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AGENCY:
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY:
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye) during the period of review (POR) from January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. In addition, Commerce is rescinding this review, in part, with respect to 10 companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results.
DATES:
Applicable October 9, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nicholas Czajkowski, 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) 482-1395.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 18, 2014, Commerce published in the Federal Register the countervailing duty (CVD) order on OCTG from Türkiye. On November 15, 2023, Commerce published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of an administrative review of the Order. On December 18, 2024, Commerce selected Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Borusan) and Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Cayirova) for individual examination as the mandatory respondents in this administrative review. On May 21, 2024, we extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review until September 27, 2024. On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. The deadline for the preliminary results is now October 4, 2024.
See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India and the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Orders and Amended Affirmative Final Countervailing Duty Determination for India, 79 FR 53688 (September 10, 2014) ( Order).
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 78298 (November 15, 2023) ( Initiation Notice).
See Memorandum, “Companies to be Reviewed,” dated December 18, 2024.
See Memorandum, “Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,” dated May 21, 2024.
See Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadline for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,” dated July 22, 2024.
For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. A list of topics discussed in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is included in the Appendix I 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 http://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 .
See Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review on Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods; 2022,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
Scope of the Order
The merchandise covered by the Order is OCTG. 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). For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily find 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). For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Determination Memorandum.
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.
Partial Rescission of Administrative Review
Commerce may rescind an administrative review of a CVD order when no reviewable entries of subject merchandise exist during the POR for which liquidation is suspended, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3). Normally, upon completion of an administrative review, suspended entries are liquidated at the CVD assessment rate calculated for the review period. Therefore, for an administrative review to be conducted, there must be a reviewable, suspended entry that Commerce can instruct CBP to liquidate at the CVD assessment rate calculated for the POR.
See, e.g., Lightweight Thermal Paper from the People's Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2015,82 FR 14349 (March 20, 2017); see also Circular Welded Carbon Quality Steel Pipe from the People's Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2017, 84 FR 14650 (April 11, 2019).
See19 CFR 351.212(b)(2).
See19 CFR 351.213(d)(3).
Based on our analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data, we determine that 10 companies had no entries of subject merchandise during the POR. On September 24, 2024, we notified interested parties of our intent to rescind the administrative review with respect to 10 companies because there are no reviewable entries. No parties commented on the notification of intent to rescind, in part. Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(3), we are rescinding the administrative review of these companies. For a list of these companies with no reviewable suspended entries of subject merchandise, see Appendix II.
See Memorandum, “Intent to Rescind review, in Part,” dated September 24, 2024.
Preliminary Results of Review
We preliminarily find that the following net countervailable subsidy rates exist for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022:
We preliminarily cumulated any subsidy benefits received by Yücelboru Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama A.Ş. with those received by Cayirova, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.525(c). See Preliminary Decision Memorandum at 5-6.
| Company | Subsidy rate (percent ad valorem) |
|---|---|
| Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S | 1.01 |
| Cayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S | 1.55 |