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| FR Document | 2017-18976 |
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 172 (Thursday, September 7, 2017)] [Notices] [Pages 42285-42287] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2017-18976] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A-489-816] Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Turkey: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016 AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Turkey. The period of review (POR) is September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016. The review covers one producer/exporter of the subject merchandise, Toscelik Profil ve Sac End[uuml]strisi A.[Scedil]. (Toscelik). We preliminarily find that Toscelik has not sold subject merchandise at less than normal value. We invite interested parties to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable September 7, 2017. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, 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) 482-3477. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scope of the Order The merchandise covered by the order is certain OCTG. The merchandise subject to the order is currently classified in the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under item numbers: 7304.29.10.10, 7304.29.10.20, 7304.29.10.30, 7304.29.10.40, 7304.29.10.50, 7304.29.10.60, 7304.29.10.80, 7304.29.20.10, 7304.29.20.20, 7304.29.20.30, 7304.29.20.40, 7304.29.20.50, 7304.29.20.60, 7304.29.20.80, 7304.29.31.10, 7304.29.31.20, 7304.29.31.30, 7304.29.31.40, 7304.29.31.50, 7304.29.31.60, 7304.29.31.80, 7304.29.41.10, 7304.29.41.20, 7304.29.41.30, 7304.29.41.40, 7304.29.41.50, 7304.29.41.60, 7304.29.41.80, 7304.29.50.15, 7304.29.50.30, 7304.29.50.45, 7304.29.50.60, 7304.29.50.75, 7304.29.61.15, 7304.29.61.30, 7304.29.61.45, 7304.29.61.60, 7304.29.61.75, 7305.20.20.00, 7305.20.40.00, 7305.20.60.00, 7305.20.80.00, 7306.29.10.30, 7306.29.10.90, 7306.29.20.00, 7306.29.31.00, 7306.29.41.00, [[Page 42286]] 7306.29.60.10, 7306.29.60.50, 7306.29.81.10, and 7306.29.81.50. The merchandise subject to the order may also enter under the following HTSUS item numbers: 7304.39.00.24, 7304.39.00.28, 7304.39.00.32, 7304.39.00.36, 7304.39.00.40, 7304.39.00.44, 7304.39.00.48, 7304.39.00.52, 7304.39.00.56, 7304.39.00.62, 7304.39.00.68, 7304.39.00.72, 7304.39.00.76, 7304.39.00.80, 7304.59.60.00, 7304.59.80.15, 7304.59.80.20, 7304.59.80.25, 7304.59.80.30, 7304.59.80.35, 7304.59.80.40, 7304.59.80.45, 7304.59.80.50, 7304.59.80.55, 7304.59.80.60, 7304.59.80.65, 7304.59.80.70, 7304.59.80.80, 7305.31.40.00, 7305.31.60.90, 7306.30.50.55, 7306.30.50.90, 7306.50.50.50, and 7306.50.50.70. While the HTSUS subheadings are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description is dispositive.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ A full description of the scope of the Order is contained in the Memorandum, ``Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Turkey: Decision Memorandum for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review; 2015-2016,'' dated concurrently with and hereby adopted by this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Treatment of Affiliated Parties as a Single Entity We preliminarily determine that Toscelik and its affiliates, Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. (Tosyali), Tosyali Demir Celik A.S. (TDC), Tosyali Holding A.S., Toscelik Granul San A.S., Tosyali Celik Ticaret A.S., Toscelik Spiral Boru Uretim Sanayi A.S., Tosyali Elek. Enerjsi Toptan SAT, A.S., and Tosyali Elek Enerjsi Uretim A.S., are affiliated as defined by section 771(33) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). In addition, we preliminarily determine that Toscelik and its affiliates, Tosyali, TDC, Toscelik Granul San A.S., Tosyali Celik Ticaret A.S., and Toscelik Spiral Boru Uretim Sanayi A.S., should be treated as a single entity (hereinafter referred to as Toscelik Single Entity) for the purposes of the Department's analysis in this administrative review.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \2\ See Memorandum, ``Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Turkey--Collapsing of Toscelik Profil ve Sac End[uuml]strisi A.[Scedil], Toscelik Profil ve Sac End[uuml]strisi A.S., and affiliated companies,'' dated concurrently with this notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Methodology The Department is conducting this administrative review in accordance with section 751(a)(2) 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 our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 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 http://access.trade.gov and to all parties in the Central Records Unit, Room B8024 of the main Department of Commerce building. In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly on the Internet at http://enforcement.trade.gov/frn/index.html. A list of the topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is attached as an Appendix to this notice. Preliminary Results of Review As a result of this administrative review, we preliminarily determine that the following weighted-average dumping margin exists for the period September 1, 2015, through August 31, 2016: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Producer/exporter Weighted-average margin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Toscelik Single Entity.................... 0.00 percent ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Disclosure We intend to disclose the calculations performed to parties within five days after public announcement of the preliminary results.\3\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \3\ See 19 CFR 351.224(b). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Public Comment Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs not later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs.\4\ Parties who submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding 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.\5\ Case and rebuttal briefs should be filed using ACCESS.\6\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \4\ See 19 CFR 351.309(d). \5\ See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). \6\ See 19 CFR 351.303. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 the Department's electronic records system, ACCESS, by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time within 30 days after the date of publication of this notice.\7\ Requests should contain: (1) The party's name, address and telephone number; (2) the number of participants; and (3) a list of issues to be discussed. Issues raised in the hearing will be limited to those raised in the respective case briefs. The Department intends to issue the final results of this administrative review, including the results of its analysis of the issues raised in any written briefs, not later than 120 days after the date of publication of this notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \7\ See 19 CFR 351.310(c). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assessment Rates Upon completion of the final results, the Department shall determine and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) shall assess antidumping duties on all appropriate entries. If the Toscelik Single Entity's weighted-average dumping margin is above de minimis in the final results of this review, we will calculate an importer-specific assessment rate on the basis of the ratio of the total amount of antidumping duties calculated for the importer's examined sales and the total entered value of the sales in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1).\8\ If the Toscelik Single Entity's weighted-average dumping margin continues to be zero or de minimis in the final results of review, we will instruct CBP not to assess duties on any of its entries in accordance with the Final Modification for Reviews.\9\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \8\ In these preliminary results, the Department applied the assessment rate calculation method adopted in Antidumping Proceedings: Calculation of the Weighted-Average Dumping Margin and Assessment Rate in Certain Antidumping Duty Proceedings; Final Modification, 77 FR 8101 (February 14, 2012) (Final Modification for Reviews). \9\ See Final Modification for Reviews, 77 FR at 8102. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- For entries of subject merchandise during the POR produced by the Toscelik Single Entity for which it did not know its merchandise was destined for the United States, we will instruct CBP to liquidate unreviewed entries at the all-others rate if there is no rate for the intermediate company(ies) involved in the transaction. We intend to issue liquidation instructions to CBP 15 days after publication of the final results of this review. Cash Deposit Requirements The following deposit requirements will be effective upon publication of the [[Page 42287]] notice of final results of this review for all shipments of OCTG from Turkey entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of publication as provided by section 751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) The cash deposit rate for the Toscelik Single Entity will be the rate established in the final results of this administrative review; (2) for merchandise exported by manufacturers or exporters not covered in this review but covered in a prior segment of the proceeding, the cash deposit rate will continue to be the company- specific rate published for the most recent period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm covered in this review, a prior review, or the original investigation but the manufacturer is, the cash deposit rate will be the rate established for the most recent period for the manufacturer of the merchandise; (4) the cash deposit rate for all other manufacturers or exporters will continue to be 35.86 percent,\10\ the all-others rate established in the less-than-fair-value investigation. These cash deposit requirements, when imposed, shall remain in effect until further notice. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \10\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Antidumping Duty Orders; and Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 79 FR 53691, 53693 (September 10, 2014). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Department's presumption that reimbursement of antidumping duties occurred and the subsequent assessment of double antidumping duties. Notification to Interested Parties The Department is issuing and publishing these results in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(1)(b)(4). Dated: August 31, 2017. 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. Appendix List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum Summary Background Scope of the Order Treatment of Affiliated Parties as a Single Entity Discussion of the Methodology Comparisons to Normal Value A. Determination of Comparison Method B. Results of Differential Pricing Analysis Product Comparisons Date of Sale Export Price Normal Value A. Home-Market Viability and Comparison Market B. Level of Trade C. Calculation of Normal Value Based on Contructed Value D. Cost of Production Currency Conversion Recommendation [FR Doc. 2017-18976 Filed 9-6-17; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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| Collection | Federal Register | |
| sudoc Class | AE 2.7: GS 4.107: AE 2.106: | |
| Publisher | Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration | |
| Section | Notices | |
| Dates | Applicable September 7, 2017. | |
| Contact | Hermes Pinilla, 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) 482-3477. | |
| FR Citation | 82 FR 42285 |