[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68439-68440]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-822]


Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Turkey: Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Final Determination of No 
Shipments; 2020-2021

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) determines that 
Cimtas Boru Imalatlari ve Ticaret, Ltd. Sti. (Cimtas) had no shipments 
of subject merchandise during the period of review (POR), December 1, 
2020, through November 30, 2021.

DATES: Applicable November 15, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Hargett, 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) 482-4161.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 30, 2022, Commerce published its preliminary 
determination of no shipments with respect to Cimtas in the Federal 
Register and invited comments from interested parties.\1\ No interested 
party submitted comments. Accordingly, no decision memorandum 
accompanies this Federal Register notice. Commerce conducted this 
review in accordance with section 751 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act).
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    \1\ See Welded Line Pipe from the Republic of Turkey: 
Preliminary Determination of No Shipments and Partial Rescission of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2020-2021, 87 FR 52911 
(August 30, 2022) (Preliminary Results). In the Preliminary Results, 
we also rescinded this review with respect to 18 companies for which 
the request for review was withdrawn; thus, Cimtas is the sole 
remaining respondent.
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Scope of the Order

    The products covered by the order are circular welded carbon and 
alloy steel (other than stainless steel) pipe of a kind used for oil or 
gas pipelines (welded line pipe), not more than 24 inches in nominal 
outside diameter, regardless of wall thickness, length, surface finish, 
end finish, or stenciling. Welded line pipe is normally produced to the 
American Petroleum Institute (API) specification 5L, but can be 
produced to comparable foreign specifications, to proprietary grades, 
or can be non-graded material. All pipe meeting the physical 
description set forth above, including multiple-stenciled pipe with an 
API or comparable foreign specification line pipe stencil is covered by 
the scope of this order.
    The welded line pipe that is subject to the order is currently 
classifiable in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
(HTSUS) under subheadings 7305.11.1030, 7305.11.5000, 7305.12.1030, 
7305.12.5000, 7305.19.1030, 7305.19.5000, 7306.19.1010, 7306.19.1050, 
7306.19.5110, and 7306.19.5150. The subject merchandise may also enter 
in HTSUS 7305.11.1060 and 7305.12.1060. While the HTSUS subheadings are 
provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description 
of the scope of the order is dispositive.

Final Determination of No Shipments

    In the Preliminary Results, Commerce determined that the sole 
respondent in this administrative review, Cimtas, had no shipments and, 
therefore, no reviewable entries, of subject merchandise during the 
POR.\2\ This determination was based on a response of the U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP) to Commerce's no-shipment inquiry, as well 
as certifications and supporting documentation provided by Cimtas.\3\ 
We received no comments from interested parties with respect to this 
record information or the preliminary finding of no shipments for 
Cimtas. Therefore, because the record indicates that this company did 
not export subject merchandise to the United States during the POR, we 
continue to find that Cimtas had no reviewable transactions during the 
POR.
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    \2\ Id., 87 FR at 52912.
    \3\ Id.
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Assessment Rates

    Consistent with Commerce's practice, we intend to instruct CBP to 
liquidate any existing entries of merchandise produced by Cimtas, but 
exported by other parties, at the rate for the intermediate reseller, 
if available, or at the all-others rate.\4\
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    \4\ See, e.g., Magnesium Metal from the Russian Federation: 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 
26922, 26923 (May 13, 2010), unchanged in Magnesium Metal from the 
Russian Federation: Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 56989 (September 17, 2010).
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    Commerce intends to issue assessment 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

    Because we find that Cimtas had no shipments during the POR, there 
will be no change to the existing cash deposit requirements. 
Accordingly, Cimtas's current cash deposit requirements shall remain in 
effect until further notice.

Notification to Importers

    This notice serves as a final reminder to importers of their 
responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 
regarding the reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing duties 
prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. 
Failure to comply with this requirement could result in Commerce's 
presumption that reimbursement of antidumping and/or countervailing 
duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping 
duties, and/or an increase in the amount of antidumping duties by the 
amount of the countervailing duties.

Administrative Protective Order

    This notice serves as the only 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), which continues to govern 
business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. 
Timely written notification of return/destruction of APO materials or 
conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to 
comply with the regulations

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and the terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(1) and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h).

    Dated: November 8, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-24841 Filed 11-14-22; 8:45 am]
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