[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 162 (Wednesday, August 23, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39982-39983]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17853]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-055]


Carton-Closing Staples From the People's Republic of China: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation

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

DATES: August 23, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6905.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On April 20, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of 
carton-closing staples from the People's Republic of China (PRC).\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than September 
7, 2017.
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    \1\ See Carton-Closing Staples from the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 82 FR 19351 
(April 27, 2017).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in 
a LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which the 
Department initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1) of 
the Act permits the Department to postpone the preliminary 
determination until no later than 190

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days after the date on which the Department initiated the investigation 
if: (A) The petitioner \2\ makes a timely request for a postponement; 
or (B) the Department concludes that the parties concerned are 
cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and 
that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. 
Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for 
postponement 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the 
preliminary determination and must state the reasons for the request. 
The Department will grant the request unless it finds compelling 
reasons to deny the request.
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    \2\ The petitioner is North American Steel & Wire/ISM 
Enterprise.
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    On August 10, 2017, the petitioner submitted a timely request that 
the Department postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV 
investigation. The petitioner stated that it requests postponement to 
permit the Department to address all issues arising in this 
investigation, which has been affected by extensions for filings and 
anticipated future filings of information required to make a 
preliminary determination.
    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determination by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which this 
investigation was initiated). As a result, the Department will issue 
its preliminary determination no later than October 27, 2017. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), 
the deadline for the final determination of this investigation will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of publication 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: August 16, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-17853 Filed 8-22-17; 8:45 am]
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