[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 230 (Tuesday, December 1, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Page 75054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-30503]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-489-823]
Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty
Order
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: Based on affirmative final determinations by the Department of
Commerce (the Department) and the International Trade Commission (ITC),
the Department is issuing a countervailing duty order on welded line
pipe from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey).
DATES: Effective Date: December 1, 2015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3874.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 13, 2015, the Department published its final
determination in the countervailing duty investigation of welded line
pipe from Turkey.\1\ On November 20, 2015, the ITC notified the
Department of its final determination pursuant to section
705(b)(1)(A)(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that
an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of
subsidized imports of subject merchandise from Turkey.\2\
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\1\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: Final
Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination, 80 FR 61371 (October
13, 2015).
\2\ See Letter to Christian Marsh, Deputy Assistant Secretary of
Commerce for Enforcement and Compliance, from Meredith Broadbent,
Chairman of the U.S. International Trade Commission, regarding
welded line pipe from the Turkey (November 20, 2015). See also
Certain Welded Line Pipe from Korea and Turkey, Investigation Nos.
701-TA-525 and 731-TA-1260-1261 (Final), USITC Publication 4580
(November 2015).
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by this order is circular welded carbon and
alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipe of a kind used for oil or
gas pipelines (welded line pipe), not more than 24 inches in nominal
outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish,
end finish, or stenciling. Welded line pipe is normally produced to the
American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L, but can be
produced to comparable foreign specifications, to proprietary grades,
or can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting the physical
description set forth above, including multiple-stenciled pipe with an
API or comparable foreign specification line pipe stencil is covered by
the scope of this order.
The welded line pipe that is subject to this order is currently
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030,
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050,
7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. The subject merchandise may also enter
in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 and 7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS subheadings are
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description
of the scope of this order is dispositive.
Countervailing Duty Order
In accordance with sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Act,
the ITC has notified the Department of its final determination that the
industry in the United States producing welded line pipe is materially
injured by reason of subsidized imports of welded line pipe from
Turkey. Therefore, in accordance with section 705(c)(2) of the Act, we
are publishing this countervailing duty order.
As a result of the ITC's final determination, in accordance with
section 706(a) of the Act, the Department will direct U.S. Customs and
Border Protection (CBP) to assess, upon further instruction by the
Department, countervailing duties on unliquidated entries of welded
line pipe entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or
after March 20, 2015, the date on which the Department published its
preliminary countervailing duty determination in the Federal
Register,\3\ and before July 18, 2015, the date on which the Department
instructed CBP to discontinue the suspension of liquidation in
accordance with section 703(d) of the Act. Section 703(d) of the Act
states that the suspension of liquidation pursuant to a preliminary
determination may not remain in effect for more than four months.
Therefore, entries of welded line pipe made on or after July 18, 2015,
and prior to the date of publication of the ITC's final determination
in the Federal Register are not liable for the assessment of
countervailing duties due to the Department's discontinuation,
effective July 18, 2015, of the suspension of liquidation.
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\3\ See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and
Alignment of Final Determination With Final Antidumping
Determination, 80 FR 14943 (March 20, 2015).
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Suspension of Liquidation
In accordance with section 706 of the Act, the Department will
direct CBP to reinstitute the suspension of liquidation of welded line
pipe from Turkey, effective the date of publication of the ITC's notice
of final determination in the Federal Register, and to assess, upon
further advice by the Department pursuant to section 706(a)(1) of the
Act, countervailing duties for each entry of the subject merchandise in
an amount based on the net countervailable subsidy rates for the
subject merchandise. On or after the date of publication of the ITC's
final injury determination in the Federal Register, CBP must require,
at the same time as importers would normally deposit estimated duties
on this merchandise, a cash deposit equal to the rates noted below:
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Net subsidy
Producer/ Exporter rate
(percent)
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Borusan Istikbal Ticaret, Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi 152.20
ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Yatirim
Holding A.S., and Borusan Holding A.S..................
Tos[ccedil]elik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S., Tosyali 1.31
Demir Celik Sanayi A.S., Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S.,
Tosyali Elektrik Enerjisi Toptan Satis Ith. Ihr. A.S.,
and Tosyali Holding A.S................................
All Others.............................................. 1.31
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This notice constitutes the countervailing duty order with respect
to welded line pipe from Turkey, pursuant to section 706(a) of the Act.
Interested parties may contact the Department's Central Records Unit,
Room B8024 of the main Commerce Building, for a copy of an updated list
of countervailing duty orders currently in effect.
This order is issued and published in accordance with section
706(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.211(b).
Dated: November 23, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-30503 Filed 11-30-15; 8:45 am]
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