[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 97 (Tuesday, May 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 29930]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-10750]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-525-002, C-351-855, C-533-896, C-489-840]


Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Bahrain, Brazil, India, and the 
Republic of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable May 19, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer at (202) 482-0410 
(Bahrain), Jonathan Hall-Eastman at (202) 482-1468 (Brazil), Benito 
Ballesteros at (202) 482-7425 (India), or Gene Calvert at (202) 482-
3586 (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 March 30, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of common alloy 
aluminum sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, India, and Turkey.\1\ Currently, 
the preliminary determinations are due no later than June 3, 2020.
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    \1\ See Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet from Bahrain, Brazil, India, 
and the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations, 85 FR 19449 (April 7, 2020).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    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 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 May 6, 2020, the petitioner in these investigations \3\ 
submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD 
determinations.\4\ According to the petitioner, additional time is 
necessary to allow Commerce to ``analyze fully the questionnaire 
responses, request any necessary clarifications, and determine the 
extent to which countervailable subsidies have benefited the 
respondents in the preliminary phase of these proceedings.'' \5\ 
Consistent with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner stated the reasons 
for its request, 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 determinations 
to no later than 130 days after the date on which these investigations 
were initiated, i.e., August 7, 2020. Pursuant to section 705(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.
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    \3\ The petitioner is the Aluminum Association Common Alloy 
Aluminum Sheet Working Group.
    \4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Countervailing Duty 
Investigations Concerning Common Alloy Aluminum Sheet From Bahrain, 
Brazil, India, and the Republic of Turkey--Petitioners' Request to 
Postpone Preliminary Determinations,'' dated May 6, 2019.
    \5\ Id. at 2.
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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: May 13, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-10750 Filed 5-18-20; 8:45 am]
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