Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[C-489-819]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2022</SUBJECT> <HD SOURCE="HED">AGENCY:</HD> Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. <SUM> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUMMARY:</HD> The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that countervailable subsidies were provided to producers and exporters of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye) during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022. Additionally, Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to six companies. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable December 13, 2024. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Ajay Menon, AD/CVD Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0208. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On November 6, 2014, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> the countervailing duty (CVD) order on rebar from Türkiye. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On November 2, 2023, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the <E T="03">Order</E> for the POR. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On December 29, 2023, Commerce published the notice of the initiation of this administrative review in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> . <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> On July 11, 2024, Commerce extended the time period for issuing these preliminary results by 117 days, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by seven days. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> On November 22, 2024, Commerce extended the time period for issuing these preliminary results by an additional three days. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> The deadline for these preliminary results is now December 6, 2024. <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Turkey: Countervailing Duty Order,</E> 79 FR 65926 (November 6, 2014) ( <E T="03">Order</E> ). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual Inquiry Service List,</E> 88 FR 75270 (November 2, 2023). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews,</E> 88 FR 90168 (December 29, 2023). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Türkiye: Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,” dated July 11, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings,” dated July 22, 2024. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Türkiye: Second Extension of Deadline for Preliminary Results of 2022 Countervailing Duty Administrative Review,” dated November 22, 2024. </FTNT> For a complete description of the events that followed the initiation of this review, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> A list of topics included in the Preliminary Decision Memorandum is provided in the appendix 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 <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov.</E> In addition, a complete version of the Preliminary Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary Results of the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from the Republic of Türkiye; 2022,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Order</HD> The merchandise covered by the Order is rebar from Türkiye. For a complete description of the scope of the Order, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Methodology</HD> Commerce is conducting this review in accordance with section 751(a)(1)(A) of the Act. For each of the subsidy programs found countervailable, we preliminarily find that there is a subsidy, <E T="03">i.e.,</E> a financial contribution that gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, and the subsidy is specific. <SU>8</SU> <FTREF/> For a full description of the methodology underlying our conclusions, see the Preliminary Decision Memorandum. <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> 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. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Companies Not Selected for Individual Examination</HD> The Act and Commerce's regulations do not directly address the subsidy rate to be applied to companies not selected for individual examination where Commerce limits its examination in an administrative review pursuant to section 777A(e)(2) of the Act. However, Commerce normally determines the rates for non-selected companies in reviews in a manner that is consistent with section 705(c)(5) of the Act, which provides instructions for calculating the all-others rate in an investigation. Section 777A(e)(2) of the Act provides that “the individual countervailable subsidy rates determined under subparagraph (A) shall be used to determine the all-others rate under section 705(c)(5) {of the Act}.” Section 705(c)(5)(A) of the Act states that for companies not investigated, in general, we will determine an all-others rate by weight averaging the countervailable subsidy rates established for each of the companies individually investigated, excluding zero and <E T="03">de minimis</E> rates or any rates based solely on the facts available. In this administrative review, Commerce preliminarily calculated a <E T="03">de minimis</E> rate for Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S. Therefore, the only rate that is not zero, <E T="03">de minimis,</E> or based entirely on facts otherwise available is the preliminary rate calculated for Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kaptan). Consequently, for these preliminary results, we are assigning Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. the rate calculated for Kaptan. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Rescission of Administrative Review, in Part</HD> Commerce's practice is to rescind an administrative review of a CVD order, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), when the interested party that requested a review withdraws the request within 90 days of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. Commerce received timely-filed withdrawal requests with respect to six companies, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1): (1) Ans Kargo Lojistik Tas ve Tic Baykan Dis Ticaret; (2) Baykan Dis Ticaret; (3) Kibar dis Ticaret A.S.; (4) Meral Makina Iml Ith Ihr Gida; (5) Sami Soybas Demir Sanayi ve Ticaret; and (6) Yucel Boru Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama. <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> Because the withdrawal requests were timely filed, and no other party requested a review of these companies, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), Commerce is rescinding this review with respect to these six companies. <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Petitioner's Letter, “Partial Withdrawal of Request for Administrative Review,” dated January 22, 2024. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Preliminary Results of Review</HD> As a result of this review, we preliminarily determine the following net countervailable subsidy rates for the period January 1, 2022, through December 31, 2022: <GPOTABLE COLS="2" OPTS="L2,tp0,p7,7/8,i1" CDEF="s40,r30"> <TTITLE> </TTITLE> <CHED H="1">Company</CHED> <CHED H="1"> Subsidy rate (percent ad valorem) </CHED> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S</ENT> <ENT> 0.14 ( <E T="03">de minimis</E> ). </ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S</ENT> <ENT>2.54.</ENT> </ROW> <ROW> <ENT I="01">Colakoglu Metalurji A.S</ENT> <ENT>2.54.</ENT> </ROW> </GPOTABLE> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Disclosure and Public Comment</HD> Commerce intends to disclose its calculations performed to interested parties for these preliminary results within five days of any public announcement or, if there is no public announcement, within five days of the date of publication of this notice in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c), interested parties may submit case briefs to Commerce no later than 30 days after the date of publication of this notice. Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised in the case briefs, may be filed not later than five days after the date for filing case briefs. Interested parties who submit case or rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must submit: (1) a table of contents listing each issue; and (2) a table of authorities. <SU>10< ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 16k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━