[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65268-65269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25824]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-857, A-580-870, A-565-802, A-517-804, A-583-850, A-549-832, A-
489-816, A-823-815, A-552-817]


Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of 
Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, 
the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance (formerly Import Administration), 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.

DATES: October 31, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle at (202) 482-0176 (India); 
Victoria Cho at (202) 482-5075 (Korea); Dmitry Vladimirov at (202) 482-
0665 (the Philippines); Jason Rhoads at (202) 482-0123 (Saudi Arabia); 
Thomas Schauer at (202) 482-0410 (Taiwan); Yasmin Nair at (202) 482-
3813 (Thailand); Catherine Cartsos at (202) 482-1757 (Turkey); David 
Lindgren at (202) 482-3870 (Ukraine); or Fred Baker at (202) 482-2924 
(Vietnam), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On July 29, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty investigations of 
certain oil country tubular goods from India, the Republic of Korea, 
the Republic of the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, the 
Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.\1\ 
The notice of initiation stated that the Department, in accordance with 
section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), would issue its preliminary determinations 
for these investigations, unless postponed, no later than 140 days 
after the date of the initiation. The preliminary determinations of 
these antidumping duty investigations are currently due no later than 
December 9, 2013. As

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explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion 
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal 
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\2\ Therefore, all 
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16 
days. If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance 
with the Department's practice, the deadline will become the next 
business day. The revised deadline for the preliminary determinations 
of these investigations is now December 26, 2013.
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    \1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the 
Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, 
Taiwan, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 
78 FR 45505 (July 29, 2013).
    \2\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by 
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (October 18, 2013).
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    Because of the extraordinary complexity of these cases and the 
number of firms whose activities we must investigate, we determine that 
it is not practicable to complete the preliminary determinations by the 
current deadline. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(B) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b), the Department is postponing the 
deadline for these preliminary determinations to no later than 190 days 
after the date on which it initiated these investigations. Therefore, 
the new deadline for issuing these preliminary determinations is 
February 13, 2014.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: October 24, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-25824 Filed 10-30-13; 8:45 am]
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