[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 224 (Thursday, November 19, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 73687]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-25575]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-909, A-821-826, A-823-819]


Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe 
From the Republic of Korea, the Russian Federation, 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 November 19, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua DeMoss at (202) 482-3362 (the 
Republic of Korea (Korea)); Kathryn Turlo at (202) 482-3870 (the 
Russian Federation (Russia)); Zachary Shaykin at (202) 482-2638 
(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 July 28, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of Seamless 
Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Czech 
Republic, Korea, Russia, and Ukraine.\1\ Currently, the preliminary 
determinations are due no later than December 15, 2020.
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    \1\ See Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel Standard, Line, and 
Pressure Pipe from the Czech Republic, the Republic of Korea, the 
Russian Federation, and Ukraine: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 85 FR 47176 (August 4, 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 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 petitioner is Vallourec Star, LP.
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    On October 15, 2020, the petitioner submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in the Korea, Russia, 
and Ukraine LTFV investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it 
requests postponement because Commerce will not otherwise have complete 
questionnaire responses and sufficient information to issue preliminary 
determinations.\4\
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    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Seamless Carbon and Alloy Steel 
Standard, Line, and Pressure Pipe from the Republic of Korea, 
Russia, and Ukraine: Request to Extend Preliminary Determinations,'' 
dated October 15, 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 in the Korea, Russia, and Ukraine LTFV investigations 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 in the Korea, Russia, and Ukraine LTFV investigations no 
later than February 3, 2021. 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: November 13, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-25575 Filed 11-18-20; 8:45 am]
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