[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 31301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-13986]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-864, A-201-850, A-570-102]


Certain Fabricated Structural Steel From Canada, Mexico, and the 
People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations 
in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable July 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger at (202) 482-4136 
(Canada); Andrew Medley at (202) 482-4987 (the People's Republic of 
China (China)); and Krisha Hill at (202) 482-4037 (Mexico), AD/CVD 
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 25, 2019, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LFTV) investigations of imports of 
certain fabricated structural steel from Canada, China, and Mexico.\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than July 
15, 2019.
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    \1\ See Certain Fabricated Structural Steel from Canada, Mexico, 
and the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations, 84 FR 7330 (March 4, 2019).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in an 
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce 
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act 
permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no 
later than 190 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the 
investigation if: (A) The petitioner makes a timely request for a 
postponement; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are 
cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and 
that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request to 
postpone 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary 
determination and must state the reasons for postponement. Commerce 
will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the 
request.
    On June 19, 2019, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that the purpose of its 
request is to provide Commerce with adequate time to solicit 
information from the respondents and to allow Commerce and the 
petitioner sufficient time to analyze the respondents' questionnaire 
responses.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioner in these LTFV investigations is the American 
Institute of Steel Construction Full Member Subgroup.
    \3\ See Petitioner's letter, ``Certain Fabricated Structural 
Steel from Canada, Mexico, and the People's Republic of China: 
Request to Postpone Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determination and 
to Align Final Countervailing Duty Determination with Final 
Antidumping Duty Determination,'' dated June 19, 2019.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the preliminary determinations 
in these LTFV investigations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date 
on which these investigations were initiated). Accordingly, Commerce 
will issue its preliminary determinations in these investigations no 
later than September 3, 2019. Pursuant to section 735(a)(1) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations of 
these investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determinations, unless postponed.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: June 26, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-13986 Filed 6-28-19; 8:45 am]
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