• Effective Date: Jan 03, 2023
  • Period of Review: Jan 01, 2021 to Dec 31, 2021
  • Notice of Lifting of Suspension Date: Jan 03, 2023
  • Cite as: 88 FR 50 • Cite date: Jan 03, 2023
1. This is a correction to message 3047403, dated 02/16/2023, to correct a mistake made in the header of the message. 2. The header of message 3047403 listed the incorrect federal register, notice of lifting of suspension and effective dates. Below is the full message. The header of this message contains the correct information. 3. Commerce does not automatically conduct administrative reviews of countervailing duty orders. Instead, reviews must be requested pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, and in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213. 4. Commerce has not received a request for an administrative review of the countervailing duty order for the period and on the merchandise identified below except for the firms listed in paragraph 5. Therefore, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c), you are to liquidate all entries for all firms except those listed in paragraph 5 and assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption at the cash deposit rate in effect on the date of entry: Product: Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar Country: Republic of Turkey Case number: C-489-819 Period: 01/01/2021 through 12/31/2021 5. Entries of merchandise of the firms listed below should not be liquidated until specific instructions are issued. Continue to suspend liquidation of all entries of merchandise produced and/or exported by the listed firms entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 01/01/2021 through 12/31/2021: Company: Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S. and its cross-owned companies: Mardas Marmara Deniz Isletmeciligi A.S.; Artmak Denizcilik Ticaret ve Sanayi A.S.; Oraysan Insaat Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.; Artim Demir Insaat Turizm Sanayi Ticaret Ltd. Sti.; Anka Entansif Hayvancilik Gida Tarim Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.; Eras Tasimacilik Taahhut Insaat ve Ticaret A.S.; and Karsan Gemi Insaa Sanayi Ticaret A.S. Case number: C-489-819-002 Company: Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S. and Kaptan Metal Dis Ticaret ve Nakliyat A.S. and their cross-owned companies: Kaptan Is Makinalari Hurda Alim Satim Ltd. Sti; Efesan Demir San. Ve Tic. A.S.; Martas Marmara Ereglisi Liman Tesisleri A.S.; Aset Madencilik A.S.; and Nur Gemicilik ve Tic. A.S. Case number: C-489-819-003 Company: Colakoglu Dis Ticaret A.S. and Colakoglu Metalurji A.S. Case number: C-489-819-014 No case number was in place during the period of review for the companies listed below. Entries may have been made under C-489-819-000 or other company-specific numbers: Company: Ans Kargo Lojistik Tas ve Tic Company: Baykan Dis Ticaret Company: Kibar dis Ticaret A.S. Company: Meral Makina Iml Ith Ihr Gida Company: Sami Soybas Demir Sanayi ve Ticaret Company: Yucel Boru Ihracat Ithalat ve Pazarlama CBP officers must also examine entries under C-489-819-000 and all existing company-specific case numbers to ensure the continued suspension of liquidation of entries during the applicable period of review for the producers and/or exporters listed above. 6. There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction. 7. Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by paragraph 4 occurred with the publication of the notice of initiation of administrative review for the 11/2022 anniversary month (88 FR 50, 01/03/2023). Unless instructed otherwise, for all other shipments of Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Republic of Turkey you shall continue to collect cash deposits of estimated countervailing duties for the merchandise at the current rates. 8. The assessment of countervailing duties by CBP on shipments or entries of this merchandise is subject to the provisions of section 778 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended. Section 778 requires that CBP pay interest on overpayments or assess interest on underpayments of the required amounts deposited as estimated countervailing duties. The interest provisions are not applicable to cash posted as estimated countervailing duties before the date of publication of the countervailing duty order. Interest shall be calculated from the date payment of estimated countervailing duties is required through the date of liquidation. The rate at which such interest is payable is the rate in effect under section 6621 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 for such period. 9. This instruction to liquidate entries covered by this message does not limit CBP's independent authority, including its authority to suspend, continue to suspend, or extend liquidation of entries addressed by this message. Accordingly, CBP should examine all entries for which this message directs liquidation to determine whether any such entries are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's independent authority (e.g., Enforce and Protect Act under section 517 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended). If entries of subject merchandise covered by this message are subject to suspension, continued suspension, or extension of liquidation pursuant to CBP's own authority, CBP port officials should follow CBP's internal procedures with respect to continuing any suspension, the lifting of suspension, and/or continuing any extension of liquidation for such entries. 10. If there are any questions by the importing public regarding this message, please contact the Call Center for the Office of AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce at (202) 482-0984. CBP ports should submit their inquiries through authorized CBP channels only. (This message was generated by OI:BG.) 11. There are no restrictions on the release of this information. Alexander Amdur