[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 67 (Tuesday, April 7, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19455-19456]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-07294]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-123]
Certain Corrosion Inhibitors From the People's Republic of China:
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty
Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable April 7, 2020.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodore Pearson or Nicholas
Czajkowski, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2631
or (202) 482-1395, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 25, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of
corrosion inhibitors from the People's Republic of China.\1\ Currently,
the preliminary determination is due no later than April 30, 2020.
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from the People's Republic
of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 85 FR
12502 (March 3, 2020).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than
130 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
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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 March 27, 2020, the petitioner submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\ The petitioner
requests postponement because, {t{time} he current deadline does not
provide adequate time for Commerce to select mandatory respondents,
issue questionnaires, receive responses, and then follow up with
deficiency questionnaires.'' \4\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e),
the petitioner has stated the reasons for requesting a postponement of
the preliminary determination, and Commerce finds no compelling reason
to deny the request. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A)
of the Act, Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary
determination to no later than 130 days after the date on which this
investigation was initiated, i.e., July 6, 2020.\5\ Pursuant to section
705(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 the preliminary determination.
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\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Corrosion Inhibitors from
the People's Republic of China: Request to Postpone Preliminary
Determination,'' dated March 27, 2020.
\4\ Id.
\5\ In this case, 130 days after initiation falls on July 4,
2020, a Saturday. Where a deadline falls on a weekend or federal
holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next business day. See
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule
for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff
Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: April 1, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-07294 Filed 4-6-20; 8:45 am]
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