[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52437-52438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13790]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-852, A-533-924, A-588-882, A-421-817, A-518-001, A-274-810]


Melamine From Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and 
Trinidad and Tobago: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable June 24, 2024.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel (Germany), Myrna Lobo 
(India), George McMahon (Japan), Fred Baker (the Netherlands), Gorden 
Struck (Qatar), or Brittany Bauer (Trinidad and Tobago), AD/CVD 
Operations, Offices II, V, VI, VII, and VIII, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-7466, (202) 482-2371, (202) 482-1167, (202) 482-2924, (202) 
482-8151, and (202) 482-3860, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and 
Trinidad and Tobago.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are 
due no later than July 23, 2024. The period of investigation is January 
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
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    \1\ See Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, 
Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 89 FR 17413 (March 11, 2024).
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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 June 13, 2024, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in the LTFV 
investigations of imports of melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the 
Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago. The petitioners stated 
that ``{w{time} ith regard to the Melamine from India and Melamine from 
Qatar investigations, postponement 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 petitioner ``seeks postponement of all six 
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 petitioner is Cornerstone Chemical Company.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioner's Request for 
Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated June 13, 
2024.
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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 September 11, 2024. 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: June 18, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-13790 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
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