1. On 03/01/2017, Commerce published in the Federal Register its preliminary affirmative determination and postponement of its final determination in the countervailing duty investigation of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) from 05/08/2017 until no later than 05/15/2017, thereby aligning it with the due date for the final determination in the antidumping duty investigation of rebar from Turkey (82 FR 12195).

2. The products covered by this investigation are described in message 6293304, dated 10/19/2016.

3. This investigation has been assigned investigation number C-489-830.

4. For imports of rebar from Turkey, CBP shall suspend liquidation of such shipments entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 03/01/2017. Effective 03/01/2017, CBP shall require, for such entries, a cash deposit equal to the subsidy rates for the following companies:

Producer and/or exporter: Habaş Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endüstrisi A.Ş.
Case number: C-489-830-001
Subsidy rate: 3.47%

Producer and/or exporter: All-Others
Case number: C-489-830-000
Subsidy rate: 3.47%

Note to CBP: There are currently no producers and/or exporters subject to the “All-Others” rate listed above. Excluding Habaş Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endüstrisi A.Ş., all other Turkish producers and/or exporters of rebar are currently subject to the existing countervailing duty order on rebar from Turkey, which is assigned the case number C-489-819. Therefore, in regard to this investigation number C-489-830, CBP should only collect cash deposits from Habaş Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endüstrisi A.Ş., until instructed otherwise by Commerce.

5. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OVII:KMW.)

6. There are no restrictions on the release of this information.

Alexander Amdur