[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1240-1242]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-00263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-816]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Turkey: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

SUMMARY: On September 7, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of 
antidumping duty order on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from 
Turkey. Based on our analysis of the comments received, we find that 
subject merchandise has been sold at less than normal value.

DATES: Applicable January 10, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477 or (202) 482-1690, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 7, 2017, we published the Preliminary Results of the 
administrative review.\1\ The period of review (POR) for the 
administrative review is September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016. We 
invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Results and 
received case and rebuttal briefs from interested parties.\2\ Commerce 
conducted this review with section 751(a)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Turkey: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-
2016, 82 FR 42285 (September 7, 2017) (Preliminary Results).
    \2\ See Petitioners' Case Brief, ``Re: Certain Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from Turkey: Case Brief,'' dated October 10, 2017 (the 
petitioners' case brief); and Toscelik's Rebuttal Brief, ``Re: Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from Turkey; Toscelik rebuttal brief,'' 
submitted on October 16, 2017 (Toscelik's rebuttal brief). Note that 
Toscelik's rebuttal brief was timely filed but dated incorrectly 
with an August 9, 2016, date.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the order is certain Oil Country Tubular 
Goods (OCTG). The merchandise subject to the order is currently 
classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) under item numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 
7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 
7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 
7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 
7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 
7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 
7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 
7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 
7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 
7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 
7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 
7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 
7306.29.41.00, 7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 
7306.29.81.50.
    The merchandise subject to the order may also enter under the 
following HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 
7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40,

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7304.39.00.44, 7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 
7304.39.00.62, 7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 
7304.39.00.80, 7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 
7304.59.80.25, 7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 
7304.59.80.45, 7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 
7304.59.80.65, 7304.59.80.70, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 
7305.31.60.90, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.50.50, and 
7306.50.50.70.
    While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and 
customs purposes, the written description is dispositive.\3\
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    \3\ A full description of the scope of the order is contained in 
the ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Certain Oil Country 
Tubular Goods from Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby 
adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum).
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Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs by parties in 
this review are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\4\ The 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is a public document and is made 
available to the public via Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 
ACCESS is available to registered users at http://access.trade.gov and 
is available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of 
the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete 
version of the Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly 
on the Enforcement and Compliance website at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. A list of the topics discussed in the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this 
notice.
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    \4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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Changes Since the Preliminary Results

    Based on comments received from interested parties and further 
review of the record, Commerce capped the duty-drawback adjustment 
added to U.S. price.\5\ This revision changed the weighted-average 
dumping margin results for Tos[ccedil]elik Profil ve Sac 
End[uuml]strisi A.[Scedil]. (Toscelik), the sole company subject to 
this review.
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    \5\ Id. at Comment: Duty Drawback.
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    Final Results of the Administrative Review
    For the final results of the administrative review, we determine 
that the following percentage weighted-average dumping margin exists 
for the period September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016:

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                                                              Weighted-
                                                               average
                     Producer/exporter                          margin
                                                              (percent)
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Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S......................        9.13
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Assessment

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1), Commerce will determine, and CBP shall assess, 
antidumping duties on all appropriate entries of subject merchandise in 
accordance with the final results of this review. For Toscelik, we 
calculated importer-specific assessment rates on the basis of the ratio 
of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for each 
importer's examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\6\
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    \6\ In these final results, Commerce applied the assessment rate 
calculation method adopted in 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).
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    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by 
Toscelik for which it did not know that the merchandise was destined 
for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate un-reviewed 
entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate 
company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to issue 
instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of 
this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective upon 
publication of the notice of final results of the administrative review 
for all shipments of OCTG from Turkey entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as 
provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate 
for Toscelik will be 9.13 percent, the weighted-average dumping margin 
established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for 
merchandise exported by producers or exporters not covered in this 
administrative review but covered in a prior completed segment of the 
proceeding, 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 administrative review, a prior review, or 
the original investigation, but the producer has been covered in a 
prior complete segment of this proceeding, the cash deposit rate will 
be the rate established for the most recent period for the producer of 
the merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit rate for all other producers 
or exporters will continue to be 35.86 percent, the all-others rate 
established in the original less-than-fair-value investigation.\7\ 
These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect 
until further notice.
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    \7\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of 
Turkey: Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and 
Affirmative Final Determination of Critical Circumstances, in Part, 
79 FR 41971 (July 18, 2014).
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Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final 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.

Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the destruction of proprietary information disclosed under 
APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written 
notification of the return or destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation subject 
to sanction.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these results in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: January 4, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Discussion of the Issue
    Comment: Duty Drawback

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V. Recommendation

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