[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 179 (Monday, September 16, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48588-48590]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-19922]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-829]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Turkey: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2017-
2018

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily finds that 
exporters of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic 
of Turkey (Turkey) sold subject merchandise in the United States at 
prices below normal value during the period of review (POR) March 7, 
2017 through June 30, 2018. We invite all interested parties to comment 
on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable September 16, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathryn Wallace and Thomas Dunne, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6251 and (202) 
482-2328, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on rebar from Turkey in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(B) 
of Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).\1\ On September 10, 2018, 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(c)(1)(i), we initiated an 
administrative review of the Order covering six companies.\2\ On 
October 30, 2018, Commerce selected Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve 
Ulasim Sanayi A.S. (Icdas) and Kaptan Demir Celik End[uuml]strisi ve 
Ticaret A.S. (Kaptan Demir) as the mandatory respondents

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for this review.\3\ Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all 
deadlines affected by the partial federal government closure from 
December 22, 2018 through the resumption of operations on January 29, 
2019.\4\ On April 9, 2019 and August 7, 2019, Commerce postponed the 
preliminary results of this review.\5\ The revised deadline for the 
preliminary results is September 6, 2019.
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    \1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of 
Turkey and Japan: Amended Final Affirmative Antidumping Duty 
Determination for the Republic of Turkey and Antidumping Duty 
Orders, 82 FR 32532 (July 14, 2017) (Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 83 FR 45596 (September 10, 2018).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Respondent Selection for the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from 
the Republic of Turkey,'' dated October 30, 2018.
    \4\ 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.
    \5\ See Memoranda, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the 
Republic of Turkey--1st Administrative Review: Extension of Deadline 
for the Preliminary Results of the Review,'' and ``Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey: Second Extension of 
Deadline for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review--2017-2018,'' dated April 9, 2019 and August 7, 2019, 
respectively.
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is steel concrete reinforcing bar 
from Turkey. For a full description of the scope, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.\6\
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    \6\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Steel Concrete 
Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey; 2017-2018'' dated 
concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum).
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Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751 
of 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 the 
preliminary results, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of 
topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 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 https://access.trade.gov, 
and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main 
Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/. The signed and electronic versions of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum are identical in content.

Preliminary Results of This Review

    As a result of this review, we calculated a preliminary weighted-
average dumping margin of 0.91 percent for Kaptan Demir and 1.57 for 
Icdas for the POR. Commerce calculated the rate for the companies not 
selected for individual examination using a weighted-average of the 
estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for Icdas and 
Kaptan Demir and each company's publicly-ranged values for the 
merchandise under consideration.\7\ We preliminarily determine that the 
following weighted-average dumping margins exist for the period of 
March 7, 2017 through June 30, 2018:
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    \7\ With two respondents under examination, Commerce normally 
calculates (A) a weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average 
dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents; (B) a 
simple average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins 
calculated for the examined respondents; and (C) a weighted-average 
of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the 
examined respondents using each company's publicly-ranged U.S. sale 
quantities for the merchandise under consideration. Commerce then 
compares (B) and (C) to (A) and selects the rate closest to (A) as 
the most appropriate rate for producers and exporters not subject to 
individual examination. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Final Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Final Results of 
Changed-Circumstances Review, and Revocation of an Order in Part, 75 
FR 53661, 53663 (September 1, 2010). For a complete analysis of the 
data, see the Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination 
Calculation Memorandum.

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                                                               Estimated
                                                               weighted-
                                                                average
                      Exporter/producer                         dumping
                                                                margin
                                                               (percent)
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Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S.............        1.57
Kaptan Demir Celik End[uuml]strisi ve Ticaret A.S...........        0.91
Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S...................................      * 1.41
Colakoglu Metalurji A.S.....................................      * 1.41
Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S.........      * 1.41
Kaptan Metal Dis Ticaret ve Nakliyat A.S....................      * 1.41
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* This rate is the weighted-average of the estimated weighted-average
  dumping margins for Icdas and Kaptan Demir, using each company's
  publicly-ranged values for the merchandise under consideration.

Assessment Rates

    Upon issuance of the final results, Commerce shall determine, and 
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, antidumping 
duties on all appropriate entries covered by this review. For any 
individually examined respondents whose weighted-average dumping margin 
is above de minimis (i.e., 0.50 percent), we will calculate importer-
specific ad valorem duty assessment rates based on the ratio of the 
total amount of dumping calculated for the importer's examined sales to 
the total entered value of those same sales in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(1).\8\ We will instruct CBP to assess antidumping duties on 
all appropriate entries covered by this review when the importer-
specific assessment rate calculated in the final results of this review 
is not zero or de minimis. If either individually-selected respondents' 
weighted-average dumping margin 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 covered by 
this review where applicable.
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    \8\ In these preliminary results, Commerce applied the 
assessment rate calculation methodology adopted in Antidumping 
Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and 
Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Proceedings: Final 
Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012).
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    In accordance with Commerce's ``automatic assessment'' practice, 
for entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by Kaptan 
Demir and Icdas for which each company did not know that the 
merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to 
liquidate those 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 publication date of the 
final results of this review.

Cash Deposit Requirements

    The following deposit requirements will be effective for all 
shipments of the subject merchandise entered, or withdrawn from 
warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of the 
final results of this administrative review, as provided by section 
751(a)(2)(C) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the companies 
under review will be the rate established in the final results of this 
review (except, if the ad valorem rate is de minimis, then the cash 
deposit rate will be zero); (2) for previously reviewed or investigated 
companies not covered in this review, the cash deposit rate will 
continue to be the company-specific rate published for the most 
recently-completed segment of this

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proceeding in which the company was reviewed; (3) if the exporter is 
not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original 
investigation, but the producer is, the cash deposit rate will be the 
rate established for the most recently-completed segment of this 
proceeding for the producer of subject merchandise; and (4) the cash 
deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to 
be 7.26 percent, the all-others rate established in the 
investigation.\9\
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    \9\ See Order, 82 FR at 32533.
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    These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Disclosure and Public Comment

    Commerce intends to disclose its calculations and analysis 
performed within five days of the date of publication of this notice in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(1)(ii), interested parties will have the opportunity to 
comment on the preliminary results and may submit case briefs and/or 
written comments at a date to be determined in a memorandum following 
the issuance of the preliminary results. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 
issues raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than five days 
after the deadline date for case briefs.\10\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this review are encouraged to submit with each argument: (1) 
A statement of the issue; (2) a brief summary of the argument; and (3) 
a table of authorities. Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using 
ACCESS.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 351.309; see also 19 CFR 351.303 (for general 
filing requirements).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing must submit a written request to the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, filed electronically via 
ACCESS. An electronically-filed document must be received successfully 
in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 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; (3) whether any participant is a foreign national; and 
(4) a list of issues parties intend to discuss. Issues raised in the 
hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case and 
rebuttal briefs.\11\ If a request for a hearing is made, Commerce 
intends to hold the hearing at the U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, at a time and date to be 
determined.\12\ Parties should confirm by telephone the date, time, and 
location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \11\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
    \12\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c).
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    Unless otherwise extended, Commerce intends to issue the final 
results of this administrative review, which will include the results 
of its analysis of issues raised in any briefs, within 120 days of 
publication of these preliminary results, pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a preliminary 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 POR. Failure to comply with this 
requirement could result in the Secretary's presumption that 
reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent 
assessment of doubled antidumping duties.

Notification to Interested Parties

    The preliminary results of review are issued and published in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: September 6, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination
V. Comparisons to Normal Value
VI. Date of Sale
VII. Export Price
VIII. Normal Value
IX. Currency Conversion
X. Recommendation

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