[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 223 (Wednesday, November 18, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 73459]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25448]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-853]


Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh From Mexico: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable November 18, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alice Maldonado at (202) 482-4682 or 
Melissa Kinter at (202) 482-1413, AD/CVD Operations, Office II, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 20, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of standard steel 
welded wire mesh (wire mesh) from Mexico.\1\ Currently, the preliminary 
determination is due no later than December 7, 2020.
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    \1\ See Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh from Mexico: Initiation 
of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 85 FR 45167 (July 20, 2020) 
(Initiation Notice).
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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)(A)(b)(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 \2\ 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.
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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.
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    On November 2, 2020, the petitioners submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV 
investigation.\3\ The petitioners stated that their requested 
postponement ``will permit the agency to issue supplemental 
questionnaires to Aceromex, S.A. de C.V. (Aceromex) to clarify its 
initial responses and to accurately determine the magnitude of dumping 
that occurred during the period of investigation.'' \4\
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    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Standard Steel Welded Wire Mesh 
from Mexico--Petitioners' Request to Postpone Preliminary 
Determinations,'' dated November 2, 2020.
    \4\ Id. at 2.
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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 January 26, 2021. In accordance 
with 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.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: November 12, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-25448 Filed 11-17-20; 8:45 am]
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