[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 219 (Friday, November 13, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70186-70187]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-28887]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From Turkey: Amended 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 2013

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is amending the 
Final Results \1\ of the administrative review of the countervailing 
duty order on certain welded carbon steel pipe and tube from Turkey to 
correct ministerial errors. The period of review (``POR'') is January 
1, 2013, through December 31, 2013.
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    \1\ See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
Calendar Year 2013 and Rescission of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review, in Part, 80 FR 61361 (Dep't Commerce Oct. 13, 
2015) (``Final Results''), and accompanying Decision Memorandum for 
the Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review: 
Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Turkey (Oct. 5, 
2015).

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DATES: Effective date: November 13, 2015

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jolanta Lawska, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone 202-482-8362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 9, 2015, the Department disclosed to interested parties 
its calculations for the Final Results.\2\ On October 13, 2015, we 
received a timely filed ministerial error allegation from Borusan 
Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (BMB), Borusan Istikbal Ticaret 
T.A.S. (Istikbal), and Borusan Lojistik Dagitim Pepolama Tasimacilik ve 
Tic A.S. (Borusan Lojistik) (collectively, the Borusan Companies) 
regarding the Department's final margin calculations.\3\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to Eric Greynolds, Program Manager, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III from Jolanta Lawska, Case Analyst, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office III, ``Final Calculations for the Borusan Group, 
Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (BMB), and Borusan 
Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S. (Istikbal), (collectively, the Borusan 
Companies),'' dated October 5, 2015 (``Final Results 
Calculations'').
    \3\ See Letter from Borusan Companies, dated October 13, 2015.
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Period of Review

    The POR covered by this review is January 1, 2013, through December 
31, 2013.

Scope of Order

    The products covered by this order are certain welded carbon steel 
pipe and tube with an outside diameter of 0.375 inch or more, but not 
over 16 inches, of any wall thickness (pipe and tube) from Turkey. 
These products are currently classifiable under the Harmonized Tariff 
Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) subheadings as 7306.30.10, 
7306.30.50, and 7306.90.10. Although the HTSUS subheadings are provided 
for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the 
merchandise is dispositive.

Ministerial Errors

    Section 751(h) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), 
and 19 CFR 351.224(f) define a ``ministerial error'' as an error ``in 
addition, subtraction, or other arithmetic function, clerical error 
resulting from inaccurate copying, duplication, or the like, and any 
similar type of unintentional error which the Secretary considers 
ministerial.'' We analyzed the Borusan Companies' ministerial error 
comments and determined, in accordance with section 751(h) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.224(e), that there was a ministerial error in our 
calculation of the Borusan Companies net subsidy rate for the Final 
Results. For a complete discussion of the alleged error, see the 
Department's Ministerial Error Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See ``2013 Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipe and Tube from 
Turkey: Amended Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review, 2013: Final Results Ministerial Error Allegation'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (``Ministerial Error Memorandum'').
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    In accordance with section 751(h) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e), 
we are amending the Final Results. Specifically, we are amending the 
net subsidy rate for the Borusan Companies as well as the net subsidy 
rate for those companies that were not selected for individual 
examination, who were assigned the rate determined for the Borusan 
Companies.\5\ The revised net subsidy rates are detailed below.
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    \5\ See Final Results, 80 FR at 61362.
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Amended Final Results

    As a result of correcting for the ministerial error, we determine 
the following amended net subsidy rates for the period January 1, 2013, 
through December 31, 2013:

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             Company                    Net subsidy rate  (percent)
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Borusan Group, Borusan Holding,    0.88 ad valorem.
 A.S. (Borusan Holding), Borusan
 Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve
 Ticaret A.S. (Borusan), Borusan
 Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S.
 (Istikbal), and Borusan Lojistik
 Dagitim Pepolama Tasimacilik ve
 Tic A.S. (Borusan Lojistik)
 (collectively, the Borusan
 Companies).
Umran Celik Born Sanayii A.S.      0.88 ad valorem.
 (also known as Umran Steel Pipe
 Inc.) (Umran).
Guven Steel Pipe (also known as    0.88 ad valorem.
 Guven Celik Born San. Ve Tic.
 Ltd.) (Guven).
Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi  0.88 ad valorem.
 A.S. (Toscelik Profil), Toscelik
 Metal Ticaret AS., and Tosyali
 Dis Ticaret AS. (Tosyali)
 (collectively, the Toscelik
 Companies).
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Assessment Rates/Cash Deposits

    The Department intends to issue assessment instructions to CBP 15 
days after the date of publication of these amended final results to 
liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by 
respondents listed above entered, or withdrawn form warehouse, for 
consumption on or after January 1, 2013, through December 31, 2013.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties, in the amounts shown above for each of the 
respective companies shown above, on shipments of subject merchandise 
entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 
October 13, 2015, the date of publication of the Final Results. For all 
non-reviewed firms, we will instruct CBP to continue to collect cash 
deposits at the most-recent company-specific or all-others rate 
applicable to the company, as appropriate. These cash deposit 
requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further 
notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective orders (``APO'') of their responsibility 
concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information 
disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which 
continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of 
the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return/destruction 
of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby 
requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and the terms of an 
APO is a sanctionable violation.

Disclosure

    We will disclose the calculations performed for these amended final 
results to interested parties within five business days of the date of 
the publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b).
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(h) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.224(e).

    Dated: November 5, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-28887 Filed 11-12-15; 8:45 am]
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