• Effective Date: Nov 20, 2019
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2015 to Dec 31, 2015
  • Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Dec 06, 2019

Notice of the lifting of suspension occurred on the message date of these instructions. See paragraph 3 below.

1. On 09/20/2019, the U.S. Court of International Trade issued a final decision in the case of Toscelik Profil ve Sac Endustrisi A.S. v. United States (Consol. Court No. 17-00255). As a result of this decision, the injunction to which message 7332320 refers enjoining liquidation of entries which are subject to the countervailing duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from the Republic of Turkey for the period 01/01/2015 through 12/31/2015 produced, or produced and exported, by Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. dissolved on 11/20/2019.

2. For all shipments of subject merchandise produced, or produced and exported, by Erbosan Erciyas Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (C-489-502-004) that were entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 01/01/2015 through 12/31/2015, assess a countervailing liability at 6.64 percent of entered value.

3. These instructions constitute notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by paragraph 2. Accordingly, notice of the lifting of suspension occurred on the message date of these instructions. Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of subject merchandise, you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties at the current cash deposit rates.

4. There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.

5. The assessment of countervailing duties by 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.

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

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

Alexander Amdur