[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5987-5989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02764]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-489-815]
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey: Preliminary
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review; 2016-2017
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines
that Agir Haddecilik A.S. (Agir) did not make sales of subject
merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review
(POR) May 1, 2016, through April 30, 2017.
DATES: Applicable February 12, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations,
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
This administrative review covers nine exporters of the subject
merchandise, including the sole mandatory respondent, i.e., Agir.
Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the
closure of the Federal Government from January 20 through 22, 2018. If
the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with
Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next business day.
The revised deadline for the preliminary result is now February 5,
2018.\1\ Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary
results.
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\1\ See Memorandum for The Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23,
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been
extended by 3 days.
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Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the antidumping 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 Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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\2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary
Results of the 2016-2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey,'' dated
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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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). Export price is
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value 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. Further, a list of the topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memoradum is attached as an
appendix 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
http://iaaccess.trade.gov and is available to all parties in the
Central Records Unit, Room B8024 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
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in
content.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
On August 2, 2017, Atlas Tube and Searing Industries (collectively,
the petitioners) timely withdrew their request for an administrative
review of each of the companies for which they had requested a review,
except for Agir. On September 7, 2017, Noksel timely withdrew its
request for an administrative review of itself. No other parties
requested a review of the companies for which the petitioners and
Noksel timely withdrew their review requests. Pursuant to 19 CFR
351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole
or in part, if the party or parties that requested a review withdraws
the request within 90 days of the publication date of the notice of
initiation of the requested review. Therefore, in accordance with 19
CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this review of the AD order
on LWRPT from Turkey with respect to Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi
A.S., Toscelik Metal Ticaret A.S., Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S., Noksel
Celik Boru Sanayi A.S., Yucel Boru ve Profil Endustrisi A.S., Yucelboru
Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama A.S., Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret
A.S., and CINAR Boru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
Preliminary Results of Review
The Department preliminarily determines the weighted-average
dumping margin for Agir for the period May 1, 2016, through April 30,
2017, as follows:
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Weighted-
Manufacturer/exporter average margin
(percent)
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Agir Haddecilik A.S.................................... 0.00
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Assessment Rates
Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on
all appropriate entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We
will calculate importer-specific assessment rates equal to the ratio of
the total amount of dumping calculated for examined sales with a
particular importer to the total entered value of the sales in
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where the respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties.
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment
of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review and for
future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.
For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the
respondent for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate
company(ies) involved in the transaction.
We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of
publication of the final results of this review.
Cash Deposit Requirements
The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all
shipments of LWRPT from Turkey entered, or withdrawn from warehouse,
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the notice of
the final results of this administrative review, as provided for by
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Agir
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the
final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de
minimis, no cash deposit will be required); (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
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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 less-than-
fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit
rate will be the rate established in the most recently completed
segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and
(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.\3\ These cash
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until
further notice.
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\3\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair
Value: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey, 73 FR
19814 (April 11, 2008).
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Disclosure and Public Comment
Commerce intends to disclose the calculations used in our analysis
to interested parties in this review within five days of the date of
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of
this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties
may submit case 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 time
limit for filing case briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each
brief: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the
argument, and (3) a table of authorities.\5\ Executive summaries should
be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.\6\ Case and
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\7\
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\4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
\5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
\6\ Id.
\7\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a
hearing within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register. If a hearing is requested, Commerce will notify interested
parties of the hearing date. Interested parties who wish to request a
hearing, or who wish to participate in a hearing if one is requested,
must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS 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 (3) a list of the issues to be discussed.
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the
respective case and rebuttal briefs.
We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review,
including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties
in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise
extended.\8\
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\8\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(1).
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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) to file a certificate
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping 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 duties occurred and the subsequent
assessment of double antidumping duties.
These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).
Dated: February 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum
I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
Comparisons to Normal Value
A. Determination of a Comparison Methodology
B. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
Product Comparisons
Date of Sale
Export Price
Duty Drawback
Normal Value
A. Home Market Viability
B. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison-Market Prices
C. Level of Trade
Cost of Production Analysis
A. Cost Averaging Methodology
1. Significance of Cost Changes
2. Linkage Between Sales and Cost Information
B. Calculation of COP
C. Test of Comparison Market Sales
D. Results of COP Test
Currency Conversion
VI. Conclusion
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