[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 6, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33395-33399]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-13707]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-815]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

SUMMARY: In response to a request from Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi A.S., 
(Noksel), the Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on light-walled 
rectangular pipe and tube from Turkey. Atlas Tube, Inc. and Searing 
Industries, Inc., are petitioners in this case. The review covers 
exports of the subject merchandise to the United States produced and 
exported by Noksel. The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2010, through 
April 30, 2011.
    We preliminarily find that Noksel did not make sales at less than 
normal value (NV) during the POR. If these preliminary results are 
adopted in our final results of this review, we shall instruct U.S. 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to liquidate Noksel's entries 
subject to this administrative review without regard to antidumping 
duties and to set the cash deposit rate for Noksel to zero.

DATES: Effective Date: June 6, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6312 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department published the antidumping duty order on light-walled 
rectangular ripe and tube from Turkey on May 30, 2008.\1\ On May 2, 
2011, the Department published the notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from 
Turkey for the period January 30, 2010, through April 30, 2011.\2\ On 
May 27, 2011, Noksel requested an administrative review for this 
period. On June 28, 2011, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty administrative 
review. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 76 FR 37781 
(June 28, 2011). On August 5, 2011, the Department issued its 
antidumping questionnaire to Noksel.
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    \1\ See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey, 73 FR 31065 (May 30, 2008).
    \2\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 24460 (May 2, 2011).
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    Noksel submitted its response to section A of the Department's 
antidumping questionnaire on September 26, 2011 (Noksel's section A 
Response). Noksel submitted its response to sections B and C of the 
Department's antidumping questionnaire on October 13, 2011 (Noksel's 
sections B and C Responses).
    On January 12, 2012, the Department issued a supplemental 
questionnaire to Noksel regarding Noksel's section A Response and 
Noksel's sections B and C Responses. Noksel submitted its response to 
the Department's supplemental questionnaire on February 15, 2012 
(Noksel's Supplemental Response).

Scope of the Order

    The merchandise subject to this 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 mm. The 
term carbon-quality steel includes both carbon steel and alloy steel 
which contains only small amounts of alloying elements. Specifically, 
the term carbon-quality includes products in which none of the elements 
listed below exceeds the quantity by weight respectively indicated: 
1.80 percent of manganese, or 2.25 percent of silicon, or 1.00 percent 
of copper, or 0.50 percent of aluminum, or 1.25 percent of chromium, or 
0.30 percent of cobalt, or 0.40 percent of lead, or 1.25 percent of 
nickel, or 0.30 percent of tungsten, or 0.10 percent of

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molybdenum, or 0.10 percent of niobium, or 0.15 percent vanadium, or 
0.15 percent of zirconium. The description of carbon-quality is 
intended to identify carbon-quality products within the scope.
    The welded carbon-quality rectangular pipe and tube subject to this 
order is currently classified under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 
the United States (HTSUS) subheadings 7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60. 
While HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and CBP's customs 
purposes, our written description of the scope of the order is 
dispositive.

Limited Home Market Reporting

    In accordance with the contemporaneity rules as described in 
section B of the Department's questionnaire and 19 CFR 351.414(e)(2), 
Noksel requested that the reporting period for home market sales be 
limited to the period September 1, 2010, through April 30, 2011. Noksel 
reported U.S. sales which were invoiced in only one calendar month of 
the POR. See Noksel's September 30, 2011, letter; see also Noksel's 
Supplemental Response at Exhibit 1. Noksel reported that it had no 
other U.S. sales during the POR. Id. The Department's contemporaneity 
rules (as described in section B of the questionnaire and 19 CFR 
351.414(e)(2)) limit the matching of any particular U.S. sale to the 
nearest matching comparison market sale in the three months previous--
or the two months subsequent--to the month containing the date of sale 
of that U.S. sale. Hence, for each U.S. sale, there is a six-month 
``window'' for the purposes of matching to a comparison market sale.\3\ 
(For further explanation of our determination of date of sale in both 
markets, see the ``Fair Value Comparisons'' section below.)
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    \3\ Noksel submitted its request to shorten the reporting period 
at a point in the administrative review when there was doubt as to 
what date the Department would use for date of sale with regard to 
U.S. sales. Noksel summed the possibilities as: ``The date of sale 
for Noksel's earliest U.S. sale is either in December 2010 (if the 
Department considers the date of contract as the date of sale) or in 
January 2011 (if the Department considers the date of invoice to be 
the date of sale). The date of sale for Noksel's latest U.S. sale is 
either in December 2010 (if the Department considers the date of 
contract as the date of sale) or in February 2011 (if the Department 
considers the date of invoice to be the date of sale).'' See 
Noksel's September 30, 2011, letter. We agree. In our margin 
calculations, U.S. sales made in December 2010 could potentially be 
compared to the prices of home market sales at any time between 
September 1, 2010, and February 28, 2011; U.S. sales made in 
February 2011 could potentially be compared to the prices of home 
market sales made between November 1, 2010, and April 30, 2011. U.S. 
sales made in December 2010, January 2011, or February 2011 could 
not match to home market sales made in any months outside of the 
period of September 1, 2010, to April 30, 2011.
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    Our past practice in cases in which respondents made sales of 
subject merchandise in only a portion of the POR has been to allow 
respondents, when requested properly and in a timely manner, to limit 
their home market sales reporting period to those home market sales 
which are contemporaneous with their U.S. sales.\4\ Therefore, to 
ensure that we would have the necessary home market sales, regardless 
of our choice of date of sale, we allowed Noksel to limit its reporting 
of home market sales to those sales made during the period September 1, 
2010, through April 30, 2011. Our analysis indicated that, based on the 
totality of the record evidence, the appropriate dates of sale of 
Noksel's U.S. sales are in December 2010. (For further explanation of 
our determination of date of sale in both markets, see the ``Fair Value 
Comparisons'' section below.)
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    \4\ See, e.g., Certain Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products 
From India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 2018 (January 12, 2006) (unchanged in Certain Hot-
Rolled Carbon Steel Flat Products From India: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 71 FR 40694 (July 18, 2008); 
Certain Hot-Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products from 
Brazil; Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 70 FR 17406 (April 6, 2005) (unchanged in Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Hot-
Rolled Flat-Rolled Carbon Quality Steel Products From Brazil, 70 FR 
58683 (October 7, 2005); and Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube 
from Turkey; Notice of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 75 FR 61127 (October 4, 2010); see also 
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey; Notice of Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 57953 
(September 19, 2011) (the previous administrative review of Noksel, 
in which the same issue was presented).
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    Noksel also reported that it made sales of certain ``second 
quality'' merchandise for which Noksel claimed it lacked complete sales 
records. See Noksel's section B Response at page B-4 and at Exhibit B-
4; see also Noksel's Supplemental Response at pages S-16 to S-18. 
Noksel further explained that it could not differentiate the sales of 
these products according to product type (i.e., cannot generate a 
control number to permit matching to U.S. sales). Noksel did not report 
these sales in its sales home market database, but did report all the 
information it maintained about these sales. See Noksel's section B 
Response at Exhibit B-4. Based on the information on the record, we 
preliminarily determine that these are sales of ``second quality'' 
merchandise that would not be suitable for matching to the prime 
quality pipe Noksel sold in the United States.

Fair Value Comparisons

    In calculating the preliminary weighted-average dumping margin for 
the mandatory respondent, the Department applied the calculation 
methodology adopted in the Final Modification for Reviews.\5\ In 
particular, the Department compared monthly weighted-average export 
prices (EPs) with monthly weighted-average NVs and granted offsets for 
non-dumped comparisons in the calculation of the weighted-average 
dumping margin. Application of this methodology in these preliminary 
results affords parties an opportunity to meaningfully comment on the 
Department's implementation of this recently adopted methodology in the 
context of this administrative review. The Department intends to 
consider, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.414(c), whether another method is 
appropriate in these administrative reviews in light of any comments on 
the issue that parties may include in their case and rebuttal briefs.
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    \5\ See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping 
Proceedings: Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) 
(``Final Modification for Reviews'').
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    To determine whether sales of light-walled rectangular pipe and 
tube from Turkey in the United States were made at less than NV, we 
compared U.S. price to NV, as described in the ``Export Price'' and 
``Normal Value'' sections of this notice. Because we determined Noksel 
made only EP sales during the POR, we used EP as the basis for U.S. 
price in all of our comparisons.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.410(i), the Department ``normally'' 
will use invoice date as the date of sale unless ``a different date 
better reflects the date on which the exporter or producer establishes 
the material terms of sale.'' Based on evidence on the record, we 
preliminarily determine that the material terms of sale for U.S. sales 
were established at the time of the issuance of the purchase order/
contract. Noksel explained that base price and discount rate can vary 
between the purchase order date and the invoice date in the home 
market. See Noksel's section A Response at page A-22 to A-24; see also 
Noksel's Supplemental response at pages S-7 to S-9. However, in the 
case of Noksel's U.S. sales, no such variance occurred; neither 
quantity nor unit price varied between purchase order and invoice. See 
Noksel's section A Response at page A-22. We preliminarily determine 
that Noksel's use of the contract/purchase order date as the date of 
sale for its U.S. sales better

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reflects the date on which the exporter or producer established the 
material terms of sale than the invoice date during this POR.
    Based on the same record evidence, we preliminarily determine that 
the material terms of sale for home market sales were not established 
at the time of the purchase order. See Noksel's section A Response at 
page A-22 to A-24; see also Noksel's Supplemental response at pages S-7 
to S-9. Therefore, we preliminarily determine that Noksel's use of the 
earlier of the invoice date or the shipping date better reflects the 
date on which the exporter or producer established the material terms 
of sale than the contract/purchase order date during this POR.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum from Mark Flessner to the File entitled, 
``Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey: Preliminary 
Results Analysis Memorandum for Noksel Celik Boru Sanayi A.S. 
(Noksel),'' dated May 30, 2012 (Preliminary Analysis Memorandum) at 
page 2.
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Product Comparisons

    In accordance with section 771(16) of the Act, we considered all 
products produced by Noksel covered by the description in the ``Scope 
of the Order'' section, above, and sold in the home market during the 
POR, to be foreign like products for purposes of determining 
appropriate product comparisons to U.S. sales. As mentioned above, we 
limited the reporting period for home market sales to the period of 
September 1, 2010, through April 30, 2011. We relied on six 
characteristics to match U.S. sales of subject merchandise to home 
market sales of the foreign like product (listed in order of priority): 
(1) Steel input type; (2) metallic coating; (3) painted/non-painted; 
(4) perimeter; (5) wall thickness; and (6) shape. See the antidumping 
questionnaire at Appendix 5. In our normal practice where there are no 
contemporaneous sales of identical merchandise in the home market to 
compare to U.S. sales, we compare U.S. sales to contemporaneous sales 
of the next most similar foreign like product on the basis of these 
product characteristics and the reporting instructions listed in the 
antidumping questionnaire. See Preliminary Analysis Memorandum at page 
2. For these preliminary results, we compared U.S. sales to identical 
foreign like products. In our normal practice, where there are no sales 
of identical or similar merchandise in the home market suitable for 
comparison to U.S. sales, we compare U.S. sales to constructed value 
(CV). For these preliminary results, because there were sales of 
identical merchandise in the home market suitable for comparison to 
each U.S. sale, we compared no U.S. sales to CV in these preliminary 
results.

Export Price

    Section 772(a) of the Act defines EP as ``the price at which the 
subject merchandise is first sold (or agreed to be sold) before the 
date of importation by the producer or exporter of subject merchandise 
outside of the United States to an unaffiliated purchaser in the United 
States or to an unaffiliated purchaser for exportation to the United 
States,'' as adjusted under section 772(c). In accordance with section 
772(a) of the Act, we used EP for all of Noksel's U.S. sales. We 
preliminarily find that these sales are properly classified as EP sales 
because these sales were made before the date of importation and were 
made directly to unaffiliated U.S. customers, and because our 
constructed export price (CEP) methodology was not otherwise warranted.
    We based EP on the prices to unaffiliated customers in the United 
States. We made adjustments for duty drawback. We also made deductions 
for movement expenses in accordance with section 772(c)(2)(A) of the 
Act, which included, where appropriate, foreign inland freight, foreign 
brokerage and handling, international freight, and exporter's 
association fee. See Preliminary Analysis Memorandum at pages 3-4. 
Additionally, we made adjustments for differences in circumstances of 
sale (COS) for home market and U.S. credit and banking expenses in 
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and section 
351.410 of the Department's regulations. Id.
    Noksel requested a duty drawback adjustment. See Noksel's section C 
Response at page C-33. Section 772(c)(1)(B) of the Act states: ``The 
price used to establish export price and constructed export price shall 
be increased by * * * the amount of any import duties imposed by the 
country of exportation which have been rebated, or which have not been 
collected, by reason of the exportation of the subject merchandise to 
the United States.'' Based upon this statutory language, the Department 
applies a two-prong test to determine entitlement to a duty drawback 
adjustment. That is, the party claiming such adjustment must establish 
that: (1) The import duty paid and the rebate payment are directly 
linked to, and dependent upon, one another (or the exemption from 
import duties is linked to exportation); and (2) there were sufficient 
imports of the imported raw material to account for the drawback 
received upon the exports of the manufactured product. See Duty 
Drawback Practice in Antidumping Proceedings, 70 FR 37764 (June 30, 
2005).
    Noksel reported that it collects rebates of import duties for 
purchases of raw materials, based upon its exports of merchandise 
manufactured from those raw materials, under the Turkish Inward 
Processing Regime (IPR). See Noksel's section C Response at pages C-33 
to C-34. However, despite being requested to do so, Noksel did not 
segregate subject merchandise from non-subject merchandise. See 
Noksel's Supplemental Response at page S-36. Noksel calculates its duty 
drawback claim by dividing the total amount of duties paid on imported 
coil by the total amount of exports of finished products made from 
those imported coils. See Noksel's section C Response at C-34 and at 
Exhibit C-12. We draw no adverse inference; but because this duty 
drawback claim is value-based, and no segregation between subject and 
non-subject merchandise is made, it is not possible for the Department 
to evaluate whether the amount claimed is appropriate. Specifically, we 
cannot evaluate whether the import duty paid on the reported raw 
materials and the rebate payment due with regard to the subject 
merchandise sold during this POR are directly linked to, and dependent 
upon, one another. Therefore, in accordance with section 772(c)(1)(B) 
of the Act, we have not made an adjustment to U.S. price for duty 
drawback. See Preliminary Analysis Memorandum at pages 7-8.

Normal Value

A. Selection of Comparison Market

    In order to determine whether there was 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 was equal to or greater than five percent of the aggregate 
volume of U.S. sales), we compared Noksel's volume of home market sales 
of the foreign like product to the volume of U.S. sales of the subject 
merchandise, in accordance with section 773(a)(1) of the Act. Because 
Noksel's aggregate volume of home market sales of the foreign like 
product was greater than five percent of its aggregate volume of U.S. 
sales of the subject merchandise, we determined the home market was 
viable. Therefore, we have based NV on home market sales.

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B. Price-to-Price Comparisons

    We calculated NV based on prices to unaffiliated customers. Noksel 
had sales to an affiliate in the home market who did not resell the 
Noksel material as subject merchandise, but rather incorporated it into 
its own products. See Noksel's section A Response at page A-11. Noksel 
did not contend that these sales were at arm's length. See Noksel's 
Supplemental Response at page S-3. We therefore disregarded these 
sales. See Preliminary Analysis Memorandum at page 4. We made 
adjustments for billing adjustments, where appropriate. We made 
deductions, where appropriate, for foreign inland freight, pursuant to 
section 773(a)(6)(B) of the Act. In addition, when comparing sales of 
similar merchandise, we made adjustments for differences in cost (i.e., 
DIFMER), where those differences were attributable to differences in 
physical characteristics of the merchandise, pursuant to section 
773(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Act and section 351.411 of the Department's 
regulations. We also made adjustments for differences in COS in 
accordance with section 773(a)(6)(C)(iii) of the Act and section 
351.410 of the Department's regulations. We made COS adjustments for 
imputed credit expenses and banking charges. See Preliminary Analysis 
Memorandum at pages 5 and 8. Finally, we deducted home market packing 
costs and added U.S. packing costs in accordance with sections 
773(a)(6)(A) and (B) of the Act.

Level of Trade

    In accordance with section 773(a)(1)(B) of the Act, to the extent 
practicable, we base NV on sales made in the comparison market at the 
same level of trade (LOT) as the export transaction. The NV LOT is 
based on the starting price of sales in the home market or, when NV is 
based on CV, on the LOT of the sales from which SG&A expenses and 
profit are derived.
    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 customer. See 19 
CFR 351.412(c)(2). 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 a LOT adjustment under section 773(a)(7)(A) of the 
Act. We expect that if the claimed LOTs are the same, the functions and 
activities of the seller should be similar. Conversely, if a party 
claims the LOTs are different for different groups of sales, the 
functions and activities of the seller should be dissimilar.\7\ Noksel 
reported that it sold light-walled rectangular pipe and tube at only 
one level of trade and in only one channel of distribution in the home 
market and at one level of trade and in one channel of distribution in 
the U.S. market. See Noksel's section A Response at pages A-17 to A-21; 
see also Noksel's Supplemental Response at pages S-3 to S-5 and Exhibit 
SA-2. Based on our analysis of the record evidence provided by Noksel, 
we preliminarily determine that a single LOT exists in the home market. 
We obtained information from Noksel regarding the marketing stages 
involved in making its reported home market and U.S. sales. Noksel 
described all selling activities performed, and provided a table 
comparing the selling functions performed in both markets. Id. We find 
Noksel performed virtually the same level of customer support services 
on its EP sales as it did on its home market sales and that the minor 
differences that do exist do not establish a distinct and separate 
level of trade. Consequently, the record evidence supports a finding 
that, in both markets, Noksel performs essentially the same level of 
services. While we found minor differences between the home and U.S. 
markets (based on our analysis of the selling functions performed on EP 
sales in the United States and its sales in the home market), we 
determine that the EP and the starting price of home market sales 
represent the same stage in the marketing process, and are thus at the 
same LOT. See Noksel's Supplemental Response at pages S-4 to S-5 and 
Exhibit SA-2. For this reason, we preliminarily find that a LOT 
adjustment is not appropriate for Noksel. As there are no CEP sales, no 
CEP offset is appropriate.
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    \7\ See Porcelain-on-Steel Cookware from Mexico: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 65 FR 30068 (May 10, 
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Currency Conversions

    In accordance with section 773A(a) of the Act, we made Turkish 
lira-U.S. dollar currency conversions, where appropriate, based on the 
exchange rates in effect on the dates of the U.S. sales, as collected 
by Dow Jones Reuters Business Interactive LLC (marketed as Factiva) and 
as published on the Import Administration's Web site (http://ia.ita.doc.gov/exchange/index.html).

Preliminary Results of Review

    As a result of our review, we preliminarily find the following 
weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period May 1, 2010, 
through April 30, 2011:

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Noksel.....................................................         0.00
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>Disclosure and Public Hearing

    The Department will disclose calculations performed within five 
days of the date of publication of this notice in accordance with 
section 351.224(b) of the Department's regulations. An interested party 
may request a hearing within thirty days of publication. See section 
351.310(c) of the Department's regulations. Any hearing, if requested, 
will be held 37 days after the date of publication, or the first 
business day thereafter, unless the Department alters the date pursuant 
to section 351.310(d) of the Department's regulations. Requests should 
contain the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. At the hearing, 
each party may make an affirmative presentation only on issues raised 
in that party's case brief and may make rebuttal presentations only on 
arguments included in that party's rebuttal brief.

Comments

    Interested parties may submit case briefs no later than 30 days 
after the date of publication of these preliminary results of review. 
See 19 CFR 351.309(c). Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the 
case briefs, may be filed no later than 35 days after the date of 
publication of this notice. See 19 CFR 351.309(d). Parties who submit 
arguments in this proceeding are requested to submit with the argument: 
(1) A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and 
(3) a table of authorities. Further, parties submitting written 
comments should provide the Department with an additional copy of the 
public version of any such comments on diskette. The Department will 
issue final results of this administrative review, including the 
results of our analysis of the issues in any such written comments or 
at a hearing, within 120 days of publication of these preliminary 
results.

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Assessment Rates

    The Department shall determine, and CBP shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries. Upon completion of this 
administrative review, pursuant to section 351.212(b) of the 
Department's regulations, the Department will calculate an assessment 
rate on all appropriate entries. Noksel has reported entered values for 
all of its sales of subject merchandise to the United States during the 
POR. Therefore, in accordance with section 351.212(b)(1) of the 
Department's regulations, we will calculate importer-specific duty 
assessment rates on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of 
dumping calculated for the examined sales to the total entered value of 
the examined sales of that importer. If Noksel's weighted-average 
dumping margin remains zero (or below de minimis) for the final results 
of this administrative review, we shall direct CBP to liquidate entries 
subject to this administrative review without regard to antidumping 
duties. See Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-
Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty 
Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
    The Department clarified its ``automatic assessment'' regulation on 
May 6, 2003. See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 
Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). This 
clarification will apply to entries of subject merchandise during the 
POR produced by the respondent for which it did not know its 
merchandise was destined for the United States. In such instances, we 
will instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed entries at the all-others 
rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company involved in the 
transaction. Id.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    Furthermore, the following cash deposit requirements will be 
effective upon completion of the final results of this administrative 
review for all shipments of light-walled rectangular pipe and tube from 
Turkey entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the publication date of the final results of this administrative 
review, as provided by section 751(a)(1) of the Act: (1) The cash 
deposit rate for Noksel will be the rate established in the final 
results of review; (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 this review or the 
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) if neither the 
exporter nor the manufacturer is a firm covered in this or any previous 
review conducted by the Department, the cash deposit rate will be the 
all-others rate of 27.04 percent ad valorem from the LTFV 
investigation. See Notice of Antidumping Duty Order: Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey, 73 FR 31065 (May 30, 2008). 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.

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 the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double the antidumping duties.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 30, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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