Turkey OCTG: Prelim AD Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect; No Duties for Borusan
The Commerce Department made a preliminary affirmative antidumping determination that oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Turkey (A-549-850) is being sold in the U.S. at less than fair value. The agency preliminarily found dumping by Yucel and all other Turkish companies except for Borusan. As a result, Commerce will direct CBP to suspend liquidation and require cash deposits of estimated AD duties on OCTG from Turkey, except for subject merchandise exported by Borusan, for all entries made on or after Feb. 25.
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Domestic industry had requested the duties be made retroactive 90 days, but Commerce preliminarily denied the request, although it may revisit the issue in its final determination. Commerce may only apply retroactive duties if it finds "critical circumstances" exist because foreign exporters increased sales in the U.S. before the preliminary determination in order to get in as much merchandise as possible before imposition of AD duties.
AD Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements
Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise from Turkey that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Feb. 25. However, the agency assigned Borusan a zero AD rate, so it will not direct CBP to suspend liquidation for OCTG from that company. If Commerce continues to find a zero AD rate for Borusan in the final determination, Borusan will be permanently excluded from duties under any resultant AD duty order on OCTG from Turkey. The preliminary AD cash deposit rates are as follows:
| Exporter/Manufacturer | Prelim AD Rate |
| Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret and Borusan Istikbal Ticaret (Borusan) | zero |
| Çayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. and Yücel Boru Ithalat-Ihracat ve Pazarlama A.S. (Yücel) | 4.87% |
| All Others | 4.87% |
(The period of investigation is 07/01/12 - 06/30/13. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged from the initiation), suspension of liquidation, detailed cash deposit instructions, etc. See 13072625 for summary of initiation of this investigation.)
AD/CVD Operations contact -- Caroline Cartsos (202) 482-1757
(Federal Register 02/25/14)