[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
from
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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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