[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 166 (Wednesday, August 26, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52548-52549]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-18794]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-126]


Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders From the People's Republic of 
China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable August 26, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Darla Brown at (202) 482-1791 or 
Katherine Sliney at (202) 482-2437, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 16, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of non-
refillable steel cylinders from the People's Republic of China 
(China).\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later 
than September 3, 2020.
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    \1\ See Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 
85 FR 22402 (April 22, 2020).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    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 August 7, 2020, the petitioner, Worthington Industries, 
submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary 
determination in this LTFV investigation.\2\ The petitioner stated that 
a postponement is necessary to provide Commerce with adequate time to 
solicit additional information from the respondents to clarify their 
responses, to issue supplemental questionnaires and review respondents' 
supplemental questionnaire responses, and to allow parties to gather 
information on valuing factors of production.\3\
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    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders 
from China--Petitioners' Request for Postponement of Preliminary 
Antidumping Determination,'' dated August 7, 2020.
    \3\ 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 
determination by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which this 
investigation was initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its 
preliminary determination no later than October 23, 2020.\4\ In 
accordance with

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section 735(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, unless postponed 
at a later date.
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    \4\ Sanjiang Kay Yuan Co. Ltd (SKY) contends that Commerce ``has 
consistently used the date of publication of notices in the Federal 
Register'' to set the deadline for its preliminary determinations 
and postponed preliminary determinations, under 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) 
and (b)(2). See SKY's Letter, ``Certain Non-Refillable Steel 
Cylinders from China; A-570-126; Comment on Request to Extend 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated August 7, 2020. However, Commerce 
determines that October 23, 2020 is the appropriate deadline for the 
postponed preliminary determination, which is based on the signature 
date of the initiation of the investigation. See, e.g., Certain 
Vertical Shaft Engines Between 99cc and Up to 225cc, and Parts 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 
85 FR 47357 (August 5, 2020); see also Certain Corrosion Inhibitors 
from the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair Value Investigation, 85 FR 36376 
(June 16, 2020).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 14, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-18794 Filed 8-25-20; 8:45 am]
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