[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 101 (Tuesday, May 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31459-31460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11209]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-853, A-570-117]


Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products From Brazil 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 May 26, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Ayache (Brazil) or Brian Smith 
(the People's Republic of China (China)), AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-2623 or (202) 482-1766, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 28, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of wood 
mouldings and millwork products (millwork products) from Brazil and 
China.\1\ The deadline for the preliminary determinations is June 16, 
2020.
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    \1\ See Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from Brazil and the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 85 FR 6502 (February 5, 2020) (Initiation Notice).

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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.
    On April 27, 2020, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
due to the amount of time that Commerce will need to conduct a complete 
and thorough analysis, including the issuance of supplemental 
questionnaires in both investigations.\4\ The petitioner requests that 
Commerce fully extend the deadline for the preliminary determinations 
by 50 days.
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    \2\ The petitioner is the Coalition of American Millwork 
Producers.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Wood Mouldings and Millwork 
Products from Brazil: Request for Postponement of the Preliminary 
Determination,'' and ``Wood Mouldings and Millwork Products from the 
People's Republic of China: Request for Postponement of the 
Preliminary Determination,'' both dated April 27, 2020.
    \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 deadline for the preliminary 
determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which these 
investigations were initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its 
preliminary determinations no later than August 5, 2020. In accordance 
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the final determinations in 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: May 19, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-11209 Filed 5-22-20; 8:45 am]
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