[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 104 (Wednesday, May 31, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34827-34828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-11475]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-869, A-570-150, A-428-851, A-421-816, A-580-915, A-583-870, A-
489-848, A-412-827]


Tin Mill Products From Canada, the People's Republic of China, 
Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the Republic 
of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable May 31, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun (Canada), Emily Halle 
(the People's Republic of China (China)), George McMahon (Germany), 
Brittany Bauer (the Netherlands), Fred Baker (the Republic of Korea 
(Korea)), Jacob Saude (Taiwan), Alice Maldonado (the Republic of Turkey 
(Turkey)), and Charles DeFilippo (the United Kingdom), AD/CVD 
Operations, Offices II, V, VI, and VII, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5760, (202) 482-0176, (202) 482-1167, (202) 482-3860, (202) 482-2924, 
(202) 482-0981, (202) 482-4682, and (202) 482-3979, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 7, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of tin 
mill products from Canada, China, Germany, the Netherlands, Korea, 
Taiwan, Turkey, and the United Kingdom.\1\ Currently, the preliminary 
determinations are due no later than June 27, 2023.
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    \1\ See Tin Mill Products from Canada, the People's Republic of 
China, Germany, the Netherlands, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, the 
Republic of Turkey, and the United Kingdom: Initiation of Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigations, 88 FR 9481 (February 14, 2023).

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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) 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 18, 2023, the petitioners \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in the LTFV 
investigations of imports of tin mill products from Canada, China, 
Germany, the Netherlands, Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United 
Kingdom. The petitioners stated that ``{p{time} ostponement is 
warranted so that Commerce can evaluate fully the initial questionnaire 
responses submitted by the mandatory respondents and solicit 
supplemental information as necessary,'' and the petitioners ``seek 
postponement of all the antidumping investigations in order to keep 
them on the same schedule and avoid the need to split the cases at the 
International Trade Commission.'' \3\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. and the United 
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 
Industrial and Service Workers International Union.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request for Postponement of the 
Preliminary Determinations,'' dated May 18, 2023.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), Commerce is postponing the deadline for 
the preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., to 190 days after the 
date on which these investigations were initiated). As a result, 
Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations in the above-
referenced investigations no later than August 16, 2023. 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.

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: May 24, 2023.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-11475 Filed 5-30-23; 8:45 am]
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