[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 25814]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6624]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Standard Pipe from Turkey: Notice of 
Initiation of Countervailing Duty New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2006.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') has received a 
request to conduct a new shipper review of the countervailing duty 
(``CVD'') order on certain welded carbon steel standard pipe from 
Turkey. In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214, we are initiating a 
CVD new shipper review for Tos[ccedil]elik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi 
A.S. (``Tos[ccedil]elik''), and its affiliated export trading company, 
Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. (``Tosyali'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristen Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4793

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 30, 2006, the Department received a timely request from 
Tos[ccedil]elik, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new 
shipper review of the CVD order on certain welded carbon steel standard 
pipe from Turkey, which has a March anniversary month.\1\
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    \1\ See Countervailing Duty Order: Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipe and Tube Products from Turkey, 51 FR 7984 (March 7, 1986).
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    As required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(i) and (iii)(A), 
Tos[ccedil]elik certified that it did not export subject merchandise to 
the United States during the period of investigation (``POI''), and 
that it has never been affiliated with any exporter or producer that 
exported subject merchandise during the POI.\2\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.214(b)(2)(iv), the company submitted documentation establishing the 
date on which it first shipped the subject merchandise to the United 
States, the date of entry of that first shipment, the volume of that 
and subsequent shipments, and the date of the first sale to an 
unaffiliated customer in the United States. Tos[ccedil]elik also 
certified that, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(v), it has 
informed the Government of the Republic of Turkey that it will be 
required to provide a full response to the Department's 
questionnaire.\3\
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    \2\ See the March 30, 2006, submission to the Department from 
Tos elik and Tosyali regarding Request for New Shipper CVD Review.
    \3\ Id.
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Initiation of Review

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214, and based on information on the record, we are initiating a 
CVD new shipper review for Tos[ccedil]elik. We intend to issue the 
preliminary results of this new shipper review no later than 180 days 
after initiation of this review.\4\ We intend to issue final results of 
this review no later than 90 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are issued.\5\
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.214(i).
    \5\ Id.

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       New Shipper Review Proceeding            Period To Be Reviewed
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Tos[ccedil]elik...........................       01/01/2005 - 12/31/2005
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    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.214(e), we will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to 
allow, at the option of the importer, the posting, until the completion 
of the review, of a bond or security in lieu of a cash deposit for each 
entry of the subject merchandise exported by Tosyali. We will apply the 
bonding option under 19 CFR 351.107(b)(1)(i) only to entries from 
Tosyali for which the respective producer under review is 
Tos[ccedil]elik.
    Interested parties that need access to proprietary information in 
this new shipper review should submit applications for disclosure under 
administrative protective orders in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305 and 
351.306.
    This initiation and notice are in accordance with section 751(a) of 
the Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)) and 19 CFR 351.214(d).

    Dated: April 26, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-6624 Filed 5-1-06; 8:45 am]
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