[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 127 (Thursday, July 2, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38175-38176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-16375]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-020]


Melamine From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of 
Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is postponing the 
deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair-
value (``LTFV'') investigation of melamine from the People's Republic 
of China (``PRC'') and is extending the provisional measures from a 
four-month period to a period not more than six months in duration.

DATES: Effective date: July 2, 2015.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Terpstra at (202) 482-3965, 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 9, 2014, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of the LTFV investigations of melamine 
from the PRC and Trinidad and Tobago.\1\ The period of investigation is 
April 1, 2014, through September 30, 2014. On June 18, 2015, the 
Department published its affirmative Preliminary Determination in the 
LTFV investigation of melamine from the PRC.\2\ On June 5, 2015, Allied 
Chemicals Inc. (``Allied Chemicals'') and Sichuan Golden-Elephant 
Sincerity Chemical Co., Ltd. (``Golden Elephant''), mandatory 
respondents in this investigation, requested that the Department 
postpone its final determination by 60 days (i.e., to 135 days after 
publication of the Preliminary Determination).\3\ On June 9, 2015, 
Allied Chemicals and Golden Elephant agreed to extend the application 
of the provisional measures prescribed under section 733(d) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), from a four-month period to a period not to 
exceed six months.\4\
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    \1\ See Melamine from the People's Republic of China and 
Trinidad and Tobago: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 
79 FR 73037 (December 9, 2014).
    \2\ See Melamine from the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value 80 FR 
34891 (June 18, 2015) (``Preliminary Determination'').
    \3\ See the letter from Allied Chemicals and Golden Elephant 
entitled, ``Melamine from the People's Republic of China; 
Respondents' Request to Extend the Due Date for the Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated June 5, 2015. Note that, although 
respondents' June 5, 2015, letter was mistitled, respondents clearly 
indicated on page two of the submission that they were requesting 
postponement of the final determination.
    \4\ See the letter from Allied Chemicals and Golden Elephant 
entitled, ``Melamine from the People's Republic of China; 
Clarification of Respondents' June 5, 2015 Request to Extend the Due 
Date for the Final Determination,'' dated June 9, 2015.
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Postponement of Final Determination

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), provides that a final determination may be postponed until not 
later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the 
preliminary determination if, in the event of an affirmative 
preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by 
exporters who account for a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative preliminary 
determination, a request for such postponement is made by the 
petitioner. Section 351.210(e)(2) of the Department's regulations 
requires that requests by respondents for postponement of a final 
determination be accompanied by a request for extension of provisional 
measures from a four-month period to a period not more than six months 
in duration.
    In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) our preliminary determination was 
affirmative; (2) the requesting producers or exporters account for a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise from their 
respective country; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we 
are postponing the

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final determination until no later than 135 days after the publication 
of the Preliminary Determination (i.e., to October 31, 2015) and 
extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period 
not greater than six months. Accordingly, we will issue our final 
determination no later than 135 days after the date of publication of 
the Preliminary Determination, pursuant to section 735(a)(2) of the 
Act. Because October 31, 2015, is a Saturday, the actual due date for 
the final determination of this LTFV investigation will be Monday, 
November 2, 2015.\5\
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    \5\ See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business 
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to 
the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 
735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: June 25, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-16375 Filed 7-1-15; 8:45 am]
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