[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 182 (Thursday, September 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 57619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-22470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-843, A-549-829, A-570-990]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire From Mexico, Thailand, 
and the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations

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

DATES: Effective Date: September 19, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Trainor (Mexico) (202) 482-
4007, Katherine Johnson (Thailand) (202-482-4929) or Brian Smith (PRC) 
(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 May 13, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated antidumping duty investigations of imports of prestressed 
concrete steel rail tie wire from Mexico, Thailand, and the People's 
Republic of China. See Prestressed Concrete Steel Rail Tie Wire From 
Mexico, the People's Republic of China, and Thailand: Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Investigations, 78 FR 29325 (May 20, 2013). 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 September 
30, 2013.
    On September 4, 2013, Davis Wire Corporation and Insteel Wire 
Products Company (hereafter, the petitioners) 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.\1\ The petitioners 
stated that a postponement of these preliminary determinations is 
necessary because the Department is still involved in gathering and 
analyzing data from the respondents and formulating supplemental 
questionnaires for the respondents in order to develop a complete and 
accurate record for purposes of the preliminary determinations.
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    \1\ See the petitioners' letter to the Department dated 
September 4, 2013.
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    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 the petitioners' requests, the Department is 
postponing the preliminary determinations in these investigations until 
November 19, 2013, 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: September 10, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-22470 Filed 9-18-13; 8:45 am]
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