[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 52 (Friday, March 19, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14871-14872]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05739]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-900, C-821-830]


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India and the Russian 
Federation: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable March 19, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janae Martin at (202) 482-0238 (India) 
and George Ayache at (202) 482-2623 (the Russian Federation (Russia)), 
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 February 16, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of 
granular polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India and Russia.\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than April 
22, 2021.
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    \1\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and 
the Russian Federation: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 
Investigations, 86 FR 10931 (February 23, 2021).
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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

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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 \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 Daikin America, Inc.
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    On March 9, 2021, the petitioner submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations of the CVD 
investigations of granular PTFE resin from India and Russia.\3\ The 
petitioner stated that it requests postponement ``to allow Commerce to 
fully analyze respondents' questionnaire responses, and any other 
filings such as new subsidy allegations and benchmark factual 
information, prior to the preliminary determination.'' \4\ In 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner has 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 postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations 
to no later than 130 days after the date on which these investigations 
were initiated, i.e., June 28, 2021.\5\ 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.
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    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 
(PTFE) Resin from India and Russia: Request to Extend Preliminary 
Determinations,'' dated March 9, 2021.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Postponing the preliminary determination to 130 days after 
initiation would place the deadline on Saturday, June 26, 2021. 
Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a 
weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next 
business day. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next 
Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines 
Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 
2005).
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: March 15, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-05739 Filed 3-18-21; 8:45 am]
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