[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 235 (Friday, December 8, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57952-57953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-26489]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-820, A-560-830]


Biodiesel From Argentina and Indonesia: Postponement of Final 
Determinations of Sales in Less Than Fair Value Investigations and 
Extension of Provisional Measures

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the

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deadline for issuing the final determinations in the less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigations of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia 
until February 15, 2018, and is extending the provisional measures from 
a four-month period to a period of not more than six months.

DATES: Applicable December 8, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren at (202) 482-3870 
(Argentina); Myrna Lobo at (202) 482-2371 (Indonesia), Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 12, 2017, the Department initiated LTFV investigations of 
imports of biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia.\1\ The period of 
investigation for each investigation is January 1, 2016, through 
December 31, 2016. On October 31, 2017, the Department published its 
Preliminary Determination in each of these LTFV investigations.\2\
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    \1\ See Biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia: Initiation of 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 82 FR 18428 (April 19, 2017).
    \2\ See Biodiesel from Agentina: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, Preliminary 
Determination of Critical Circumstances, In Part, 82 FR 50391 
(October 31, 2017) (Argentina Preliminary Determination); see also 
Biodiesel from Indonesia: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 82 FR 50379 (Indonesia Preliminary 
Determination).
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Postponement of Final Determinations

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) 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 the exporters or producers 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 petitioners. Further, 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that 
such postponement requests by exporters be accompanied by a request for 
extension of provisional meausres from a four-month period to a period 
of not more than six months, in accordance with section 733(d) of the 
Act.
    In September 2017, P.T. Musim Mas (Musim Mas) and Wilmar Trading 
PTE Ltd. (Wilmar), the mandatory respondents in the Indonesia 
investigation, requested that the Department postpone the deadline for 
the final determination until no later than 135 days from the 
publication of the Indonesia Preliminary Determination, and extend the 
application of the provisional measures from a four-month period to a 
period of not more than six months.\3\ In November 2017, Camara 
Argentina de Biocombustibles (CARBIO) and LDC Argentina S.A. (LDC), the 
mandatory respondents in the Argentina investigation, requested that 
the Department postpone the deadline for the final determination until 
no later than 135 days from the publication of the Argentina 
Preliminary Determination, and extend the application of the 
provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more 
than six months.\4\
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    \3\ See Musim Mas' Letter, ``Biodiesel from Indonesia: Request 
to Extend Final Determination,'' dated September 19, 2017; see also 
Wilmar's Letter, ``Biodiesel from Indonesia: Request for Extension 
of Final Determination,'' dated September 19, 2017.
    \4\ See CARBIO's Letter, ``CARBIO's Request for Postponement of 
the Final Determination Biodiesel from Argentina (A-357-820),'' 
dated November 10, 2017; see also LDC's Letter, ``Biodiesel from 
Argentina: Request for Postponement of the Final Determination,'' 
dated November 16, 2017.
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    In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because (1) each preliminary determination was 
affirmative; (2) the requests in each investigation were made by the 
exporters and producers who account for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise from the country at issue; and (3) 
no compelling reasons for denials exist, the Department is postponing 
the final determination in each investigation until no later than 107 
days after the date of the publication of the relevant preliminary 
determination, and extending the provisional measures from a four-month 
period to a period of not more than six months. Accordingly, the 
Department will issue its final determination in each investigation no 
later than February 15, 2018.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: December 4, 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. 2017-26489 Filed 12-7-17; 8:45 am]
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