[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 233 (Thursday, December 3, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 78121-78122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26623]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-523-816, C-489-845]


Certain Aluminum Foil From the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic 
of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable December 3, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office III (Sultanate of Oman); and Eliza Siordia, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office V (Republic of Turkey); Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1009 
and (202) 482-3878, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 19, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of certain 
aluminum foil from the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Turkey.\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than 
December 23, 2020.
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    \1\ See Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate of Oman and the 
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations, 85 FR 68287 (October 28, 2020).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated 
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits 
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than 
130 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 reason for the request. Commerce will grant the 
request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.\2\
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    \2\ See 19 CFR 351.205(e).
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    On November 23, 2020, the petitioners \3\ in these investigations 
submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD 
determinations.\4\ According to the petitioners, additional time is 
necessary to allow Commerce to ``analyze fully the questionnaire 
responses, request any necessary clarifications and determine the 
extent to which countervailable subsidies have benefited the 
respondents in the preliminary phase of these proceedings.'' \5\ 
Consistent with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioners stated the reasons 
for requesting a postponement of the preliminary determinations, and 
Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the request. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce is

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postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations to no later 
than 130 days after the date on which this investigation was initiated, 
i.e., February 26, 2021. Pursuant to section 705(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.
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    \3\ The petitioners consist of the Aluminum Association Trade 
Enforcement Working Group and its individual members: Gr[auml]nges 
Americas Inc., JW Aluminum Company, and Novelis Corporation.
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Countervailing Duty 
Investigations Concerning Certain Aluminum Foil from the Sultanate 
of Oman and the Republic of Turkey--Petitioners' Request to Postpone 
Preliminary Determinations,'' dated November 23, 2020.
    \5\ Id. at 2.
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: November 27, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-26623 Filed 12-2-20; 8:45 am]
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