[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 29 (Monday, February 12, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5987-5989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02764]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-815]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube From Turkey: Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review; 2016-2017

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


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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines 
that Agir Haddecilik A.S. (Agir) did not make sales of subject 
merchandise at prices below normal value during the period of review 
(POR) May 1, 2016, through April 30, 2017.

DATES: Applicable February 12, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hill, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3518.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    This administrative review covers nine exporters of the subject 
merchandise, including the sole mandatory respondent, i.e., Agir. 
Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by the 
closure of the Federal Government from January 20 through 22, 2018. If 
the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with 
Commerce's practice, the deadline will become the next business day. 
The revised deadline for the preliminary result is now February 5, 
2018.\1\ Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary 
results.
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    \1\ See Memorandum for The Record from Christian Marsh, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of 
the Federal Government'' (Tolling Memorandum), dated January 23, 
2018. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been 
extended by 3 days.
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Scope of the Order

    The merchandise covered by the antidumping 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 millimeters. The merchandise subject to the order is classified in 
the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States at subheadings 
7306.61.50.00 and 7306.61.70.60. For a full description of the scope of 
the order, see Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of the 2016-2017 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey,'' dated 
concurrently with this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). Export price is 
calculated in accordance with section 772 of the Act. Normal value is 
calculated in accordance with section 773 of the Act. For a full 
description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum. Further, a list of the topics 
discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memoradum is attached as an 
appendix to this notice. The Preliminary Decision Memorandum is a 
public document and is on file electronically via Enforcement and 
Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://iaaccess.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 Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed Preliminary Decision Memorandum and the electronic 
version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in 
content.

Partial Rescission of Administrative Review

    On August 2, 2017, Atlas Tube and Searing Industries (collectively, 
the petitioners) timely withdrew their request for an administrative 
review of each of the companies for which they had requested a review, 
except for Agir. On September 7, 2017, Noksel timely withdrew its 
request for an administrative review of itself. No other parties 
requested a review of the companies for which the petitioners and 
Noksel timely withdrew their review requests. Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(1), Commerce will rescind an administrative review, in whole 
or in part, if the party or parties that requested a review withdraws 
the request within 90 days of the publication date of the notice of 
initiation of the requested review. Therefore, in accordance with 19 
CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this review of the AD order 
on LWRPT from Turkey with respect to Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi 
A.S., Toscelik Metal Ticaret A.S., Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S., Noksel 
Celik Boru Sanayi A.S., Yucel Boru ve Profil Endustrisi A.S., Yucelboru 
Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama A.S., Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret 
A.S., and CINAR Boru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.

Preliminary Results of Review

    The Department preliminarily determines the weighted-average 
dumping margin for Agir for the period May 1, 2016, through April 30, 
2017, as follows:

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                                                            Weighted-
                 Manufacturer/exporter                    average margin
                                                            (percent)
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Agir Haddecilik A.S....................................            0.00
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Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will determine, and 
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). We 
will calculate importer-specific assessment rates equal to the ratio of 
the total amount of dumping calculated for examined sales with a 
particular importer to the total entered value of the sales in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). Where the respondent's weighted-
average dumping margin is zero or de minimis, or an importer-specific 
assessment rate is zero or de minimis, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate the appropriate entries without regard to antidumping duties. 
The final results of this review shall be the basis for the assessment 
of antidumping duties on entries of merchandise under review and for 
future deposits of estimated duties, where applicable.
    For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the 
respondent for which it did not know that its merchandise was destined 
for the United States, 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.
    We intend to issue instructions to CBP 15 days after the date of 
publication of the final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following cash deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of LWRPT from Turkey entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 
for consumption on or after the date of publication of the notice of 
the final results of this administrative review, as provided for by 
section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for Agir 
will be equal to the weighted-average dumping margin established in the 
final results of this review (except, if the rate is zero or de 
minimis, no cash deposit will be required); (2) for merchandise 
exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but 
covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate 
will continue to be the company-specific rate

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published for the most recently completed segment of this proceeding in 
which the manufacturer or exporter participated; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the less-than-
fair-value investigation, but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit 
rate will be the rate established in the most recently completed 
segment of the proceeding for the manufacturer of the merchandise; and 
(4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will 
continue to be 27.04 percent ad valorem, the all-others rate 
established in the less-than-fair-value investigation.\3\ These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.
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    \3\ See Notice of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Turkey, 73 FR 
19814 (April 11, 2008).
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Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose the calculations used in our analysis 
to interested parties in this review within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 
Interested parties are invited to comment on the preliminary results of 
this review. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties 
may submit case briefs no 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 no later than five days after the time 
limit for filing case briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or 
rebuttal briefs in this proceeding are requested to submit with each 
brief: (1) A statement of the issue, (2) a brief summary of the 
argument, and (3) a table of authorities.\5\ Executive summaries should 
be limited to five pages total, including footnotes.\6\ Case and 
rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\7\
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    \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d)(1).
    \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2).
    \6\ Id.
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), any interested party may request a 
hearing within 30 days of the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register. If a hearing is requested, Commerce will notify interested 
parties of the hearing date. Interested parties who wish to request a 
hearing, or who wish to participate in a hearing if one is requested, 
must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via ACCESS within 30 
days after 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 the issues to be discussed. 
Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the 
respective case and rebuttal briefs.
    We intend to issue the final results of this administrative review, 
including the results of our analysis of issues raised by the parties 
in the written comments, within 120 days of publication of these 
preliminary results in the Federal Register, unless otherwise 
extended.\8\
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    \8\ See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(1).
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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 Commerce's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of double antidumping duties.
    These preliminary results of administrative review are issued and 
published in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1).

    Dated: February 5, 2018.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Appendix--List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Scope of the Order
IV. Partial Rescission of Review
V. Discussion of the Methodology
    Comparisons to Normal Value
    A. Determination of a Comparison Methodology
    B. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis
    Product Comparisons
    Date of Sale
    Export Price
    Duty Drawback
    Normal Value
    A. Home Market Viability
    B. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Comparison-Market Prices
    C. Level of Trade
    Cost of Production Analysis
    A. Cost Averaging Methodology
    1. Significance of Cost Changes
    2. Linkage Between Sales and Cost Information
    B. Calculation of COP
    C. Test of Comparison Market Sales
    D. Results of COP Test
    Currency Conversion
VI. Conclusion
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