• Effective Date: Oct 12, 2017
  • Period Covered: 01/01/2015 to 12/31/2015
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015
  • Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Oct 12, 2017
  • Cite as: 82 FR 47479 • Cite date: Oct 12, 2017

1. Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise occurred with the publication of the final results of administrative review of the countervailing duty order (C-489-502) on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey for the period 01/01/2015 through 12/31/2015 (82 FR 47479, 10/12/2017).

2. Accordingly, you are now instructed to liquidate all shipments of circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey, entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after 01/01/2015 and on or before 12/31/2015 at the following percentages of entered value:

Product: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes
Country: Turkey

Company Name: Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (part of the Erbosan Companies)
Case number: C-489-502-004
Final Subsidy Rate: 6.64 percent

Company Name: Yucel Companies
Case number: C-489-502-006
Final Subsidy Rate: 6.64 percent

Note: The Yucel Companies include the following entities: Yucel Boru ye Profil Endustrisi A.S., Yucelboru Ihracat Ithalat ye Pazarlama A.S., and Cayirova Boru Sanayi ye Ticaret A.S.
Entries may have been made under C-489-502-007 and C-489-502-008.

Company Name: Borusan Companies
Case Number: C-489-502-015
Final Subsidy Rate: 0.00 percent

Note: The Borusan Companies include the following entities: Borusan Group, Borusan Holding, A.S., Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Borusan Istikbal Ticaret T.A.S.
Entries may have been made under C-489-502-002, C-489-502-003, C-489-502-010, C-489-502-011, C-489-502-013, and C-489-502-014.

Company Name: Guven Steel Pipe (AKA Guven Celik Born San. Ve Tic. Ltd.)
Case number: C-489-502-017
Final Subsidy Rate: 6.64 percent

Note: Entries may have been made under C-489-502-000 or other company-specific case numbers.

Company Name: Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S., Toscelik Metal Ticaret AS., Tosyali Dis Ticaret AS.
Case number: C-489-502-017
Final Subsidy Rate: 6.64 percent

Note: As discussed below in paragraph 3, an injunction exists with respect to entries that are (1) produced by Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. and (2) exported by Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. or Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. Accordingly, as discussed below in paragraph 3, continue to suspend liquidation of entries that are produced by Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. and exported by Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. or Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. You are instructed to liquidate entries that are (1) produced by Toscelik Metal Ticaret AS. or Tosyali Dis Ticaret AS, and exported by any company, or (2) produced by Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S., and exported by any company other than Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. or Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S.

Company Name: Umran Celik Born Sanayii A.S. (AKA Umran Steel Pipe Inc.)
Case number: C-489-502-018
Final Subsidy Rate: 6.64 percent

Note: Entries may have been made under C-489-502-000 or other company-specific case numbers.

3. The injunction with court number 17-00255 discussed in message number 7310304 dated 11/06/2017 is applicable to the entries that were produced by Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. and exported by Toscelik Profil Ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. or Tosyali Dis Ticaret A.S. during the period 01/01/2015 through 12/31/2015. Accordingly, continue to suspend liquidation of such entries until liquidation instructions are issued.

4. The assessment of countervailing duties by the CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash or bonds posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date of payment of estimated countervailing duties through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period.

5. The suspension of liquidation ordered for this merchandise entered on or after 01/01/2015 and on or before 12/31/2015 is lifted. Unless instructed otherwise, suspension of liquidation for all entries of this merchandise entered after 12/31/2015 will continue.

6. If there are any questions by the reporting 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 O3: JL)

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

Alexander Amdur