[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 82 (Tuesday, April 29, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23931-23933]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-09758]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-489-815]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey; Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2012-2013
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request from Y[uuml]cel Boru ve Profil
Endustrisi A.S. and Y[uuml]celboru Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama A.S.
(collectively, Yucel), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is
conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on
light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Turkey. The period of
review (POR) is May 1, 2012, through April 30, 2013. We preliminarily
find that Yucel did not make sales at prices below normal value (NV)
during the POR. We invite interested parties to comment on these
preliminary results.
DATES: Effective Date: April 29, 2014.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6312 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the order is certain welded carbon
quality light-walled steel pipe and tube, of rectangular (including
square) cross section, having a wall thickness of less than 4
millimeters. The merchandise subject to the order is classified in the
Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheadings
7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60.
For a full description of the scope of the order, see the
memorandum from Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, to Paul
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Piquado, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, entitled
``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey: Decision
Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review; 2012-2013'' (Preliminary Decision Memorandum),
which is dated concurrently with this notice and is hereby incorporated
by reference.\1\ 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 (IA ACCESS). IA ACCESS is available to registered users at
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, room 7046 of the main Department of Commerce
building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic
versions of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
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\1\ A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum appears in the Appendix to this notice.
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Methodology
The Department conducted this review in accordance with section
751(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). EP 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.
Preliminary Results of the Review
As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the
following weighted-average dumping margin for the period May 1, 2012,
through April 30, 2013:
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Weighted-
average
Exporter or producer dumping
margin
(percent)
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Y[uuml]cel Boru ve Profil Endustrisi A.S................... 0.00
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Disclosure and Public Comment
The Department intends to disclose to interested parties the
calculations performed in connection with these preliminary results
within five days of the date of publication of this notice.\2\ Pursuant
to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit cases briefs no
later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be
filed no later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\3\
Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding
are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) A statement of the
issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) a table of
authorities.\4\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using IA
ACCESS.\5\
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\2\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
\3\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to
request a hearing, or to participate if one is requested, must submit a
written request to the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and
Compliance, filed electronically via IA ACCESS. An electronically filed
document must be received successfully in its entirety by the
Department's electronic records system, IA ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Standard Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this
notice.\6\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address, and
telephone number; (2) the number of participants; 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 date and time of the hearing
to be held at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.
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\6\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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The Department intends to issue the final results of this
administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the
issues raised in all written case briefs, within 120 days after the
date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Assessment Rates
Upon completion of the administrative review, the Department shall
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess,
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries.\7\ If Yucel's weighted-
average dumping margin is not zero or de minimis in the final results
of this review, we will calculate importer-specific assessment rates on
the basis of the ratio of the total amount of dumping calculated for an
importer's examined sales and the total entered value of such sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If Yucel's weighted-average
dumping margin is zero or de minimis in the final results of review, or
an importer-specific rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP
to liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping
duties.
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\7\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the
assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of
the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following deposit requirements will be effective upon
publication of the notice of final results of administrative review for
all shipments of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from Turkey
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the
date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1)
The cash deposit rate for Yucel will be the weighted-average dumping
margin established in the final results of this administrative review
except if the rate is de minimis within the meaning of 19 CFR
351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit rate will be zero; (2)
for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in
this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, 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
manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is not a
firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original less-than-
fair-value investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate
will be the rate established for the most recently completed segment of
the proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) the cash
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to
be 27.04 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate established in the
less-than-fair-value investigation.\8\ These cash deposit requirements,
when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice.
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\8\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Light-Walled
Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey, 73 FR 31065 (May 30, 2008).
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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 duties prior to liquidation
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of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply
with this requirement could result in the Department's presumption that
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: April 21, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
Summary
Background
Scope of the Order
Limited Home Market Reporting
Methodology
Fair Value Comparisons
Product Comparisons
Determination of Comparison Method
Date of Sale
U.S. Price
Normal Value
Currency Conversion
Conclusion
[FR Doc. 2014-09758 Filed 4-28-14; 8:45 am]
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