[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 204 (Friday, October 21, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 72776]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-25552]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-042]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's Republic of 
China: Postponement of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair 
Value Investigation

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Department) is postponing the 
deadline for issuing final determination in the less than fair value 
(LTFV) investigation of stainless steel sheet and strip 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.

DATES: Effective October 21, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Toni Page at (202) 482-1398 or Lingjun 
Wang at (202) 482-2316, Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations, 
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 10, 2016, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the LTFV investigation of the stainless steel sheet and strip from 
the PRC.\1\ The period of investigation is July 1, 2015, through 
December 31, 2015. On September 9, 2016, the Department issued its 
affirmative Preliminary Determination.\2\ On September 14, 2016, Shanxi 
Taigang Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (Taigang), a mandatory respondent in 
this investigation, requested that the Department fully extend the 
deadline for the final determination, and extend the application of the 
provisional measures from a four-month period to a period not more than 
six months.\3\ On September 19, 2016, the Department published the 
Preliminary Determination.\4\
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    \1\ See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip From the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Less Than Fair Value Investigation, 
81 FR 12711 (March 10, 2016).
    \2\ See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 
Critical Circumstances, 81 FR 64135 (September 19, 2016) 
(Preliminary Determination).
    \3\ See Taigang's September 14, 2016 letter.
    \4\ See Preliminary Determination.
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Postponement of Final Determination

    Section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), provide 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. Further, 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) 
requires that such postponement requests by exporters be accompanied by 
a request for extension of provisional measures from a four-month 
period to a period not more than six months, in accordance with section 
733(d) of the Act.
    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 producer/exporter, Taigang, accounts 
for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise from 
the PRC; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are 
postponing the final determination until no later than 135 days after 
the date of the publication of the Preliminary Determination and 
extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period 
not more than six months. Accordingly, we will issue our final 
determination no later than February 1, 2017.
    This determination is issued and published pursuant to section 
735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: October 14, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
 Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-25552 Filed 10-20-16; 8:45 am]
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