[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 162 (Thursday, August 21, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49497-49498]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-19874]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-845]


Sugar From Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice; Sugar From Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation.

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DATES: Effective Date: August 21, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3870.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 17, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty (AD) investigation of sugar from 
Mexico.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later 
than September 4, 2014.
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    \1\ See Sugar from Mexico: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation, 79 FR 22795 (April 24, 2014).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) require the Department to issue the 
preliminary determination in an AD investigation no

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later than 140 days after the date on which the Department initiated 
the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act permits the 
Department to postpone making the preliminary determination until no 
later than 190 days after the date on which it initiated the 
investigation if the petitioner makes a timely request for an 
extension. In the instant investigation, the American Sugar Coalition 
and its individual members (collectively, Petitioners) made a timely 
request on August 11, 2014 that we postpone the preliminary AD 
determination.\2\
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    \2\ See Letter to the Department regarding ``Sugar from Mexico: 
Petitioners' Request to Extend the Deadline for the Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated August 11, 2014.
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    The Department finds no compelling reason to deny the request. 
Therefore, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department 
is hereby postponing the due date for the preliminary AD determination 
to no later than 190 days after the day on which the investigation was 
initiated. As a result of this postponement, the deadline for 
completion of the preliminary determination is now October 24, 2014.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 14, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-19874 Filed 8-20-14; 8:45 am]
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