[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 190 (Tuesday, October 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52062-52063]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-21289]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-889, A-489-837]


Certain Quartz Surface Products From India and the Republic of 
Turkey: Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations in the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable October 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Keith Haynes or Jean Valdez at (202) 
482-5139 or (202) 482-3855 (India), and Laurel LaCivita or Kyle Clahane 
at (202) 482-4243 or (202) 482-5449 (Republic of Turkey (Turkey)), 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 May 28, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of certain quartz 
surface products from India and Turkey.\1\ Currently, the preliminary 
determinations are due no later than October 15, 2019.
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    \1\ See Certain Quartz Surface Products from India and the 
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation, 84 FR 25529 (June 3, 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. 
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. 
Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to 
deny the request.\2\
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.205(e).
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    On September 16, 2019, the petitioner \3\ submitted timely requests 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\4\ The petitioner stated that it requested postponement 
because Commerce was still gathering data and questionnaire responses 
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the foreign producers in these investigations, and additional time is 
necessary for interested parties to respond to further requests from 
Commerce.
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    \3\ The petitioner is Cambria Company LLC.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Quartz Surface Products from 
India: Request to Extend the Preliminary Determination,'' and 
``Quartz Surface Products from the Republic of Turkey: Request to 
Extend the Preliminary Determination,'' dated September 16, 2019.
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    For the reasons stated above, and because there is no compelling 
reason to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determinations by 50 days. As a result, Commerce will issue its 
preliminary determinations in these investigations no later than 
December 4, 2019. In accordance with 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 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: September 25, 2019.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-21289 Filed 9-30-19; 8:45 am]
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