Notice2025-17466
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2023
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Published
September 11, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that 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, 2023, through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 174 (Thursday, September 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44019-44021]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-17466]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION
[C-489-834]
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye:
Preliminary Results and Rescission, in Part, of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2023
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
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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, 2023,
through December 31, 2023. Interested parties are invited to comment on
these preliminary results.
DATES: Applicable September 11, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ajay 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 May 2, 2019, Commerce published in the Federal Register a
countervailing duty (CVD) order on welded pipe from T[uuml]rkiye.\1\ On
May 2, 2024, Commerce published the notice of the opportunity to
request a review of the Order.\2\ On July 5, 2024, Commerce published
the notice of the initiation of this administrative review in the
Federal Register.\3\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain
deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days.\4\ On
December 9, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this
administrative proceeding by an additional 90 days.\5\ Finally, on
April 30, 2025, we extended the deadline for the preliminary results of
this administrative review until September 5, 2025.\6\
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\1\ Large Diameter Welded Pipe from the Republic of Turkey:
Countervailing Duty Order, 84 FR 18771 (May 2, 2019) (Order).
\2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative
Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List, 89 FR 35778 (May 2,
2024).
\3\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 89 FR 55567 (July 5, 2024) (Initiation
Notice).
\4\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
\5\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated December 9, 2024.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for Preliminary
Results of 2023 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated
April 30, 2025.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\7\
A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is
provided in Appendix I 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 2023 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
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The product 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.
Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part
In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if all parties that
requested the review withdraw their requests within 90 days of the date
of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review.
Commerce received timely-filed withdrawal requests with respect to 10
companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1). Because the withdrawal
requests were timely filed, and no other parties requested a review of
these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is
rescinding this review of the Order with respect to these 10 companies.
For a list of these companies with timely-filed withdrawal of review
requests, see Appendix II.
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), Commerce's practice is to rescind
an administrative review of a CVD order when it concludes that there
are no suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR.\8\
Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, the suspended
entries are liquidated at the CVD assessment rate calculated for the
review period.\9\ Therefore, for an administrative review of a company
to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that
Commerce can instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to
liquidate at the CVD assessment rate calculated for the POR.\10\
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\8\ See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's
Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty
Administrative Review; 2015, 82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also
Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic
of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review;
2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019).
\9\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
\10\ See 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
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According to the CBP import data, [Ccedil]imta[scedil] Boru
Imalatiral Ticaret Ltd. (Cimtas), had no entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.\11\ Therefore, we notified parties that we intended to
rescind this administrative review with respect to [Ccedil]imta[scedil]
and provided parties an opportunity to submit comments.\12\ We received
no comments from interested parties. Therefore, in the absence of
suspended entries of subject merchandise during the POR, in accordance
with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are also rescinding the administrative
review with respect to Cimtas.
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\11\ See Memorandum, ``Release of U.S. Customs and Border
Protection Entry Data,'' dated July 12, 2024.
\12\ See Memorandum, ``Intent to Rescind Review,'' dated July
22, 2024.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance
with 751(a)(1)(A) of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each
of the subsidy programs found countervailable, Commerce preliminarily
determines that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial contribution by
an ``authority'' that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and
that the subsidy is specific.\13\ For a full description of the
methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum.
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\13\ 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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Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for the period
January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023:
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Subsidy rate
Company (percent ad
valorem)
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HDM [Ccedil]elik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.\14\........ 4.40
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Disclosure
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\14\ 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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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).
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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.\15\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to
issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days
after the date for filing case briefs.\16\ 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.\17\ 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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\15\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\16\ 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 Procedures).
\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(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 brief 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.\18\ Further,
we request that interested parties limit their public executive summary
of each issue to no more than 450 words, not including citations. We
intend to use the public 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 public 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).\19\
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\18\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\19\ See APO and Service Procedures.
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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
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via
ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 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
whether any participant is a foreign national; and (3) a list of issues
to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those
raised in the respective case briefs. If a request for a hearing is
made, parties will be notified of the time and date for the
hearing.\20\
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\20\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall
determine, and CBP shall assess, countervailing duties on all
appropriate entries covered by this review.
For Cimtas and the companies listed in Appendix II for which the
review is being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the
cash deposit of estimated countervailing duties required at the time of
entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period
January 1, 2023, through December 31, 2023, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment
instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days after the date of
publication of this rescission in the Federal Register.
For HDM [Ccedil]elik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S., Commerce will
instruct CBP to assess countervailing duties on all appropriate entries
at the subsidy rates calculated in the final results of this review.
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 Requirements
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce intends to
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing
duties in the amount indicated above with regard to shipments of
subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for
consumption on or after the date of publication of the final results of
this review. For all non-reviewed firms, CBP will continue to collect
cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the all-others rate
or the most recent company-specific rate applicable to the company, as
appropriate. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
Final Results of Administrative Review
Unless the deadline is extended, Commerce intends to issue the
final results of this administrative review, including the results of
its analysis of the issues raised in the case briefs, within 120 days
of publication of these preliminary results in the Federal Register,
pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Notification to Interested Parties
We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR
351.221(b)(4).
Dated: September 5, 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 I
List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Diversification of T[uuml]rkiye's Economy
V. Subsidies Valuation
VI. Analysis of Programs
VII. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies for Which All Review Requests Were Withdrawn
1. Cagil Makina San ve Tic A.S.
2. Spirally Welded Steel Pipe Inc.
3. Emek Boru Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
4. Erciyas Celik Boru Sanayi A.S.
5. Mazlum Mangtay Boru Son. Ins. Tar. Urn. San. ve Tic. A.S.
6. Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi A.S.
7. Ozbal Celik Boru San. Tic. Ve TAAH A.S.
8. Toscelik Profil ve Sac End. A.S.\21\
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\21\ In English, the name Toscelik Profil ve Sac End. A.S. is
Toscelik Profile and Sheet Ind. Co. See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at
55579.
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9. Toscelik Spiral Boru Uretim A.S
10. Umran Celik Boru Sanayii A.S.
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