[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 34851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12348]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-906]


Sodium Nitrite From India: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable June 8, 2022.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1168.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of 
sodium nitrite from India.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination 
is due no later than June 22, 2022.
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    \1\ See Sodium Nitrite from India and the Russian Federation: 
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 87 FR 7122 
(February 8, 2022).
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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) 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 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 May 27, 2022, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in this LTFV 
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
because Commerce is still collecting information from the respondent, 
and the petitioner will need additional time to review the responses 
and prepare comments for Commerce's consideration.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioner is Chemtrade Chemicals US LLC.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Sodium Nitrite from India: 
Chemtrade's Request to Postpone the Antidumping Investigation 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated May 27, 2022.
    \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 
determination by 50 days (i.e., no more than 190 days after the date on 
which the investigation was initiated). As a result, Commerce will 
issue its preliminary determination no later than August 11, 2022. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.201(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.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: June 2, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-12348 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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