Notice2026-10522
Large Diameter Welded Pipe From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results and Rescission, In Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2024-2025
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May 27, 2026
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. In addition, we are rescinding the review with respect to 12 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 101 (Wednesday, May 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31420-31423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-10522]
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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; 2024-2025
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that producers/exporters subject to this review made sales
of subject merchandise at less than normal value (NV) during the period
of review (POR), May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025. In addition, we
are rescinding the review with respect to 12 companies. Interested
parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results of review.
DATES: Applicable May 27, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Beuley, AD/CVD Operations,
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Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3269.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 25, 2025, based on timely requests for review, in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an administrative
review of the antidumping duty order on large diameter welded line pipe
(welded pipe) from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye).\1\ On
July 22, 2025, Commerce selected HDM Celik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.
(HDM) as the mandatory respondent in this review.\2\ On September 23,
2025, the petitioner \3\ timely withdrew its request for review of
three companies.\4\
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\1\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Administrative Reviews, 90 FR 26967 (June 25, 2025) (Initiation
Notice); see also 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 Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection,'' dated July 22,
2025.
\3\ The petitioner is the American Line Pipe Producers
Association Trade Committee.
\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Partial Withdrawal of Request for
Administrative Review,'' dated September 23, 2025 (Petitioner
Withdrawal Request).
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Due to the lapse in appropriations and Federal Government shutdown,
on November 14, 2025, Commerce tolled all deadlines in administrative
proceedings by 47 days,\5\ and, due to a backlog of documents that were
electronically filed via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS)
during the Federal Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce
tolled all deadlines in administrative proceedings by an additional 21
days.\6\ On March 11, 2026, we extended the preliminary results of this
review to no later than May 20, 2026.\7\
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\5\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the
Federal Government,'' dated November 14, 2025.
\6\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of all Case Deadlines,'' dated
November 24, 2025.
\7\ See Memorandum, ``Extension of Deadline for the Preliminary
Results of the 2024-2025 Antidumping Administrative Review,'' dated
March 11, 2026.
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For a complete description of the events that followed the
initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\8\
A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum
is attached as Appendix I to this notice. The Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via
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/frnotices">https://access.trade.gov/frnotices</a>.
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\8\ 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; 2024-2025,''
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise subject to 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
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an
administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested a
review withdraws its request within 90 days of the date of publication
of notice of initiation. As noted above, Commerce received timely-filed
withdrawal requests with respect to the following companies, and no
other parties requested an administrative review of these companies:
(1) Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi A.S. (Noksel); (2) Toscelik Profil ve Sac
End. A.S.; \9\ and (3) Toscelik Spiral Boru Uretim A.S.\10\ Therefore,
we are rescinding this administrative review with respect to these
companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1).
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\9\ In English, this company's name is Toscelik Profile and
Sheet Ind. Co.
\10\ See Petitioner Withdrawal Request.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), it is Commerce's practice to
rescind an administrative review of an antidumping duty order where it
concludes that there were no suspended entries of subject merchandise
during the POR.\11\ Normally, upon completion of an administrative
review, the suspended entries are liquidated at the antidumping duty
assessment rate for the review period.\12\ Therefore, for an
administrative review 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 AD assessment rate calculated for
the POR.\13\ Commerce notified all interested parties of its intent to
rescind the instant review regarding the companies listed in Appendix
II because there were no reviewable, suspended entries of subject
merchandise from these companies during the POR and invited interested
parties to comment.\14\ No party commented on our intent to rescind. In
the absence of any suspended entries of subject merchandise from these
companies during the POR, we are rescinding this administrative review
for the companies listed in Appendix II, in accordance with 19 CFR
351.213(d)(3).
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\11\ See, e.g., Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-to Length
Plate from the Federal Republic of Germany: Recission of Antidumping
Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 88 FR 4154 (January 24, 2023).
\12\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\13\ See, e.g., Shanghai Sunbeauty Trading Co. v. United States,
380 F.Supp.3d 1328, 1337 (CIT 2019), at 12 (referring to section
751(a) of the Act, the U.S. Court of International Trade held that
``{w{time} hile the statute does not explicitly require that an
entry be suspended as a prerequisite for establishing entitlement to
a review, it does explicitly state the determined rate will be used
as the liquidation rate for the reviewed entries. This result can
only obtain if the liquidation of entries has been suspended''; see
also Certain Frozen Fish Fillets from the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and
Final Determination of No Shipments; 2018-2019, 86 FR 36102, and
accompanying Issues and Decision Memorandum at Comment 4; and Solid
Fertilizer Grade Ammonium Nitrate from the Russian Federation:
Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 77
FR 65532 (October 29, 2012) (noting that ``for an administrative
review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry
to be liquidated at the newly calculated assessment rate'').
\14\ See Memorandum, ``Notice of Intent to Rescind Review, In
Part,'' dated August 11, 2025.
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Methodology
Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Constructed
export price is calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act.
NV is calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the
Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
Rate for Non-Individually Examined Company
The Act and Commerce's regulations do not address the establishment
of a rate to apply 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 market economy investigation, for
guidance when calculating the rate for companies which were not
selected for individual examination in an administrative review.
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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 rates that are zero,
de minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent), or determined entirely on the
basis of facts available. Where the weighted-average dumping margin for
each of the individually examined companies is zero, de minimis, or
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, including averaging the estimated weighted-average
dumping margins determined for the exporters and producers individually
investigated.''
In this administrative review, we preliminarily calculated a
weighted-average dumping margin for HDM, the sole individually examined
respondent in this review. Because this estimated weighted-average
dumping margin is not zero, de minimis, or based entirely on facts
otherwise available, we are preliminarily assigning the estimated
weighted-average dumping margin calculated for HDM to Cimtas Boru
Imalatiral Ticaret Ltd. (Cimtas), the remaining company under review
that was not selected for individual examination, consistent with the
guidance in section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act.
Preliminary Results of Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following estimated weighted-average dumping margins exist for the
period May 1, 2024, through April 30, 2025:
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Weighted-
average
Producer/exporter dumping
margin
(percent)
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HDM Celik Boru Sanayi Ve Ticaret A.S.\15\................... 1.89
Cimtas Boru Imalatiral Ticaret Ltd.......................... 1.89
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Disclosure
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\15\ 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).
Verification
Commerce received a timely request from the petitioner to verify
the information submitted in this administrative review, pursuant to 19
CFR 351.307(b)(1)(iv).\16\ Commerce does not intend to verify the
information submitted by the mandatory respondent in the course of this
administrative review.
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\16\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Verification,''
dated November 13, 2025.
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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.\17\ 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.\18\ 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.\19\ 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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\17\ See 19 CFR 351.309.
\18\ 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).
\19\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
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As provided under 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2)(iii) and (d)(2)(iii), we
request that interested parties provide at the beginning of their
briefs a public executive summary for each issue raised in their
briefs.\20\ 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).\21\
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\20\ We use the term ``issue'' here to describe an argument that
Commerce would normally address in a comment of the Issues and
Decision Memorandum.
\21\ 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 participants are foreign nationals; and (3) a list of
issues to be discussed. Oral presentations at the hearing will be
limited to issues raised in the briefs. If a request for a hearing is
made, Commerce will inform parties of the scheduled date for the
hearing.\22\
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\22\ See 19 CFR 351.310(d).
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Assessment Rates
Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in
accordance with the final results of this review.
If HDM's weighted-average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis
(i.e., less than 0.50 percent) in the final results of this review,
Commerce intends to calculate importer-specific assessment rates on the
basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for each
importer's examined sales to the total entered value of those sales.
Where we do not have entered values for all U.S. sales to a particular
importer, we will calculate an importer-specific, per-unit assessment
rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping
calculated for the importer's examined sales to the total quantity of
those sales.\23\ To determine whether an importer-specific, per-unit
assessment rate is de minimis, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2),
we also will calculate an importer-specific ad valorem ratio based on
estimated entered values. If HDM's weighted-average dumping margin is
zero or de minimis or where an importer-specific ad valorem assessment
rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to liquidate
appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.\24\
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\23\ See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).
\24\ See 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2); see also Antidumping Proceeding:
Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment
Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR
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In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice,
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entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by HDM for which
it did not know that the merchandise was destined for the United
States, we intend to instruct CBP to liquidate those entries at the
all-others rate calculated in the less-than-fair-value (LTFV)
investigation if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies)
involved in the transaction.\25\
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\25\ For a full discussion of this practice, see Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties,
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For Cimtas, which was not selected for individual review, we will
assign an assessment rate based on the review-specific rate, calculated
as noted in the ``Rate for Non-Individually Examined Company'' section,
above.
For the companies listed above and in Appendix II for which the
review is being rescinded, Commerce will instruct CBP to assess
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. Antidumping duties shall
be assessed at rates equal to the cash deposit rate for estimated
antidumping duties required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from
warehouse, for consumption, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i).
Commerce intends to issue rescission instructions to CBP no earlier
than 35 days after the date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated
duties, where applicable.\26\ Commerce intends to issue assessment
instructions to CBP regarding HDM and Cimtas 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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\26\ See section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act.
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Cash Deposit Requirements
The following 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 that established in the final results of this
review, except if the rate is less than 0.50 percent and, therefore, de
minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the
cash deposit rate will be zero; (2) for previously investigated or
reviewed companies not covered by this review, the cash deposit rate
will continue to be the company-specific cash deposit rate published
for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in which the
company participated; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this
review, or the LTFV investigation, but the manufacturer is, then the
cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent
segment for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 1.57 percent, the all-others rate established in the Amended Final
Determination.\27\ These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall
remain in effect until further notice.
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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 preliminary results of review
in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19
CFR 351.221(b)(4).
Dated: May 20, 2026.
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. Discussion of the Methodology
V. Currency Conversion
VI. Recommendation
Appendix II
Companies With No Reviewable Entries--Rescinded From Review
1. Cagil Makina San ve Tic A.S. AKA Cagil Makina 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. Ozbal Celik Boru San. Tic. Ve TAAH A.S.
7. Umran Celik Boru Sanayii A.S.
Companies With Review Requests Withdrawn--Rescinded From Review
1. Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi A.S.
2. Toscelik Profil ve Sac End. A.S.;
3. Toscelik Spiral Boru Uretim A.S.
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