Turkey OCTG: AD Rates Up in Final Determination, No Order on Borusan
The Commerce Department issued its final determination in the antidumping duty investigation on oil country tubular goods from Turkey (A-489-816). The agency found dumping by all Turkish companies except Borusan, and consequently will direct CBP to continue to suspend liquidation for all companies except Borusan. The final determination is effective July 18.
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The next step is for the International Trade Commission to make its final injury determination, currently scheduled for Aug. 25. If the ITC finds injury, Commerce will issue an AD duty order and duties will be made permanent. Because Commerce calculated a zero percent AD duty rate for Borusan in this investigation, Borusan would be exempt from the order. If the ITC finds no injury, the investigation will be terminated and all cash deposits will be refunded.
Suspension of Liquidation Retroactive 90 Days for Some Companies
Commerce found "critical circumstances" for the "all others" companies (i.e., all companies except Borusan and Yucel), because these three companies allegedly ramped up sales of subject merchandise in the U.S. during the run-up to the preliminary determination in an attempt to get in as much product as possible before duties were imposed. As such, it will order CBP suspend liquidation for all subject merchandise for these companies entered on or after Nov. 27, the date 90 days prior to the preliminary determination. Liquidation is still suspended for Yucel for entries on or after Feb. 25. Liquidation will proceed for entries from Borusan.
Estimated AD Cash Deposit Rates
Commerce will instruct CBP to require an AD cash deposit for all imports of subject merchandise from Turkey equal to the following AD rates (except Borusan):
| Exporter | AD Rate |
| Borusan Mannesmann Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret and Borusan Istikbal Ticaret | zero (unchanged) |
| Çayirova Boru Sanayi ve Ticaret A.. and Yücel Boru Ithalat-Ihracat ve Pazarlama A.. | 35.86% (from 4.87%) |
| All Others | 35.86% (from 4.87%) |
(The period of investigation is 07/01/12 -- 06/30/13. See Commerce’s notice for more information, including the scope of the investigation (unchanged since the preliminary determination), detailed instructions on cash deposit and assessment rates, etc. See 14022419 for summary of the preliminary determination of this investigation.)
AC/CVD Operations contact -- Caroline Cartsos (202) 482-1757
(Federal Register 07/18/14)