[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 23 (Tuesday, February 4, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 6541]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02290]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-844, A-489-818]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Mexico and Turkey: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

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

DATES: Effective Date: February 4, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang (Mexico) or Jolanta Lawska 
(Turkey), AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1168, or (202) 482-8362, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of the Preliminary Determination

    On September 24, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated antidumping duty investigations on steel concrete reinforcing 
bar from Mexico and Turkey.\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 determination for these investigations, unless 
postponed, no later than 140 days after the date of the initiation. The 
original signature date for the preliminary determination was February 
11, 2014. Subsequently, as explained in a memorandum from the Assistant 
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, the Department exercised its 
discretion to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the 
Federal Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\2\ 
Accordingly, all deadlines in these investigations were extended by 16 
days. Thus, the preliminary determination of these antidumping duty 
investigations is currently due no later than February 27, 2014.
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    \1\ See Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Mexico and Turkey: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 78 FR 60827 (October 
2, 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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    On January 27, 2014, more than 25 days before the scheduled 
preliminary determination, the Rebar Trade Action Coalition (RTAC) and 
its individual members (collectively, ``Petitioners''),\3\ pursuant to 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e), made 
a timely request for a 50-day postponement of the preliminary 
determination in these investigations.\4\ Petitioners noted in their 
request that this extension will provide additional time for the 
Department to review respondents' submissions and to request 
supplemental information, so that the preliminary determinations will 
reflect the most accurate results possible.
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    \3\ Petitioners are RTAC and its individual members: Byer Steel 
Group, Inc., Schnitzer Steel Industries d/b/a Cascade Steel Rolling 
Mills, Inc., Commercial Metals Company, Gerdau Ameristeel U.S. Inc., 
and Nucor Corporation.
    \4\ See Letter from Petitioners to the Secretary of Commerce, 
``Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar from Mexico and Turkey--Request to 
Extend the Antidumping Duty Preliminary Determination,'' dated 
January 27, 2014.
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    The Department has found no compelling reason to deny the request 
and, therefore, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination 
to no later than 206 days after the date on which it initiated these 
investigations (the original 140-day period, plus a 50-day 
postponement, and the 16 days tolled for the shutdown of the Federal 
Government). Therefore, the new deadline for issuing the preliminary 
determination is now April 18, 2014.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: January 29, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-02290 Filed 2-3-14; 8:45 am]
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