[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50960-50961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-21393]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-502]


Continuation of Countervailing Duty Order: Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes From Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of continuation of countervailing duty order: welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey.

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SUMMARY: On April 3, 2000, the Department of Commerce (``the

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Department''), pursuant to sections 751(c) and 752 of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), determined that revocation of the 
countervailing duty order on welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from 
Turkey, is likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a 
countervailable subsidy. See Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Turkey; Final Results of Full Sunset Review (``Final Results''), 65 FR 
17486 (April 3, 2000). On August 9, 2000, the International Trade 
Commission (``the Commission''), pursuant to section 751(c) of the Act, 
determined that revocation of the countervailing duty order on welded 
carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey would be likely to lead to 
continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See Certain Pipe 
and Tube from Argentina, Brazil, Canada, India, Korea, Mexico, 
Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, and Venezuela (``ITC Final 
Results''), 65 FR 48733 (August 9, 2000). Therefore, pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.218(f)(4), the Department is publishing notice of the continuation 
of the countervailing duty order on welded carbon steel pipes and tubes 
from Turkey.

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 22, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn B. McCormick or James P. 
Maeder, Office of Policy for Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1930 
or (202) 482-3330, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 1, 1999, and May 3, 1999, respectively, the Department 
initiated, and the Commission instituted, sunset reviews (64 FR 23596 
and 64 FR 23679, respectively) of the countervailing duty order on 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act. As a result of its review, the Department found on 
April 3, 2000, that revocation of the countervailing duty order on 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey would likely lead to 
continuation or recurrence of a countervailable subsidy and notified 
the Commission of the net countervailable subsidy likely to prevail 
were the order revoked. See Final Results, (65 FR 17486).
    On August 9, 2000, the Commission determined, pursuant to section 
751(c) of the Act, that revocation of the countervailiing duty order on 
welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey would be likely to lead 
to continuation or recurrence of material injury to an industry in the 
United States within a reasonably foreseeable time. See ITC Final 
Results, (65 FR 48733) and USITC Publication 3316 (July 2000), 
Investigation Nos. 701-TA-253 and 731-TA-273 (Reviews).

Scope

    This order covers shipments of Turkish welded carbon steel pipes 
and tubes, having an outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more, but not 
more than 16 inches, of any wall thickness. These products, commonly 
referred to in the industry as standard pipe and tube or structural 
tubing, are produced in accordance with various American Society 
Testing and Materials (``ASTM'') specifications, most notably A-53, A-
120, A-500, or A-501. The subject merchandise was originally 
classifiable under item number 416.30 of the Tariff Schedules of the 
United States Annotated (``TSUSA''); currently, they are classifiable 
under item numbers 7306.30.10 and 7306.30.50 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (``HTSUS''). Although the TSUSA and HTSUS 
item numbers are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the 
written description remains dispositive.

Determination

    As a result of the determinations by the Department and the 
Commission that revocation of the countervailing duty order would be 
likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of a countervailable 
subsidy and material injury to an industry in the United States, 
pursuant to section 751(d)(2) of the Act, the Department hereby orders 
the continuation of the countervailing duty order on welded carbon 
steel pipes and tubes from Turkey. The Department will instruct the 
U.S. Customs Service to continue to collect countervailing duty 
deposits at the rates in effect at the time of entry for all imports of 
subject merchandise. The effective date of continuation of this order 
will be the date of publication in the Federal Register of this Notice 
of Continuation. Pursuant to section 751(c)(2) and 751(c)(6) of the 
Act, the Department intends to initiate the next five-year review of 
this order not later than August 2005.

    Dated: August 16, 2000.
Troy H. Cribb,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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