[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 99 (Tuesday, May 22, 2012)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-12402]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-868, A-201-842]


Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea and Mexico: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger (Republic of Korea) 
(202) 482-4136 or Brian Smith (Mexico) (202) 482-1766; AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On January 19, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated antidumping duty investigations of imports of large 
residential washers from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and Mexico. See 
Large Residential Washers From the Republic of Korea and Mexico: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 77 FR 4007 (January 26, 
2012). The notice of initiation stated that we would issue our 
preliminary determinations no later than 140 days after the date of 
initiation. Currently, the preliminary determinations in these 
investigations are due on June 7, 2012.
    On May 10, 2012, Whirlpool Corporation (hereafter, the petitioner) 
made timely requests, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(e), for a 50-day 
postponement of the preliminary determinations in the investigations. 
The petitioner stated that a postponement of these preliminary 
determinations is necessary because of the complexities of the 
investigations, the novelty of the issues raised, and because the 
Department is still involved in gathering and analyzing data from the 
respondents.
    Under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, if the petitioner makes a 
timely request for an extension of the period within which the 
preliminary determination must be made under subsection (b)(1), then 
the Department may postpone making the preliminary determination under 
subsection (b)(1) until not later than the 190th day after the date on 
which the administering authority initiated the investigation. 
Therefore, for the reasons stated above and because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny its requests, the Department is postponing 
the preliminary determinations in these investigations until July 27, 
2012, which is 190 days from the date on which the Department initiated 
these investigations.
    The deadline for the final determinations will continue to be 75 
days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

     Dated: May 16, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-12402 Filed 5-21-12; 8:45 am]
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