[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 2171]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00741]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-031]


Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components From the 
People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination 
in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective date: January 15, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Galantucci at (202) 482-2923, 
AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 
Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 17, 2015, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of certain iron 
mechanical transfer drive components from the People's Republic of 
China.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than 
January 21, 2015.
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    \1\ See Certain Iron Mechanical Transfer Drive Components From 
the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigation, 80 FR 73722 (November 25, 2015).
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Postponement of the Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation within 65 days after the date on which the Department 
initiated the investigation. However, if the Department concludes that 
the parties concerned are cooperating, and that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated such that additional time is necessary to 
make the preliminary determination, section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Act 
allows the Department to postpone making the preliminary determination 
until no later than 130 days after the date on which the administering 
authority initiated the investigation. We have concluded that the 
parties concerned are cooperating and that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated, such that we will need more time to make the preliminary 
determination. Specifically, the Department finds that the instant case 
is extraordinarily complicated by reason of the number and complexity 
of the alleged countervailable subsidy practices, and the need to 
determine the extent to which particular alleged countervailable 
subsidies are used by individual manufacturers, producers and 
exporters.
    Additionally, the Department notes that we issued questionnaires to 
the respondents in this case on December 18, 2015. The due date for 
these questionnaires is January 25, 2016, which is after the unextended 
preliminary determination date. For these reasons, the Department will 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary determination by 
65 days (i.e., 130 days after the date of initiation of this 
investigation). However, because 65 days following the current deadline 
falls on a Saturday, the new deadline is Monday, March 28, 2016.\2\
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    \2\ 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 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(l).\3\
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    \3\ We acknowledge that the Department inadvertently did not 
notify the parties to this investigation of this postponement within 
the timeframe provided in section 703(c)(2) of the Act.

    Dated: January 11, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-00741 Filed 1-14-16; 8:45 am]
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