[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 55 (Friday, March 20, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16056-16057]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-05810]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-830]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Turkey: Final 
Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that Habas 
Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. (Habas), a producer/
exporter of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of 
Turkey (Turkey) received net countervailable subsidies during the 
period of review March 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017.

DATES: Applicable March 20, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nancy Decker, 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) 482-0196.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    Commerce published the Preliminary Results of this administrative 
review on September 16, 2019.\1\ For a history of events that occurred 
since the Preliminary Results, see the Issues and Decision 
Memorandum.\2\ On December 2, 2019, Commerce extended the deadline for 
the final results of this administrative review until March 13, 
2020.\3\
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    \1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of 
Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review; 2017, 84 FR 48583 (September 16, 2019) (Preliminary Results) 
and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Issues and Decision Memorandum for the 
Final Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of 
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey; 2017,'' 
dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues 
and Decision Memorandum).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the 
Republic of Turkey: Extension of Deadline for Final Results in 2017 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,'' dated December 2, 2019.
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Scope of the Order 4
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    \4\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of 
Turkey: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination 
and Countervailing Duty Order, 82 FR 32531 (July 14, 2017) (Order).
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    The merchandise covered by the Order is steel concrete reinforcing 
bar (rebar). For a complete description of the scope, see the Issues 
and Decision Memorandum.

Analysis of Comments Received

    All issues raised in interested parties' briefs are 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 Countervailing Duty Centralized Electronic 
Service System (ACCESS). ACCESS is available to registered users at 
http://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 Issues and 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. 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.

Methodology

    Commerce conducted this administrative 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 countervailable, we determine 
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 Commerce's 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 Habas, for the period March 1, 
2017 through December 31, 2017:

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            ad valorem
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Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S. \6\    3.37 percent
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Disclosure

    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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    \6\ This rate applies only to merchandise both produced and 
exported by Habas. Merchandise produced by Habas, but exported by 
another company, or produced by another company and exported by 
Habas continues to be covered by Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from 
the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Order, 79 FR 65926 (Nov. 
6, 2014).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b).
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Assessment and Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), Commerce intends to issue 
assessment instructions to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 15 
days after the date of publication of these final results of review, to 
liquidate shipments of subject merchandise produced and exported by 
Habas and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or 
after March 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017, at the ad valorem 
assessment rate listed above.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amount shown above for Habas. These cash 
deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice also serves as a reminder to parties subject to 
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 the terms of an APO is a 
sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    These final results are issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 13, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
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. Subsidies Valuation Information
V. Analysis of Programs
VI. Discussion of the Issues

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    Comment 1: Benchmark for Provision of Natural Gas for Less Than 
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VII. Recommendation

[FR Doc. 2020-05810 Filed 3-19-20; 8:45 am]
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