[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6511-6513]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02898]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-817]


Oil Country Tubular Goods From the Republic of Turkey: Final 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) has completed its 
administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on oil 
country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). The 
period of review (POR) is January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015. 
We have determined that Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 
(Borusan), the only mandatory respondent, received countervailable 
subsidies at de minimis levels during the POR.

DATES: Applicable February 14, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Shore or Aimee Phelan, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of

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Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-2778 or (202) 482-0697, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 6, 2017, Commerce published the Preliminary Results of 
this CVD administrative review in the Federal Register.\1\ For a 
description of the events that occurred since the Preliminary Results, 
see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\2\ Commerce has exercised its 
discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of 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 final results of this review is now February 6, 
2018.\3\
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    \1\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Turkey: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Review and Rescission of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, in Part, 82 FR 46767 
(October 6, 2017) (Preliminary Results) and accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Oil 
Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Turkey; 2015,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ 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 order is certain OCTG, which are 
hollow steel products of circular cross-section, including oil well 
casing and tubing, of iron (other than cast iron) or steel (both carbon 
and alloy), whether seamless or welded, regardless of end finish (e.g., 
whether or not plain end, threaded, or threaded and coupled) whether or 
not conforming to American Petroleum Institute (API) or non-API 
specifications, whether finished (including limited service OCTG 
products) or unfinished (including green tubes and limited service OCTG 
products), whether or not thread protectors are attached. The scope of 
the order also covers OCTG coupling stock. A full description of the 
scope of the order is contained in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\4\
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    \4\ See Issues and Decision Memorandum at 2-3.
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Analysis of Comments Received

    The only issue raised by interested parties, ``Whether to Include 
Exchange Rate Income or Loss in the Sales Denominator,'' is addressed 
in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. The Issues and Decision 
Memorandum is a public document and is on file electronically via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and CVD Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
https://access.trade.gov; the Issues and Decision Memorandum is 
available to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the 
main Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the internet http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Issues and Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Methodology

    We conducted this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). For each of the subsidy 
programs found to be countervailable during the POR, we find that there 
is a subsidy, i.e., a government-provided financial contribution that 
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and that the subsidy is 
specific.\5\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \5\ See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act regarding 
financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) of the Act regarding 
benefit; and, section 771(5A) of the Act regarding specificity.
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Final Results of the Review

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5), we determine the following 
net countervailable subsidy rate for Borusan, for the period January 1, 
2015, through December 31, 2015:

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                                              Subsidy rate (percent ad
                  Company                             valorem)
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Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret   0.48 percent (de minimis).
 A.S.\6\.
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Disclosure
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    \6\ As discussed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum, Commerce 
has found the following company to be cross-owned with Borusan: 
Borusan Istikbal Ticaret.
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    We will disclose to the parties in this proceeding the calculations 
performed for these final results within five days of the date of 
publication of this notice in the Federal Register.\7\
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    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Assessment Rates

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue 
appropriate assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection (CBP) 15 days after publication of these final results of 
review, to liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced by 
Borusan entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, without regard to 
countervailing duties.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, we intend to 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits at a rate of zero percent, 
because the rate calculated for Borusan in these final results is de 
minimis. 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 Orders

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to an 
administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility 
concerning the disposition 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 sanctionable 
violation.
    We are issuing and publishing these final results of review in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(5).

    Dated: February 6, 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 I--List of Topics Discussed in the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Background
III. Comments Raised by the Parties
IV. Scope of the Order
V. Subsidies Valuation Information
VI. Benchmark Interest Rates
VII. Analysis of Programs
VIII. Analysis of Comment

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IX. Recommendation

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