[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 160 (Monday, August 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50378-50379]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-20017]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-869]


Diffusion-Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From 
Japan: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: August 19, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza, David Cordell or 
Dena Crossland, Office 7, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-3019, (202) 482-0408 or (202) 482-3362, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 16, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigation of diffusion-annealed, 
nickel-plated flat-rolled steel products from Japan. See Diffusion-
Annealed, Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled Steel Products From Japan: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 78 FR 23905 (April 23, 
2013). The current deadline for the preliminary determination of this 
investigation is September 3, 2013.

Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation is January 1, 2012, through December 
31, 2012.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination no 
later than 140 days after the initiation of the investigation.
    On August 7, 2013, petitioner, Thomas Steel Strip Corporation, made 
a timely request pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.205(e) for a postponement of the preliminary determination because 
of numerous factors including: the delay in selecting mandatory 
respondents; the extensions granted to respondents to respond to the 
Department's questionnaires; the need to issue further supplemental 
questionnaires; and petitioner's recent allegation that Toyo Kohan made 
sales in the Japanese market below the fully allocated cost of 
production, which will require the

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issuance of a section D questionnaire. See Letter from petitioner to 
the Department, entitled ``Diffusion-Annealed Nickel-Plated Flat-Rolled 
Steel Products from Japan: Petitioner's Request for Extension of the 
Antidumping Investigation Preliminary Determination,'' dated August 7, 
2013.
    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department is postponing by 50 days, 
to October 23, 2013, the deadline for its preliminary determination of 
this investigation pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.205(e) and (f). In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the 
Act, the deadline for the final determination of this antidumping duty 
investigation will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determination, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 9, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-20017 Filed 8-16-13; 8:45 am]
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