Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From the Republic of Turkey: Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Intent To Rescind in Part; 2018

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-489-819] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily determines that producers/exporters of steel concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from the Republic of Turkey (Turkey) received countervailable subsidies during the period of review (POR) January 1, 2018, through December 31, 2018. Interested parties are invited to comment on these preliminary results. DATES: Applicable March 25, 2021. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicholas Czajkowski or Konrad Ptaszynski, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1395 or (202) 482-6187, respectively. Background On January 17, 2020, Commerce published a notice of initiation of an administrative review for the countervailing duty order on rebar from Turkey. [ 1 ] On April 24, 2020, Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines in administrative reviews by 50 days. [ 2 ] On July 21, 2020, Commerce tolled all deadlines in preliminary and final results of administrative reviews by an additional 60 days. [ 3 ] On October 23, 2020, Commerce further extended the deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review by 120 days, until March 19, 2021. [ 4 ] For a complete description of the events that follo…