[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 23681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09317]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-140]


Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies Thereof From 
the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable May 4, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Langley at (202) 482-3861 or 
Theodore Pearson at (202) 482-2631, AD/CVD Operations, Office I, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 18, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of certain mobile 
access equipment and subassemblies thereof (mobile access equipment) 
from the People's Republic of China (China).\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determination is due no later than May 24, 2021.
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    \1\ See Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 86 FR 15905 (March 25, 2021).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    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 reasons for the request. Commerce will grant the 
request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.
    On April 26, 2021, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\ The 
petitioner stated that it requests postponement so that Commerce has 
adequate time to analyze questionnaire responses from the mandatory 
respondents and the Government of China.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioner is the Coalition of American Manufacturers of 
Mobile Access Equipment.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Mobile Access Equipment 
and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of China: 
Request for Postponement of Preliminary Determination,'' dated April 
26, 2021.
    \4\ Id.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner stated the 
reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary determination, 
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 determination to no later 
than 130 days after the date on which this investigation was initiated, 
i.e., July 26, 2021. Pursuant to section 705(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.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: April 28, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-09317 Filed 5-3-21; 8:45 am]
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