2022-08260. Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes From the Republic of Turkey: Final Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review

AGENCY:

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

SUMMARY:

On February 25, 2022, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) published the notice of initiation and preliminary results of the changed circumstances review (CCR) of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes (HWR pipes and tubes) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey). Commerce preliminarily determined that Özdemir Boru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret Anonim Sirketi (Ozdemir A.S.) is the successor-in-interest to Özdemir Boru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi (Ozdemir LLC) and, as a result, should be accorded the same CVD cash deposit treatment as Ozdemir LLC with respect to subject merchandise. For these final results, Commerce continues to find that Odzemir A.S. is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir LLC and is entitled to the same cash deposit treatment as Ozdemir LLC under the CVD order on HWR pipes and tubes from Turkey.

DATES:

Applicable April 18, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jaron Moore or Robert Palmer, AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: [phone] or [phone], respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

On February 25, 2022, Commerce published the Initiation and Preliminary Results  ^[1] of this changed circumstances review, finding that Ozdemir A.S. is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir LLC and, as such, that Ozdemir A.S. is entitled to Ozdemir LLC's CVD cash deposit rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise.^[2] In the Initiation and Preliminary Results, we provided all interested parties with an opportunity to comment and request a public hearing regarding our preliminary results. No party requested a hearing, submitted a case brief, or otherwise commented on the Initiation and Preliminary Results.

Scope of the Order ^[3]

The products covered by the Order are certain heavy walled rectangular welded steel pipes and tubes of rectangular (including square) cross section, having a nominal wall thickness of not less than 4 mm. The merchandise includes, but is not limited to, the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) A-500, grade B specifications, or comparable domestic or foreign specifications.

Included products are those in which: (1) Iron predominates, by weight, over each of the other contained elements; (2) the carbon content is 2 percent or less, by weight; and (3) none of the elements below exceed the quantity, by weight, respectively indicated:

• 2.50 percent of manganese, or
• 3.30 percent of silicon, or
• 1.50 percent of copper, or
• 1.50 percent of aluminum, or
• 1.25 percent of chromium, or
• 0.30 percent of cobalt, or
• 0.40 percent of lead, or
• 2.0 percent of nickel, or
• 0.30 percent of tungsten, or
• 0.80 percent of molybdenum, or
• 0.10 percent of niobium (also called columbium), or
• 0.30 percent of vanadium, or
• 0.30 percent of zirconium.

The subject merchandise is currently provided for in item 7306.61.1000 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). Subject merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 7306.61.3000. While the HTSUS subheadings and ASTM specification are provided for convenience and customs purposes, the written description of the scope of the Order is dispositive.

Final Results of Changed Circumstances Review

Having received no comments from interested parties and finding no information or evidence on the record that calls into question the preliminary results, we continue to find that Ozdemir A.S. is the successor-in-interest to Ozdemir LLC and, as such, that Ozdemir A.S. is entitled to Ozdemir LLC's CVD cash deposit rate with respect to entries of subject merchandise for the reasons stated in the Initiation and Preliminary Results.^[4] As a result of this determination and consistent with established practice, we find that Ozdemir A.S. should receive the CVD cash deposit rate previously assigned to Ozdemir LLC. Consequently, Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection to suspend liquidation of all shipments of subject merchandise produced and/or exported by Ozdemir A.S. and entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the publication date of this notice in the Federal Register at the CVD cash deposit rate in effect for Ozdemir LLC. This cash deposit requirement shall remain in effect until further notice.

Notification to Interested Parties

This notice serves as a final reminder to parties subject to 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). Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a sanctionable violation.

This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(b)(1) and 777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and 19 CFR 351.216(e).

Dated: April 6, 2022.

Lisa W. Wang,

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

Footnotes

1.   See Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Notice of Initiation and Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Changed Circumstances Review, 87 FR 10772 (February 25, 2022) ( Initiation and Preliminary Results ).

2.   Id.

3.   Heavy Walled Rectangular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from the Republic of Turkey: Amended Final Affirmative Countervailing Duty Determination and Countervailing Duty Order, 81 FR 62874 (September 13, 2016) ( Order ).

4.   Initiation and Preliminary Results, 87 FR 10772, 10773.