[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 113 (Monday, June 13, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 38131]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13953]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-036]


Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products 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: June 13, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julia Hancock or Susan Pulongbarit, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1394, or (202) 482-4031, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On February 16, 2016, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice initiating an antidumping duty investigation of 
certain biaxial integral geogrid products from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'').\1\ Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) state that the 
Department will make a preliminary determination no later than 140 days 
after the date of the initiation (i.e., February 8, 2016). Accordingly, 
the preliminary determination of this antidumping duty investigation is 
currently due no later than June 27, 2016.
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    \1\ See Certain Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products from the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation, 81 FR 7755 (February 16, 2016).
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    On May 27, 2016, Tensar Corporation (``Petitioner''), made a timely 
request, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e), for postponement of the 
preliminary determination, in order to facilitate the Department's 
analysis of respondents' questionnaire responses and interested 
parties' surrogate value data submissions. Because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department is postponing the deadline for 
the preliminary determination by 50 days.\2\
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    \2\ See Letter to the Secretary of Commerce from Petitioner 
``Request to Postpone Preliminary Determination'' (May 27, 2016).
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    For the reasons stated above, the Department, in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the 
preliminary determination to no later than 190 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated this investigation. Therefore, the new 
deadline for the preliminary determination is August 16, 2016. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act, the deadline for the 
final determination of this investigation will continue to be 75 days 
after the date of the preliminary determination, unless postponed at a 
later date.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: June 7, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-13953 Filed 6-10-16; 8:45 am]
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