Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 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, 2015, through December 31, 2015. The Department initiated this administrative review with respect to the following producers/exporters of subject merchandise: Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and Borusan Istikbal Ticaret (collectively, Borusan); and Tosçelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.Ş. and Tosyali Diş Ticaret A. Ş. (collectively, Toscelik). We preliminarily find that Borusan received countervailable subsidies at
Applicable October 6, 2017.
Jennifer Shore or 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) 482–2778 or (202) 482–0697, respectively.
On September 8, 2016, the Department published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD order on OCTG from Turkey for the period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015.
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 (
We are conducting 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 to be countervailable, we preliminarily find that there is a subsidy,
As stated above, the Department initiated an administrative review of Toscelik for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
We preliminarily find that the following net countervailable subsidy rate for the mandatory respondent, Borusan, for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015:
Consistent with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.212(b)(2), upon issuance of the final results, the Department 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 15 days after publication of the final results of this review.
As a result of Toscelik's exclusion from the CVD order on OCTG from Turkey, the Department will instruct CBP to terminate the suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise where Toscelik acted as both the producer and exporter during the period January 1, 2015, through December 31, 2015, and to liquidate, without regard to countervailing duties, all entries of OCTG produced and exported by Toscelik currently suspended. Entries of subject merchandise exported to the United States by any other producer and exporter combination involving Toscelik are not entitled to this exclusion from suspension of liquidation and are subject to the cash deposit rate for the “all others” entity. The Department intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice in the
In accordance with section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Act, the Department intends to instruct CBP to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties in the amount shown above for Borusan, should the final results of this administrative review remain the same as these preliminary results; if the rate is zero or
We will disclose to parties in this review the calculations performed in reaching the preliminary results within five days of publication of these preliminary results.
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 by 5 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.
These preliminary results and notice 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).