[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 213 (Friday, November 4, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66650-66651]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24074]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-489-843]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the Republic of 
Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 
determines that Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S. (Celik Halat), a 
producer/exporter of prestressed concrete steel wire strand (PC strand) 
from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) and sole respondent for this 
administrative review, received countervailable subsidies during the 
period of review (POR), September 9, 2020, through December 31, 2021. 
Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.

DATES: Applicable November 4, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Garten or Amaris Wade, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3342 or (202) 482-6334, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 3, 2021, Commerce published the countervailing duty 
order on PC strand from Turkey.\1\ On April 12, 2022, Commerce 
published the notice of initiation of this administrative review.\2\ 
For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation 
of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.\3\ A list of 
topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided as 
the 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. In addition, a complete version of the 
Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
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    \1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic 
of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Order, 86 FR 7990 (February 3, 2021) 
(Order).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 87 FR 21619 (April 12, 2022).
    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 
Results of the 2020-2021 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review 
of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the Republic of 
Turkey,'' dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 
notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
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Scope of the Order

    The product covered by the Order is PC strand from Turkey. For a 
complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum.

Methodology

    Commerce is conducting this administrative review in accordance 
with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). In reaching these preliminary results, Commerce relied on facts 
otherwise available, with the application of adverse inferences.\4\ For 
further information, see ``Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 
Application of Adverse Inferences'' in the accompanying Preliminary 
Decision Memorandum. For a full description of the methodology 
underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum.
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    \4\ See section 776 of the Act.
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Preliminary Results of Review

    Commerce preliminarily determines the following net countervailable 
subsidy rates for the POR:
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    \5\ As discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum from the 
Investigation, Commerce has found the following companies to be 
cross-owned with Celik Halat: Dogan Sirketler Grubu Holding A.S. and 
Adilbey Holding A.S.

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                                                           Subsidy rate
                         Company                            (percent ad
                                                             valorem)
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Celik Halat ve Tel Sanayi A.S \5\.......................           96.33
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    Commerce has not calculated an estimated weighted-average subsidy 
rate for all other non-selected producer(s)/exporter(s) because Celik 
Halat was the only company subject to this administrative review.

Public Comment

    Case briefs or other written comments may be submitted to the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance no later than 30 
days after the date of publication of these preliminary results of 
review in the Federal Register.\6\ Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues 
raised in case briefs, may be submitted no later than seven days after 
the deadline for filing case briefs.\7\ Pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal 
briefs in this investigation 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 must 
be filed using ACCESS.\8\ An electronically filed document must be 
received successfully in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern 
Time on the established deadline. Note that Commerce has temporarily 
modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing 
business proprietary information, until further notice.\9\
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    \6\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c).
    \7\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d).
    \8\ See 19 CFR 351.303.
    \9\ See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD Service Requirements Due 
to COVID-19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 (July 10, 
2020).
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    Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), interested parties who wish to 
request a hearing, limited to issues raised in the case and rebuttal 
briefs, must submit a written request to the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce within 30 days 
after the date of publication of this notice. Requests should contain 
the party's name, address, and telephone number, the number of 
participants, and a list of the issues to be discussed. If a request 
for a hearing is made, Commerce intends to hold the hearing at a time 
and date to be determined.\10\ Parties should confirm by telephone the 
date, time, and

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location of the hearing two days before the scheduled date.
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    \10\ See 19 CFR 310(d).
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    Unless the deadline is extended pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act, we intend to issue the final results of this administrative 
review, including the results of our analysis of the issues raised by 
the parties in their case briefs, within 120 days of publication of 
these preliminary results in the Federal Register.

Assessment Rates

    Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, Commerce will 
determine, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess, 
countervailing duties on all appropriate entries covered by this 
review. We intend to issue instructions to CBP no earlier than 35 days 
after the date of publication of the final results of this review in 
the Federal Register. If a timely summons is filed at the U.S. Court of 
International Trade, the assessment instructions will direct CBP not to 
liquidate relevant entries until the time for parties to file a request 
for a statutory injunction has expired (i.e., within 90 days of 
publication).

Cash Deposit Requirements

    In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, Commerce also 
intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties in the amounts shown for each of the respective 
companies listed above with regard to 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, CBP will continue to collect cash deposits of estimated 
countervailing duties at the all-others rate or the most recent 
company-specific rate applicable to the company, as appropriate. These 
cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until 
further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

    We are issuing and publishing these preliminary results in 
accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.221(b)(4).

    Dated: October 31, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
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. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and Adverse Inferences
V. Recommendation

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