[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 174 (Monday, September 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51598-51602]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17758]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-489-807


Notice of Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review of the 
Antidumping Duty Order on Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from 
Turkey

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: In response to a request by Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve 
Ticaret A.S., a producer of subject merchandise, and its affiliated 
export trading company, Ege Dis Ticaret A.S. (collectively ``Ege 
Celik''), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting a 
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel 
concrete reinforcing bars (rebar) from Turkey for the period April 1, 
2006, through September 30, 2006. We preliminarily determine that, 
during the period of review (POR), Ege Celik did not sell the subject 
merchandise at less than normal value (NV). If the preliminary results 
are adopted in our final results of administrative review, we will 
instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review if the 
importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of 
this review is above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.50 percent).
    Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results. The final results will issued 90 days after the date of 
issuance of these preliminary results, unless extended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
2, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0656.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 6, 2006, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c), the 
Department received a timely request from Ege Celik for a new shipper 
review of the antidumping duty order on rebar from Turkey. On November 
7, 2006, the Department found that the request for review with respect 
to Ege Celik met all of the regulatory requirements set forth in 19 CFR 
351.214(b) and initiated an antidumping duty new shipper review 
covering the period April 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006. See 
Notice of Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review: Certain 
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey, 71 FR 66503 (Nov. 15, 
2006).
    We issued the antidumping duty questionnaire to Ege Celik in 
November 2006. Ege Celik submitted a response to this questionnaire in 
December 2006. In January 2007, we issued a supplemental questionnaire 
to Ege Celik. Ege Celik responded to this supplemental questionnaire in 
the same month.
    Also in January 2007, the domestic interested parties requested 
that the Department initiate a sales-below-cost investigation of Ege 
Celik. After analyzing this request, we initiated a sales-below-cost 
investigation for Ege Celik in February 2007. See the Memorandum to 
James Maeder from The Team entitled, ``Petitioners' Allegation of Sales 
Below the Cost of Production for Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi Ve Ticaret 
A.S. and Ege Dis Ticaret A.S. (Ege Celik Cost Allegation Memo), dated 
February 26, 2007.
    In February 2007, the domestic interested parties alleged that Ege 
Celik was engaged in anti-competitive practices in the home and U.S. 
markets during the POR, as evidenced by a 2005 finding by the Turkish 
Government Competition Board (Competition Board). As a result, the 
domestic industry requested that the Department determine that Ege 
Celik is affiliated with all Turkish rebar producers named in the 
Competition Board report and rescind the new shipper review for it on 
the basis of this affiliation finding. In February and March 2007, we 
received comments from Ege Celik on these allegations, as well as reply 
comments from the domestic industry. For further discussion, see the 
``Turkish Government Competition Board Finding'' section below.
    In March 2007, the Department published an extension of the time 
period for issuing the preliminary results of this review by an 
additional 120 days, or until September 4, 2007, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2). See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing 
Bars from Turkey; Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review, 72 FR 13747 (Mar. 23, 
2007).
    Also in March 2007, we issued an additional supplemental 
questionnaire to Ege Celik. Ege Celik submitted a response to this 
questionnaire, as well as a response to the cost of production (COP) 
questionnaire, in April 2007.
    In April 2007, the domestic interested parties submitted a second 
report by the Competition Board, which they allege: 1) demonstrates 
that several rebar producers/exporters were engaged in close supplier 
relationships; and 2) should be relied upon by the Department to make a 
finding that Ege Celik and other rebar producers/exporters are 
affiliated.
    We issued supplemental COP questionnaires in May and June 2007 and 
received responses in June 2007.
    Sales and cost verifications of Ege Celik were conducted in June 
and July 2007.

Scope of the Order

    The product covered by this order is all stock deformed steel 
concrete reinforcing bars sold in straight lengths and coils. This 
includes all hot-rolled deformed rebar rolled from billet steel, rail 
steel, axle steel, or low-alloy steel. It excludes (i) plain round 
rebar, (ii) rebar that a processor has further worked or fabricated, 
and (iii) all coated rebar. Deformed rebar is currently classifiable 
under subheadings 7213.10.000 and 7214.20.000 of the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for

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convenience and customs purposes. The written description of the scope 
of this proceeding is dispositive.

Period of Review

    The POR is April 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006.

Bona Fide Sale Analysis

    For the reasons stated below, we preliminarily find that Ege 
Celik's reported U.S. sale during the POR is a bona fide sale, as 
required by 19 CFR 351.214(b)(2)(iv)(c), based on the totality of the 
facts on the record. Specifically, we find that the price reported for 
Ege Celik's rebar sale was similar to the average unit value of U.S. 
imports of comparable rebar from Turkey during the POR. We also find 
that the quantity of the sale was within the range of shipment sizes of 
comparable goods exported from Turkey during the POR. See the 
Memorandum from Brianne Riker to the File entitled, ``Placing 
Information from the 2005-2006 Administrative Review on Rebar from 
Turkey on the Record of the New Shipper Review on Rebar from Turkey for 
Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S./Ege Dis Ticaret A.S.,'' 
dated July 13, 2007. Finally, we considered whether the importer 
involved in this transaction is an actual commercial entity, and we 
found no reason to doubt the legitimacy of the importing party involved 
in this new shipper review. See the Memorandum to James Maeder from 
Irina Itkin entitled, ``Analysis of Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve 
Ticaret A.S./Ege Dis Ticaret A.S.'s Bona Fides As A New Shipper in the 
New Shipper Review of Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from 
Turkey,'' dated September 4, 2007, for further discussion of our price 
and quantity analysis.
    Therefore, for the reasons mentioned above, the Department 
preliminarily finds that Ege Celik's sole U.S. sale during the POR was 
a bona fide commercial transaction.

Turkish Government Competition Board Finding

    On February 1, 2007, the domestic interested parties submitted a 
report by the Turkish Government Competition Board regarding the 
Turkish steel industry. The domestic interested parties argue that this 
report demonstrates that Ege Celik engaged in anti-competitive behavior 
prior to and during the POR by colluding with other rebar producers/
exporters to manipulate home market and export prices and to suppress 
costs. The domestic interested parties assert that the Department 
should collapse all Turkish rebar producers into a single entity and 
find that Ege Celik does not qualify as a new shipper because of 
affiliation with other rebar producers/exporters. The domestic 
interested parties further contend that the Department should, as a 
result, rescind the initiation of the new shipper review for Ege Celik. 
However, in the event that the Department continues to conduct this new 
shipper review, the domestic interested parties argue that the 
Department should find that a particular market situation, a fictitious 
market, or sales outside the course of ordinary trade exist and not use 
home market sales as a basis for NV.
    In addition, on April 9, 2007, the domestic interested parties 
submitted a second report by the Competition Board, which they allege: 
1) demonstrates that several rebar producers/exporters were engaged in 
close supplier relationships; and 2) should be relied upon by the 
Department to make a finding that Ege Celik and other rebar producers/
exporters are affiliated.
    Ege Celik has objected to the Department's acceptance of these 
submissions because: 1) it is inappropriate to consider antitrust 
findings in the context of an antidumping duty proceeding; 2) the 
Competition Board's ruling is not final, as it is under appeal in the 
Turkish judicial system; and 3) the Competition Board's decision and 
evidence should not be considered in the current POR because it relates 
to a prior period of time. Ege Celik did not submit arguments regarding 
the domestic interested parties' April 9, 2007, submission.
    We have not relied on the evidence or conclusions in the Board's 
report as the basis for any findings in this review. Rather, we have 
investigated whether the facts during the POR would cause us to dismiss 
reported home market prices or costs within the confines of U.S. 
antidumping duty law and regulations. Based on Ege Celik's responses to 
our questions on this topic and our verification of these responses, as 
well as our findings with respect to the content, and context, of 
meetings held by the Turkish Iron and Steel Producers' Association 
during the POR, we have preliminarily concluded that: 1) Ege Celik is 
not affiliated with other producers of rebar and is therefore entitled 
to this new shipper review; and 2) there is no evidence that Ege 
Celik's home market sales prices were not competitively set during the 
POR, and as such these prices are useable for purposes of our margin 
analysis. For further discussion, see the August 31, 2007, Memorandum 
from Shawn Thompson, Irina Itkin, and Brianne Riker to David M. 
Spooner, entitled ``Preliminary Finding on Issues Related to the 
Turkish Government Competition Board's Reports in Certain Steel 
Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey'' and the July 9, 2007, 
Memorandum to the File from Irina Itkin and Nichole Zink entitled 
``Verification of the Sales Response of Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi Ve 
Ticaret A.S./Ege Dis Ticaret A.S. (Ege Celik) in the Antidumping Duty 
New Shipper Review of Certain Concrete Steel Reinforcing Bars from 
Turkey.''

Comparisons to Normal Value

    To determine whether Ege Celik's sale of rebar from Turkey was made 
in the United States at less than NV, we compared the export price (EP) 
to the NV, as described in the ``Normal Value'' section of this notice. 
When making this comparison in accordance with section 771(16) of the 
Act, we considered all products sold in the home market as described in 
the ``Scope of the Order'' section of this notice, above, that were in 
the ordinary course of trade for purposes of determining an appropriate 
product comparison to the U.S. sale. Where there were no sales of 
identical merchandise in the home market made in the ordinary course of 
trade, we compared the U.S. sale to sales of the most similar foreign 
like product made in the ordinary course of trade based on the 
characteristics listed in sections B and C of our antidumping 
questionnaire.

Product Comparisons

    In accordance with section 771(16) of the Act, we first attempted 
to compare products produced by Ege Celik and sold in the U.S. and home 
markets that were identical with respect to the following 
characteristics: form, grade, size, and industry standard 
specification. Where there were no home market sales of foreign like 
product that were identical in these respects to the merchandise sold 
in the United States, we compared U.S. products with the most similar 
merchandise sold in the home market based on the characteristics listed 
above, in that order of priority.

Export Price

    We used EP methodology for Ege Celik's U.S. sale, in accordance 
with section 772(a) of the Act, because the subject merchandise was 
sold directly to the first unaffiliated purchaser in the United States 
prior to importation, and constructed export price methodology was not 
otherwise warranted based on the facts of record.
    Regarding U.S. date of sale, Ege Celik argued that we should use 
contract date

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as the date of sale for its U.S. sale. The Department's regulations at 
19 CFR 351.401(i) state that the Department will normally use the date 
of invoice as the date of sale, unless a different date better reflects 
the date on which the material terms of sale are established. We have 
analyzed the data on the record and preliminarily find that the 
material terms of sale were set at the contract date, given that the 
terms did not change prior to invoicing. Further, because this is the 
first time that the Department is conducting a review of Ege Celik, 
there is no prior evidence on the record that the terms of sale were 
changeable after the contract date. Therefore, in accordance with our 
practice, we preliminarily find that the appropriate U.S. date of sale 
is the contract date. See Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from 
Turkey; Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 26455, 26458 (May 5, 2006) (04-05 
Preliminary Results), unchanged in the final results.
    We based EP on the packed price to the first unaffiliated purchaser 
in the United States. We made deductions from the starting price for 
foreign inland freight expenses, foreign brokerage and handling 
expenses, inspection fees, ocean freight expenses (offset by freight 
commission revenue), U.S. customs duties, U.S. brokerage and handling 
expenses, and customs bond fees, in accordance with section 
772(c)(2)(A) of the Act. Additionally, we added to the starting price 
an amount for duty drawback pursuant to section 772(c)(1)(B) of the 
Act.

Normal Value

A. Home Market Viability and Selection of Comparison Markets

    In order to determine whether there is a sufficient volume of sales 
in the home market to serve as a viable basis for calculating NV (i.e., 
the aggregate volume of home market sales of the foreign like product 
is five percent or more of the aggregate volume of U.S. sales), we 
compared the volume of Ege Celik's home market sales of the foreign 
like product to the volume of its U.S. sale of subject merchandise, in 
accordance with section 773(a)(1)(C) of the Act. Based on this 
comparison, we determined that Ege Celik had a viable home market 
during the POR. Consequently, we based NV on home market sales.
    In accordance with our practice, we excluded home market sales of 
non-prime merchandise made by Ege Celik during the POR from our 
preliminary analysis based on the limited quantity of such sales in the 
home market and the fact that no such sales were made to the United 
States during the POR. See, e.g., 04-05 Preliminary Results, 71 FR at 
26459, unchanged in the final results; Certain Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of 
Intent To Revoke in Part, 70 FR 23990, 23993 (May 6, 2005), unchanged 
in the final results; Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From 
Turkey; Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Notice of Intent Not To Revoke in Part, 69 FR 
25066, 25066 (May 5, 2004), unchanged in the final results; and Certain 
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Turkey; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Intent Not to 
Revoke in Part, 68 FR 23972 (May 6, 2003), unchanged in the final 
results.

B. Cost of Production Analysis

    Pursuant to section 773(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Act, there were 
reasonable grounds to believe or suspect that Ege Celik made home 
market sales at prices below its COP in this review because of 
information contained in the cost allegation properly filed by the 
domestic interested parties. As a result, the Department initiated an 
investigation to determine whether Ege Celik made home market sales 
during the POR at prices below its COP. See the ``Ege Celik Cost 
Allegation Memo.''
1. Calculation of COP
    In accordance with section 773(b)(3) of the Act, we calculated COP 
based on the sum of Ege Celik's cost of materials and fabrication for 
the foreign like product, plus amounts for general and administrative 
(G&A) expenses and interest expenses. See the ``Test of Home Market 
Sales Prices'' section below for treatment of home market selling 
expenses.
    We relied on the COP information provided by Ege Celik in its 
questionnaire responses, except for the following instances where the 
information was not appropriately quantified or valued:
    1) We disallowed an adjustment to the total cost of manufacturing 
for packing materials that had been returned to the warehouse.
    2) We added an amount for duty drawback to the total cost of 
manufacturing.
    3) We adjusted the numerator of the G&A expense calculation to 
include the revenue from the sale of fixed assets.
    4) We adjusted the denominator of the G&A and financial expense 
calculations to exclude packing expenses which had been reported in the 
home market and U.S. sales listings.
    5) We revised the financial expense ratio based on the fiscal year 
2006 audited consolidated financial statements.
For further discussion, see the Memorandum from Trinette Boyd to Neal 
Halper entitled, ``Cost of Production and Constructed Value Calculation 
Adjustments for the Preliminary Results in the New Shipper Review--Ege 
Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S./Ege Dis Ticaret A.S.,'' dated 
September 4, 2007.
2. Test of Home Market Sales Prices
    We compared the weighted-average COP figures to home market prices 
of the foreign like product, as required under section 773(b) of the 
Act, to determine whether these sales had been made at prices below the 
COP. On a product-specific basis, we compared the COP to home market 
prices, less any applicable movement charges, selling expenses, and 
packing expenses.
    In determining whether to disregard home market sales made at 
prices below the COP, we examined whether such sales were made: 1) in 
substantial quantities within an extended period of time; and 2) at 
prices which permitted the recovery of all costs within a reasonable 
period of time. See sections 773(b)(1)(A) and (B) of the Act.
3. Results of the COP Test
    Pursuant to section 773(b)(2)(C)(i) of the Act, where less than 20 
percent of Ege Celik's sales of a given product were at prices less 
than the COP, we did not disregard any below-cost sales of that product 
because we determined that the below-cost sales were not made in 
``substantial quantities.'' Where 20 percent or more of Ege Celik's 
sales of a given product were at prices below the COP, we determined 
that sales of that model were made in ``substantial quantities'' within 
an extended period of time (as defined in section 773(b)(2)(B) of the 
Act), in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(C)(i) of the Act. In such 
cases, we also determined that such sales were not made at prices which 
would permit recovery of all costs within a reasonable period of time, 
in accordance with section 773(b)(2)(D) of the Act. Therefore, for 
purposes of this new shipper review, we disregarded these below-cost 
sales for Ege Celik and used the remaining sales as the basis for 
determining NV, in accordance with section 773(a)(1) of the Act.

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C. Level of Trade

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act, to the extent 
practicable, we determine NV based on sales in the comparison market at 
the same level of trade (LOT) as EP. The NV LOT is that of the 
starting-price sales in the comparison market or, when NV is based on 
constructed value, that of the sales from which we derive selling 
expenses, G&A expenses, and profit. For EP, the U.S. LOT is also the 
level of the starting-price sale, which is usually from the exporter to 
the unaffiliated U.S. customer.
    To determine whether NV sales are at a different LOT than EP sales, 
we examine stages in the marketing process and selling functions along 
the chain of distribution between the producer and the unaffiliated 
customer. If the comparison-market sales are at a different LOT and the 
difference affects price comparability, as manifested in a pattern of 
consistent price differences between the sales on which NV is based and 
comparison-market sales at the LOT of the export transaction, we make 
an LOT adjustment under section 773(a)(7)(A) of the Act.
    Ege Celik claimed that it sold rebar at a single LOT in its home 
and U.S. markets. Specifically, Ege Celik reported that it only made 
sales to one customer category (i.e., trading companies) through one 
channel of distribution in the home market and identical selling 
functions were performed for all sales. After analyzing the data on the 
record with respect to these functions, we find that the Ege Celik made 
all sales at a single marketing stage (i.e., one LOT) in the home 
market. Further, because Ege Celik only reported one U.S. sale during 
the POR, we find that there is a single marketing stage (i.e., one LOT) 
in the U.S. market.
    Although Ege Celik provided certain additional services related to 
freight and brokerage and handling for its U.S. sale and not home 
market sales, we did not find these differences to be material selling 
function distinctions significant enough to warrant a separate LOT. 
Therefore, we find that the home market sales and U.S. sales were made 
at the same LOT. Accordingly, we determined that no LOT adjustment is 
warranted.
D. Calculation of Normal Value
    We based NV on the starting prices to home market customers. 
Pursuant to section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.410(b), 
we made circumstance-of-sale adjustments for exporter association fees, 
bank charges, and credit expenses. We deducted home market packing 
costs and added U.S. packing costs, in accordance with section 
773(a)(6) of the Act.
    Where appropriate, we made an adjustment to NV to account for 
differences in physical characteristics of the merchandise, in 
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.411(a). We based this adjustment on the difference in the variable 
costs of manufacturing for the foreign like product and subject 
merchandise. See 19 CFR 351.411(b).

Currency Conversion

    We made currency conversions into U.S. dollars pursuant to section 
773A(a) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.415. Although the Department's 
preferred source for daily exchange rates is the Federal Reserve Bank, 
the Federal Reserve Bank does not track or publish exchange rates for 
the New Turkish Lira. Therefore, we made currency conversions based on 
exchange rates from the Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC 
(trading as Factiva).

Preliminary Results of New Shipper Review

    As a result of our review, we preliminarily determine that the 
following percentage margin exists for Ege Celik for the period April 
1, 2006, through September 30, 2006:

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                Margin
               Manufacturer/Producer/Exporter                 Percentage
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S./Ege Dis Ticaret         0.00
 A.S........................................................
------------------------------------------------------------------------

Disclosure and Public Hearing

    The Department will disclose to parties the calculations performed 
in connection with these preliminary results within five days of the 
date of publication of this notice. See 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to 
19 CFR 351.309, interested parties may submit cases briefs not 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 not 
later than 5 days after the deadline for filing the case briefs. 
Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 
are requested to submit with each argument: 1) a statement of the 
issue; 2) a brief summary of the argument; and 3) a table of 
authorities.
    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 Import Administration, Room B-099, within 30 days of 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 issues to be discussed. See 19 CFR 
351.310(c). Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those 
raised in the respective case briefs. The Department will issue the 
final results of this review, including the results of its analysis of 
issues raised in any written briefs, within 90 days of publication of 
these preliminary results.

Assessment Rate

    Upon completion of the new shipper review, the Department shall 
determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping duties on all appropriate 
entries, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212. The Department intends to 
issue appraisement instructions for Ege Celik directly to CBP 15 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of this new shipper 
review.
    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1), because we have the reported 
entered value of Ege Celik's U.S. sale, we have calculated an importer-
specific assessment rate based on the ratio of the total amount of 
antidumping duties calculated for the examined sale to the total 
entered value of that sale. We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review if the 
importer-specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of 
this review is above de minimis (i.e., at or above 0.50 percent). 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.106(c)(2), we will instruct CBP to liquidate 
without regard to antidumping duties any entries for which the 
assessment rate is de minimis (i.e., less than 0.50 percent). See 19 
CFR 351.106(c)(1).
    The final results of this review shall be the basis for the 
assessment of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise covered by 
the final results of this review and for future deposits of estimated 
duties, where applicable.
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003 (68 FR 23954). This clarification applies to entries of 
subject merchandise during the POR produced by companies included in 
these preliminary results of review for which the reviewed companies 
did not know their merchandise was destined for the United States. In 
such instances, 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. For a full discussion of this 
clarification, see Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003).

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Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of the new shipper review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: 1) the cash deposit rate for Ege Celik (i.e., 
for subject merchandise both manufactured and exported by Ege Celik) 
will be that established in the final results of this review, except if 
the rate is less than 0.50 percent, and therefore, de minimis within 
the meaning of 19 CFR 351.106(c)(1), in which case the cash deposit 
rate will be zero; 2) for previously reviewed or investigated companies 
not participating in this review, the cash deposit rate will continue 
to be the company-specific rate published for the most recent period; 
3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in these reviews or the 
original less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation, but the 
manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for 
the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and 4) 
the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 16.06 percent, the All-Others rate established in the 
LTFV investigation. These requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice 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 
of the relevant entries during this review period. Failure to comply 
with this requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    This new shipper review is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, as well as 19 CFR 
351.214(i).

    Dated: September 4, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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