[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 8, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55413-55414]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-19786]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-837, A-475-843, A-557-819, A-791-826, A-469-821, A-723-001, A-
823-817]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Indonesia, Italy, 
Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES:  Applicable September 8, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Drew Jackson at (202) 482-4406 
(Indonesia), Stephanie Berger at (202) 482-2483 (Italy), Justin Newman 
at (202) 482-0486 (Malaysia), Jerry Huang at (202) 482-4047 (South 
Africa), Terre Keaton Stefanova at (202) 482-1280 (Spain), Eva Kim at 
(202) 482-8283 (Tunisia), and Cindy Robinson at (202) 482-3797 
(Ukraine), 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 6, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of prestressed 
concrete steel wire strand from Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, South 
Africa, Spain, Tunisia, and Ukraine.\1\ Currently, the preliminary 
determinations are due no later than September 23, 2020.
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    \1\ See Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from Argentina, 
Colombia, Egypt, Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Saudi 
Arabia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, Tunisia, the Republic of 
Turkey, Ukraine, and the United Arab Emirates: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 85 FR 28605 (May 13, 2020).
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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 a 
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

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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 19, 2020, the petitioners \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\3\ The petitioners stated that they request 
postponement because the petitioners have identified deficiencies in 
the questionnaire responses filed on the records of the investigations 
that must be remedied in advance of the preliminary determinations, and 
postponing the preliminary determinations allows Commerce to seek 
clarification on the initial responses and accurately conduct the 
investigations.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Insteel Industries Inc.; Mid-South Wire 
Company; National Wire LLC; Oklahoma Steel & Wire Co.; and Wire Mesh 
Corp.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 
Strand from Indonesia, Italy, Malaysia, South Africa, Spain, Taiwan, 
Tunisia, Turkey, and Ukraine--Petitioners' Request to Postpone 
Preliminary Determinations,'' dated August 19, 2020; see also 
Petitioners' Letters, ``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from 
Taiwan--Petitioners' Comments Regarding Chia Ta's Notice of Intent 
Not to Participate and Withdrawal of Request to Postpone the 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated August 28, 2020; and 
``Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From Turkey--Petitioners' 
Withdrawal of Request to Postpone the Preliminary Determination,'' 
dated August 31, 2020. The petitioners withdrew the request to 
postpone the preliminary determinations in the investigations of 
prestressed concrete steel wire strand from Taiwan and the Republic 
of Turkey.
    \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 November 12, 2020. 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 1, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-19786 Filed 9-4-20; 8:45 am]
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