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Turkey Heavy Walled Pipes: Prelim CV Cash Deposit Rates Take Effect

Countervailing duty cash deposit requirements take effect Dec. 28 for imports of heavy walled rectangular welded carbon steel pipes and tubes from Turkey (C-489-825), after the Commerce Department found illegal subsidization in its preliminary determination (here).

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Heavy walled pipe subject to this investigation is also the subject of antidumping duty investigations of merchandise from South Korea, Mexico and Turkey. The preliminary AD duty determinations are currently due Feb. 16 (see 1512070044).

CV Suspension of Liquidation and Cash Deposit Requirements

Commerce will instruct CBP to suspend liquidation for all entries of subject merchandise that are entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after Dec. 28. It will require CV duty cash deposits at the following rates:

CompanyCV Rate
MMZ Onur Boru Profil uretim San Ve Tic. A.S.7.69%
Ozdemir Boru Profil San ve Tic. Ltd Sti.1.35%
All Others4.39%

(The period of investigation is 01/01/14 - 12/31/14. See Commerce's notice for more information, including the scope (unchanged since initiation), suspension of liquidation, etc. See 1508140008 for summary of the initiation of this CV duty investigation, and 1507270019">1507270019 for summary of the underlying petition.)

AD/CVD Operations contact -- Brian Smith (202) 482-1766

Federal Register 12/28/15)