Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Türkiye: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

<NOTICE> DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE <SUBAGY>International Trade Administration</SUBAGY> <DEPDOC>[A-489-855]</DEPDOC> <SUBJECT>Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From the Republic of Türkiye: Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value</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) determines that imports of certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from the Republic of Türkiye (Türkiye) are being, or are likely to be, sold in the United States at less than fair value (LTFV). The period of investigation (POI) is July 1, 2023, through June 30, 2024. </SUM> <DATES> <HD SOURCE="HED">DATES:</HD> Applicable August 29, 2025. </DATES> <FURINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:</HD> Brittany Bauer or Olivia Woolverton, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3860 or (202) 482-7452, respectively. </FURINF> <SUPLINF> <HD SOURCE="HED">SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:</HD> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Background</HD> On April 10, 2025, Commerce published in the <E T="04">Federal Register</E> its preliminary affirmative determination in the LTFV investigation of CORE from Türkiye, in which we also postponed the final determination until August 25, 2025, and invited interested parties to comment on the Preliminary Determination. <SU>1</SU> <FTREF/> On May 9, 2025, Commerce published an amended preliminary determination. <SU>2</SU> <FTREF/> On July 16, 2025, we issued a post-preliminary determination where we made certain changes to the differential pricing analysis. <SU>3</SU> <FTREF/> We invited interested parties to comment on the Post Preliminary Analysis. <SU>4</SU> <FTREF/> <FTNT> <SU>1</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Postponement of Final Determination, and Extension of Provisional Measures,</E> 90 FR 15340 (April 10, 2025) ( <E T="03">Preliminary Determination</E> ), and accompanying Preliminary Decision Memorandum (PDM). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>2</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye: Amended Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value,</E> 90 FR 19677 (May 9, 2025). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>3</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Decision Memorandum for the Post Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye,” dated July 16, 2025 (Post Preliminary Analysis). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>4</SU>   <E T="03">See Preliminary Determination,</E> 90 FR at 15341. <E T="03">See also</E> Memorandum, “Establishment of Briefing Schedule for Post-Preliminary Determination,” dated July 17, 2025. </FTNT> A summary of the events that occurred since Commerce published the <E T="03">Preliminary Determination,</E> as well as a full discussion of the issues raised by parties for this final determination, may be found in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <SU>5</SU> <FTREF/> The Issues and 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 Issues and Decision Memorandum can be accessed directly at <E T="03">https://access.trade.gov/public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.</E> <FTNT> <SU>5</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Issues and Decision Memorandum for the Final Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value in the Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye,” dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this notice (Issues and Decision Memorandum). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope of the Investigation</HD> The product covered by this investigation is CORE from Türkiye. For a complete description of the scope of this investigation, <E T="03">see</E> Appendix I. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Scope Comments</HD> In the Preliminary Scope Memorandum, we set aside a period of time for parties to raise issues regarding product coverage ( <E T="03">i.e.,</E> scope) in scope-specific case briefs or other written comments. <SU>6</SU> <FTREF/> We received scope case and rebuttal briefs from multiple interested parties. For a summary of the product coverage comments and rebuttal responses submitted to the record for this final determination, and accompanying discussion and analysis of all comments timely received, <E T="03">see</E> the Final Scope Memorandum. <SU>7</SU> <FTREF/> In the Final Scope Memorandum, Commerce made no changes to the scope language as it appeared in the <E T="03">Initiation Notice.</E> <FTREF/> <SU>8</SU> <E T="03">See</E> Appendix I. <FTNT> <SU>6</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Scope Decision Memorandum,” dated April 3, 2025 (Preliminary Scope Memorandum). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>7</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memorandum, “Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the Republic of Türkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and Countervailing Duty Investigations of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Final Scope Decision Memorandum,” dated concurrently with this notice (Final Scope Memorandum). </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>8</SU>   <E T="03">See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from Brazil, Canada, Mexico, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations,</E> 89 FR 80204 (October 2, 2024) ( <E T="03">Initiation Notice</E> ). </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Verification</HD> Commerce verified the sales and cost information submitted by Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret A.S., ArcelorMittal Çelik Ticaret A.Ş., Bamesa Celik Servıs San. Ve Tic. A.Ş. and Bamesa Muradiye Demir Çelik San. Ve Tic. A.Ş (collectively, Borcelik)  <SU>9</SU> <FTREF/> and Yıldız Demir Çelik Sanayi A.S. and Yıldız Entegre Ağaç Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S (collectively, YDÇ)  <SU>10</SU> <FTREF/> for use in our final determination, consistent with section 782(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). We used standard verification procedures, including an examination of relevant sales and accounting records, and original source documents provided by Borcelik and YDÇ. <FTNT> <SU>9</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memoranda, “Verification of the Sales Response of Borcelik in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye,” dated July 8, 2025, and “Verification of the Cost Responses of Borcelik Celik Sanayii Ticaret A.S in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye,” dated July 7, 2025. </FTNT> <FTNT> <SU>10</SU>   <E T="03">See</E> Memoranda, “Verification of the Sales Response of YDÇ in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye,” dated May 27, 2025, and “Verification of the Cost Response of Yildiz Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. and Yildiz Entegre Agac Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. in the Antidumping Duty Investigation of Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from the Republic of Türkiye,” dated July 9, 2025. </FTNT> <HD SOURCE="HD1">Analysis of Comments Received</HD> All issues raised in the case and rebuttal briefs submitted by interested parties in this investigation are addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum. A list of the issues addressed in the Issues and Decision Memorandum is attached to this notice as Appendix II. <HD SOURCE="HD1">Changes Since the Preliminary Determination</HD> We made certain changes to the margin calculations for Borcelik and YDÇ since the <E T="03">Preliminary Determination.</E> For a discussion of these changes, <E T="03">see</E> the Issues and Decision Memorandum. <HD SOURCE="HD1">All-Others Rate</HD> Section 735(c)(5)(A) of the Act provides that Commerce shall determine an estimated all-others rate for all exporters and producers not individually examined. This rate shall be an amount equal to the weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins established for individually investigated exporters and producers, excluding rates that are zero, <E T="03">de minimis,</E> or determined entirely under section 776 of the Act. In this investigation, Commerce calculated estimated weighted-average dumping margins for Borcelik and YDÇ that are not zero, <E T="03">de minimis,</E> or based entirely on facts otherwise available. Commerce calculated the all-others rate using a weighted average of the estimated weighted-average dumping margins calculated for the examined respondents weighted by each respondent's publicly-ranged total U.S. sales values for the merchandise under consideration. <SU>11</S ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ Preview showing 10k of 25k characters. Full document text is stored and available for version comparison. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━