[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 167 (Thursday, August 28, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51305-51306]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-20520]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-014]


53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers From the People's Republic of 
China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: August 28, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza, John Drury or Brian 
Davis, Office VI, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-3019, (202) 482-0195 or (202) 482-7924, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 19, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the initiation of the antidumping 
duty investigation of 53-foot domestic dry containers from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC).\1\ The current deadline for the preliminary 
determination of this investigation is September 30, 2014.
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    \1\ See 53-Foot Domestic Dry Containers From the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 79 
FR 28674 (May 19, 2014) (Notice of Initiation).
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Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation is October 1, 2013, through March 31, 
2014.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination no 
later than 140 days after the initiation of the antidumping duty 
investigation. On July 25, 2014, Stoughton Trailers LLC (Petitioner) 
made a timely request pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) and 19 CFR 
351.205(e) for a postponement of the preliminary determination because 
the Department is still gathering questionnaire responses from the 
mandatory respondents and publicly-available information necessary to 
value respondents' factors of production.\2\
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    \2\ See Letter from Petitioner to the Department, dated July 25, 
2014.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons

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to deny the request, the Department is postponing by 50 days, to 
November 19, 2014, the deadline for its preliminary determination of 
this investigation pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.205(e) and (f). In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the 
Act, the deadline for the final determination of this antidumping duty 
investigation will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determination, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 21, 2014.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-20520 Filed 8-27-14; 8:45 am]
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