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1.
Commerce has rescinded the administrative review of the countervailing duty order on steel concrete reinforcing bar from the Republic of Turkey (C-489-819) covering the period 01/01/2020 through 12/31/2020 for the firms listed below.
You are to assess countervailing duties on merchandise entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption during the period 01/01/2020 through 12/31/2020 at the cash deposit rate required at the time of entry.
Liquidate all entries for the following firms:
Company: Acemar International Limited
Case number: C-489-819-005
Company: Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-010
Company: Ozkan Demir Celik Sanayi A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-011
Company: Asil Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-015
Company: Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-016
Company: Kocaer Haddecilik Sanayi Ve Ticar A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-017
Company: Mettech Metalurji Madencilik Muhendislik Uretim Danismanlik ve Ticaret Limited Sirketi
Case number: C-489-819-018
Company: MMZ Onur Boru Profil A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-019
Company: Wilmar Europe Trading BV
Case number: C-489-819-021
Company: Agir Haddecilik A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-022
Company: As Gaz Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar A.S.
Case number: C-489-819-023
Company: A G Royce Metal Marketing
Case number: C-489-819-024
Company: Bastug Metalurji Sanayi AS
Case number: C-489-819-025
Company: Demirsan Haddecilik Sanayi Ve Ticaret AS
Case number: C-489-819-026
Company: Diler Dis Ticaret AS
Case number: C-489-819-027
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
2a.
Notice of the lifting of suspension of liquidation of entries of subject merchandise covered by this message occurred with publication of the final results and rescission of administrative review (88 FR 34129, 05/26/2023).
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.
2b. A summons was filed in the U.S. Court of International Trade (Court) to contest the final results of the underlying administrative review.
Accordingly, unless instructed otherwise, CBP should not liquidate entries covered by this message that were produced and/or exported by Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi Ve Ticaret A.S.; Kaptan Metal Dis Ticaret Ve Nakliyat A.S.; 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.; Nur Gemicilik ve Tic. A.S. until 95 days after the notice of lifting of suspension identified in this message, to ensure the entries are not liquidated prior to the expiration of the time parties have to file a request for a statutory injunction. Instructions will be issued if the Court issues a statutory injunction.
3.
There are no injunctions applicable to the entries covered by this instruction.
4.
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.
5. 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.
6.
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:NC.)
7.
There are no restrictions on the release of this information.
Alexander Amdur