[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 216 (Thursday, November 7, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66894-66895]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-26730]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-998, C-570-999]


Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy 
of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions: 1,1,1,2-
Tetrafluoroethane From the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Enforcement & Compliance, formerly Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce

DATES: Effective Date: November 7, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Frances Veith or Katie Marksberry, AD/
CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4295 or (202) 482-7906, respectively.

Extension of Initiation of Investigations

The Petitions

    On October 22, 2013, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
received an antidumping duty and countervailing duty petition filed by 
Mexichem Fluor, Inc. (``Petitioner'') on behalf of the domestic 
industry producing 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane.\1\
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    \1\ See Antidumping Duty Petition on 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane 
from the People's Republic of China (October 22, 2013) (Petition).
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions

    Sections 702(b)(1) and 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``Act''), require that a petition be filed by or on behalf of 
the domestic industry. Sections 702(c)(4)(A) and 732(c)(4)(A) of the 
Act provide that the Department's industry support determination be 
based on whether a minimum

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percentage of the relevant industry supports the petition. A petition 
meets this requirement if the domestic producers or workers who support 
the petition account for: (i) At least 25 percent of the total 
production of the domestic like product; and (ii) more than 50 percent 
of the production of the domestic like product produced by that portion 
of the industry expressing support for, or opposition to, the petition. 
Moreover, sections 702(c)(4)(D) and 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provide 
that, if the petition does not establish support of domestic producers 
or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of the total production 
of the domestic like product, the Department shall: (i) Poll the 
industry or rely on other information in order to determine if there is 
support for the petition, as required by subparagraph (A), or (ii) if 
there is a large number of producers, determine industry support using 
a statistically valid sampling method to poll the industry.

Extension of Time

    Sections 702(c)(1)(A)(ii) and 732(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act provide 
that within 20 days of the filing of an antidumping duty and 
countervailing duty petition, the Department will determine, inter 
alia, whether the petition has been filed by or on behalf of the U.S. 
industry producing the domestic like product. Sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 
732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provide that the deadline for the initiation 
determination, in exceptional circumstances, may be extended by 20 days 
in any case in which the Department must ``poll or otherwise determine 
support for the petition by the industry.'' Because it is not clear 
from the Petitions whether the industry support criteria have been met, 
the Department has determined it should extend the time for initiating 
these investigations in order to further examine the issue of industry 
support.
    The Department will need additional time to gather and analyze 
additional information regarding industry support. Therefore, it is 
necessary to extend the deadline determining the adequacy of the 
Petitions for a period not to exceed 40 days from the filing of the 
Petition. Because the extended initiation determinations date of 
December 1, 2013, falls on a Sunday, a non-business day, the 
Department's initiation determinations will now be due no later than 
December 2, 2013, the next business day.\2\
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    \2\ See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business 
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to 
Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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International Trade Commission Notification

    The Department will contact the International Trade Commission 
(``ITC'') and will make this extension notice available to the ITC.

    Dated: November 1, 2013.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-26730 Filed 11-6-13; 8:45 am]
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