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brittany Bauer or Olivia Woolverton,
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3860 or (202)
482-7452, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the Federal Register its
preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE
from T[uuml]rkiye, in which we also postponed the final determination
until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the
Preliminary Determination.\1\ On May 9, 2025, Commerce published an
amended preliminary determination.\2\ On July 16, 2025, we issued a
post-preliminary determination where we made certain changes to the
differential pricing analysis.\3\ We invited interested parties to
comment on the Post Preliminary Analysis.\4\
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination,
and Extension of Provisional Measures, 90 FR 15340 (April 10, 2025)
(Preliminary Determination), and accompanying Preliminary Decision
Memorandum (PDM).
\2\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye: Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales
at Less Than Fair Value, 90 FR 19677 (May 9, 2025).
\3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Post
Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye,'' dated July 16, 2025 (Post Preliminary
Analysis).
\4\ See Preliminary Determination, 90 FR at 15341. See also
Memorandum, ``Establishment of Briefing Schedule for Post-
Preliminary Determination,'' dated July 17, 2025.
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A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the
Preliminary Determination, as well as a full discussion of the issues
raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the
Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ 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>.
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the
Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value in
the Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products 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 Investigation
The product covered by this investigation is CORE from
T[uuml]rkiye. For a complete description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time
for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage (i.e., scope) in
scope-specific case briefs or other written comments.\6\ We received
scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a
summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses
submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying
discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, see the Final
Scope Memorandum.\7\ In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no
changes to the scope language as it appeared in the Initiation
Notice.\8\ See Appendix I.
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\6\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil,
Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic
of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada,
Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Scope
Decision Memorandum,'' dated April 3, 2025 (Preliminary Scope
Memorandum).
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil,
Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic
of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada,
Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Scope Decision
Memorandum,'' dated concurrently with this notice (Final Scope
Memorandum).
\8\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil,
Canada, Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigations, 89 FR 80204 (October 2, 2024)
(Initiation Notice).
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Verification
Commerce verified the sales and cost information submitted by
Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret A.S., ArcelorMittal [Ccedil]elik Ticaret
A.[Scedil]., Bamesa Celik Serv[inodot]s San. Ve Tic. A.[Scedil]. and
Bamesa Muradiye Demir [Ccedil]elik San. Ve Tic. A.[Scedil]
(collectively, Borcelik) \9\ and Y[inodot]ld[inodot]z Demir
[Ccedil]elik Sanayi A.S. and Y[inodot]ld[inodot]z Entegre
A[gbreve]a[ccedil] Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S (collectively, YD[Ccedil])
\10\ for use in our final determination, consistent with section 782(i)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We used standard
verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and
accounting records, and original source documents provided by Borcelik
and YD[Ccedil].
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\9\ See Memoranda, ``Verification of the Sales Response of
Borcelik in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye,'' dated July 8, 2025, and ``Verification of the Cost
Responses of Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret A.S in the Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigation of Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye,'' dated July 7, 2025.
\10\ See Memoranda, ``Verification of the Sales Response of
YD[Ccedil] in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain
Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye,'' dated May 27, 2025, and ``Verification of the Cost
Response of Yildiz Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. and Yildiz Entegre Agac
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of
T[uuml]rkiye,'' dated July 9, 2025.
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Analysis of Comments Received
All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by
interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues
and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II.
Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
We made certain changes to the margin calculations for Borcelik and
YD[Ccedil] since the Preliminary Determination. For a discussion of
these changes, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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All-Others Rate
Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall
determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers
not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the
weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins
established for individually investigated exporters and producers,
excluding rates that are zero, de minimis, or determined entirely under
section 776 of the Act.
In this investigation, Commerce calculated estimated weighted-
average dumping margins for Borcelik and YD[Ccedil] that are not zero,
de minimis, or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Commerce
calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the
estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined
respondents weighted by each respondent's publicly-ranged total U.S.
sales values for the merchandise under consideration.\11\
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\11\ With more than one respondent under examination, Commerce
normally calculates: (A) A weighted-average of the estimated
weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined
respondents; (B) a simple average of the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a
weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins
calculated for the examined respondents using each company's
publicly-ranged U.S. sale values for the merchandise under
consideration. Commerce then compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects
either the (B) or (C) rate based on the rate closest to (A) as the
most appropriate rate for all other producers and exporters. See,
e.g., Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Reviews, Final Results of Changed-Circumstances
Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 FR 53661, 53663
(September 1, 2010). For a complete analysis of the data, see
Memorandum, ``Calculation of All-Others Rate,'' dated August 25,
2025.
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Final Determination
Commerce determines that the following estimated weighted-average
dumping margins exist:
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Weighted-average
Exporter/producer dumping margin
(percent)
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Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret A.S./ArcelorMittal 6.48
[Ccedil]elik Ticaret A.[Scedil]./Bamesa Celik
Serv[inodot]s San. Ve Tic. A.[Scedil]./Bamesa
Muradiye Demir [Ccedil]elik San. Ve Tic. A.[Scedil].
Y[inodot]ld[inodot]z Demir [Ccedil]elik Sanayi A.S./ 10.49
Y[inodot]ld[inodot]z Entegre A[gbreve]a[ccedil]
Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S...............................
All Others........................................... 8.06
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Disclosure
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations performed in
connection with this final determination to interested parties 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 the Federal Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Continuation of Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce will
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to continue to
suspend liquidation of all entries of subject merchandise, as described
in Appendix I of this notice, which were entered, or withdrawn from
warehouse, for consumption on or after April 10, 2025, the date of
publication of the Preliminary Determination in the Federal Register.
Pursuant to section 735(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(d), upon the publication of this notice, we will instruct CBP
to require a cash deposit for estimated weighted-average antidumping
duties as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for the companies listed
in the table above that exported the subject merchandise will be equal
to the company-specific estimated weighted-average dumping margins
determined in this final determination; (2) if the exporter is not a
company identified in the table above, but the producer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be equal to the company-specific estimated
weighted-average dumping margin established for that producer of the
subject merchandise; and (3) the cash deposit rate for all other
producers and exporters will be equal to the estimated weighted-average
dumping margin for all other producers and exporters. These suspension
of liquidation instructions will remain in effect until further notice.
U.S. International Trade Commission Notification
In accordance with section 735(d) of the Act, Commerce will notify
the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) of its final affirmative
determination of sales at LTFV. Because Commerce's final determination
is affirmative, in accordance with section 735(b)(2) of the Act, the
ITC will make its final determination as to whether the domestic
industry in the United States is materially injured, or threatened with
material injury, by reason of imports or sales (or the likelihood of
sales) for importation of CORE from T[uuml]rkiye no later than 45 days
after this final determination. If the ITC determines that such injury
does not exist, this proceeding will be terminated, all cash deposits
posted will be refunded, and suspension of liquidation will be lifted.
If the ITC determines that such injury does exist, Commerce will issue
an antidumping duty order directing CBP to assess, upon further
instruction by Commerce, antidumping duties on all imports of the
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the effective date of the suspension of
liquidation, as discussed in the ``Continuation of Suspension of
Liquidation'' section above.
Administrative Protective Order
This notice serves as the only reminder to parties subject to an
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 or 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
This final determination and notice are issued and published in
accordance with sections 735(d) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.210(c).
Dated: August 25, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix I
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this investigation are certain flat-
rolled steel products, either clad, plated, or coated with
corrosion-resistant metals such as zinc, aluminum, or zinc-,
aluminum-, nickel- or iron-based alloys, whether or not corrugated
or painted,
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varnished, laminated, or coated with plastics or other non-metallic
substances in addition to the metallic coating. The products covered
include coils that have a width of 12.7 mm or greater, regardless of
form of coil (e.g., in successively superimposed layers, spirally
oscillating, etc.). The products covered also include products not
in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness less than 4.75
mm and a width that is 12.7 mm or greater and that measures at least
10 times the thickness. The products covered also include products
not in coils (e.g., in straight lengths) of a thickness of 4.75 mm
or more and a width exceeding 150 mm and measuring at least twice
the thickness. The products described above may be rectangular,
square, circular, or other shape and include products of either
rectangular or non-rectangular cross-section where such cross-
section is achieved subsequent to the rolling process, i.e.,
products which have been ``worked after rolling'' (e.g., products
which have been beveled or rounded at the edges).
For purposes of the width and thickness requirements referenced
above:
(1) Where the nominal and actual measurements vary, a product is
within the scope if application of either the nominal or actual
measurement would place it within the scope based on the definitions
set forth above, and
(2) where the width and thickness vary for a specific product
(e.g., the thickness of certain products with non-rectangular cross-
section, the width of certain products with non-rectangular shape,
etc.), the measurement at its greatest width or thickness applies.
Steel products included in the scope of these investigations are
products in which: (1) iron predominates, by weight, over each of
the other contained elements; and (2) the carbon content is 2
percent or less, by weight.
Subject merchandise also includes corrosion-resistant steel that
has been further processed in a third country, including but not
limited to annealing, tempering, painting, varnishing, trimming,
cutting, punching and/or slitting or any other processing that would
not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of the
investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-
scope corrosion resistant steel.
All products that meet the written physical description are
within the scope of the investigation unless specifically excluded.
The following products are outside of and/or specifically excluded
from the scope of this investigation:
<bullet> Flat-rolled steel products either plated or coated with
tin, lead, chromium, chromium oxides, both tin and lead (``terne
plate'') or both chromium and chromium oxides (``tin free steel''),
whether or not painted, varnished or coated with plastics or other
non-metallic substances in addition to the metallic coating;
<bullet> Clad products in straight lengths of 4.7625 mm or more
in composite thickness and of a width which exceeds 150 mm and
measures at least twice the thickness;
<bullet> Certain clad stainless flat-rolled products, which are
three-layered corrosion-resistant carbon steel flat-rolled products
less than 4.75 mm in composite thickness that consist of a carbon
steel flat-rolled product clad on both sides with stainless steel in
a 20%-60%-20% ratio; and
Also excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty
investigation on corrosion resistant steel from Taiwan are any
products covered by the existing antidumping duty order on
corrosion-resistant steel from Taiwan. See Certain Corrosion-
Resistant Steel Products from India, Italy, the People's Republic of
China, the Republic of Korea and Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative
Antidumping Determination for India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty
Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25, 2016); Corrosion-Resistant Steel
Products from Taiwan: Notice of Third Amended Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value Pursuant to Court Decision and Partial
Exclusion from Antidumping Duty Order, 88 FR 58245 (August 25,
2023).
Also excluded from the scope of the antidumping duty
investigation on corrosion-resistant steel from the United Arab
Emirates and the antidumping duty and countervailing duty
investigations on corrosion-resistant steel from the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam are any products covered by the existing
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant
steel from the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Korea
and the antidumping duty order on corrosion-resistant steel from
Taiwan. See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from India,
Italy, the People's Republic of China, the Republic of Korea and
Taiwan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Determination for
India and Taiwan, and Antidumping Duty Orders, 81 FR 48390 (July 25,
2016); see also Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
India, Italy, Republic of Korea and the People's Republic of China:
Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 48387 (July 25, 2016). This
exclusion does not apply to imports of corrosion-resistant steel
that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption in
the United States for which the relevant importer and exporter
certifications have been completed and maintained and all other
applicable certification requirements have been met such that the
entry is entered into the United States as not subject to the
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant
steel from the People's Republic of China, the antidumping and
countervailing duty orders on corrosion-resistant steel from the
Republic of Korea, or the antidumping duty order on corrosion-
resistant steel from Taiwan.
The products subject to the investigation are currently
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7210.30.0030, 7210.30.0060,
7210.41.0000, 7210.49.0030, 7210.49.0040, 7210.49.0045,
7210.49.0091, 7210.49.0095, 7210.61.0000, 7210.69.0000,
7210.70.6030, 7210.70.6060, 7210.70.6090, 7210.90.6000,
7210.90.9000, 7212.20.0000, 7212.30.1030, 7212.30.1090,
7212.30.3000, 7212.30.5000, 7212.40.1000, 7212.40.5000,
7212.50.0000, 7212.60.0000, 7225.91.0000, 7225.92.0000,
7226.99.0110, and 7226.99.0130.
The products subject to the investigation may also enter under
the following HTSUS item numbers: 7210.90.1000, 7215.90.1000,
7215.90.3000, 7215.90.5000, 7217.20.1500, 7217.30.1530,
7217.30.1560, 7217.90.1000, 7217.90.5030, 7217.90.5060,
7217.90.5090, 7225.99.0090, 7226.99.0180, 7228.60.6000,
7228.60.8000, and 7229.90.1000.
The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience and
customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the
investigation is dispositive.
Appendix II
List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Changes Since the Preliminary Determination
IV. Discussion of the Issues
Comment 1. Reliance on Reported Indirect Selling Expenses
Comment 2. Treatment of Home Market Billing Adjustments
Comment 3. Application of Adverse Facts Available for Incomplete
Home Market Expense Reporting
Comment 4. Duty Drawback Ministerial Error
Comment 5. Inclusion of Sales Not Produced During the Period of
Investigation
Comment 6. Completeness and Accuracy of Cost Information
Comment 7. Reported Values for Major Inputs
Comment 8. Adjustments to Cost Reconciliation
Comment 9. Revisions Presented During Verification
Comment 10. Inclusion of Monetary Gain/Loss in the Interest
Expense
Comment 11. Accuracy of Reported Costs
Comment 12. Adjustment of Depreciation Expense
Comment 13. Date of Sale
Comment 14. Correction of Programming Error
Comment 15. Use of Revised Databases
Comment 16. Adjustment to Reported U.S. Packing Expenses
Comment 17. Duty Drawback Adjustment
Comment 18. Commerce Should Use Zeroing Regardless of Comparison
Comment 19. Revised Differential Pricing Methodology
V. Recommendation
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