[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 59 (Wednesday, March 27, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11504-11506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05867]


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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; 2016

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


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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, 2016, through December 31, 2016. 
We have determined that Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. 
(Borusan), the only mandatory respondent, received countervailable 
subsidies during the POR.

DATES: Applicable March 27, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aimee Phelan, 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) 482-0697.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 11, 2018, 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 exercised its 
discretion to toll deadlines affected by the partial federal government 
closure from December 22, 2018 through the resumption of operations on 
January 29, 2019.\3\ Accordingly, the revised deadline for the final 
results of this review is now March 20, 2019.
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    \1\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Republic of Turkey: 
Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 
2016, 83 FR 51440 (October 11, 2018) (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; 2016,'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and 
Decision Memorandum) at 2-3.
    \3\ See memorandum to the Record from 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, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 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. 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, 
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. The HTSUS subheadings above are provided for convenience 
and customs purposes only. The written description of the scope of the 
order is dispositive. 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 issues raised by Maverick Tube Corporation and TenarisBayCity 
(the domestic interested parties), the Government of Turkey (GOT), and 
Borusan are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum.\5\ A list 
of the issues raised by interested parties and to which we responded in 
the Issues and Decision Memorandum is provided in the Appendix to this 
notice. 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.
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    \5\ Id. at 6-12.
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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.\6\ For a full description of the methodology underlying our 
conclusions, see the Issues and Decision Memorandum.
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    \6\ 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.
    \7\ 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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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, 
2016, through December 31, 2016:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S \7\.......            0.66
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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 and/
or exported by Borusan, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for 
consumption on or after January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016, at 
the ad valorem rate listed above.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, we intend to 
instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing 
duties in the amount shown above for Borusan, on shipments of subject 
merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after the date of publication of the final results of this review. 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: March 22, 2019.
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 Issues and Decision Memorandum

I. Summary
II. Scope of the Order
III. Subsidies Valuation Information
IV. Benchmark Interest Rates
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Analysis of Comments
    Comment 1: Using Production Data Provided by the Government of 
Turkey (GOT) in Analysis of Market Distortion
    Comment 2: The Appropriate Methodology to Calculate a `Tier 2' 
Benchmark
    Comment 3: Whether to Place the Verification Report from the 
Large Diameter Welded Pipe from Turkey Investigation on this Case 
Record
VII. Recommendation

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