DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCEAgency Notice | |
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that there were no suspended entries of merchandise subject to the antidumping duty (AD) order on light-walled rectangular pipe and tube (LWRPT) from Turkey during the period May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020 from any of the companies under review. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable April 7, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Hanna, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0835. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On May 28, 2020, domestic interested party Nucor Tubular Products Inc. (Nucor) requested an administrative review of the AD order on LWRPT from Turkey.\1\ The period of review (POR) is May 1, 2019, through April 30, 2020. On July 10, 2020, Commerce initiated the requested review with respect to six companies: Cinar Boru Profil Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S., Intermetal International Metal L.L.C., Parker Steel Company, Inc., Parker Steel International, Tata Steel Nederland | |
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Agency Notice | |
SUMMARY: Based on the affirmative final determinations by the Department of Commerce (Commerce) and the International Trade Commission (ITC), Commerce is issuing its countervailing duty orders on phosphate fertilizers from the Kingdom of Morocco (Morocco) and the Russian Federation (Russia). DATES: Applicable April 7, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janae Martin (Morocco) or George Ayache (Russia), AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0238 or (202) 482-2623, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 16, 2021, Commerce published its affirmative final determinations in the countervailing duty investigations of phosphate fertilizers from Morocco and Russia.\1\ On March 31, 2021, the ITC notified Commerce of its affirmative final determinations, pursuant to sections 705(b)(1)(A)(i) and 705(d) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), that an industry in the United States is materially injured by reason of subsidized imports of phosphate fertilizers from | |
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DEPARTMENT OF STATEAgency Notice | |
SUMMARY: The Secretary of State has determined, pursuant to the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act of 2017 (CAATSA), that the Turkish entity Presidency of Defense Industries (SSB), formerly known as the Undersecretariat for Defense Industries (SSM), has knowingly, on or after August 2, 2017, engaged in a significant transaction with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation. The Secretary of State has also selected certain sanctions to be imposed upon SSB and Ismail Demir, SSB’s president; Faruk Yigit, SSB’s vice president; Serhat Gencoglu, SSB’s Head of the Department of Air Defense and Space; and Mustafa Alper Deniz, Program Manager for SSB’s Regional Air Defense Systems Directorate, pursuant to CAATSA. DATES: The Secretary of State’s determination that SSB has knowingly, on or after August 2, 2017, engaged in a significant transaction with a person that is part of, or operates for or on behalf of, the defense or intelligence sectors of the Government of the Russian Federation, and the Secretary of State’s selection of certain sanctions to be imposed upon SSB and Ismail Demir, Faruk Yigit, Serhat Gencoglu, and Mustafa Alper Deniz are effective on December 14, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas W. Zarzecki, D | |
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