Preliminary results of AD review on rebar from Turkey
On May 27, 2004, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) initiated antidumping administrative review for imports of certain steel concrete reinforcing bar from Turkey, upon the request of domestic steel producers Gerdau AmeriSteel Corporation, Commercial Metals Company (SMI Steel Group) and Nucor Corporation, and the request of two of the respondents, Colakoglu and Icdas. The review, which is the sixth period of review, covered the period April 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004. The review covers four Turkish producers/exporters of subject merchandise. The DOC preliminarily determined that one of the respondents, Habas Tibbi ve Sinai Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S (Habas) made sales below normal value (NV). Moreover, the DOC decided to rescind the review with respect to the following companies because these companies had no shipments of subject merchandise during the period of review: Cebitas Demir Celik Endustrisi A.S. (Cebitas), Cemtas Celik Makina Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Cemtas), Demirsan Haddecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Demirsan), Ege Celik Endustrisi Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Ege Celik), Ege Metal Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Ege Metal), Ekinciler Holding A.S. and Ekinciler Demir Celik San A.S. (collectively ``Ekinciler''), Iskenderun Iron & Steel Works Co. (Iskenderun), Izmir Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. (Izmir), Kaptan Demir Celik Endustrisi ve Ticaret A.S. (Kaptan), Kardemir--Karabuk Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Karabuk), Kroman Celik Sanayi A.S. (Kroman), Kurum Demir Sanayi ve Ticaret Metalenerji A.S. (Kurum), Metas Izmir Metalurji Fabrikasi Turk A.S. (Metas), Nurmet Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Nurmet), Nursan Celik Sanayi ve Haddecilik A.S. (Nursan), Sivas Demir Celik Isletmeleri A.S. (Sivas), Tosyali Demir Celik Sanayi A.S. (Tosyali), and Ucel Haddecilik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S. (Ucel). Finally, the DOC preliminarily determined to rescind the antidumping duty order with respect to ICDAS Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi, A.S. (ICDAS). The DOC preliminarily determined that the following margins exist for the respondents during the period April 1, 2003, through March 31, 2004:Producer/exporter Margin Colakoglu Metalurji....................................0.01% Diler Demir Celik Endustrisi A.S, Yazici Demir Celik Sanayi ve Ticaret A.S and Diler Dis Ticaret..................................0.33% Icdas Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi A.S........0.47% Habas Sinai ve Tibbi Gazlar Istihsal Endustrisi A.S...26.07%Interested parties are requested to comment on these preliminary results. The notice published in the Federal Register is effective as of May 6, 2005.