Notice2021-15412
Utility Scale Wind Towers From India: Postponement of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value Investigation
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Published
July 20, 2021
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair- value (LTFV) investigation of utility scale wind towers (wind towers) from India until October 6, 2021, and is extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six months.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 136 (Tuesday, July 20, 2021)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-15412]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-897]
Utility Scale Wind Towers From India: Postponement of Final
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the
deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation of utility scale wind towers (wind towers)
from India until October 6, 2021, and is extending the provisional
measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six
months.
DATES: Applicable July 20, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton or Amaris Wade, AD/CVD
Operations, Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1280 or (202) 482-3874,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 9, 2020, Commerce initiated an LTFV investigation of
imports of wind towers from India.\1\ The period of investigation is
July 1, 2019, through June 30, 2020. On May 24, 2021, Commerce
published the Preliminary Determination.\2\
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\1\ See Utility Scale Wind Towers from India, Malaysia, and
Spain: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 85 FR
73023 (November 16, 2020).
\2\ See Utility Scale Wind Towers from India: Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 86 FR
27829 (May 24, 2021) (Preliminary Determination).
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Postponement of Final Determination
Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) provide that a final determination may be
postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement
is made by the exporters or producers who account for a significant
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a
negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is
made by the petitioners. Further, 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that
such postponement requests by exporters be accompanied by a request for
extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period
of not more than six months, in accordance with section 733(d) of the
Act.
On July 7, 2021, Vestas Wind Technology India Private Limited
(Vestas India), the mandatory respondent in this investigation,
requested that Commerce postpone the deadline for the final
determination until no later than 135 days from the publication of the
Preliminary Determination, and extend the application of the
provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more
than six months.\3\ In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The Preliminary
Determination was affirmative; (2) the request was made by an exporter/
producer who accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the
subject merchandise; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist,
Commerce is postponing the final determination until no later than 135
days after the date of the publication of the Preliminary
Determination, and extending the provisional measures from a four-month
period to a period of not more than six months. Accordingly, Commerce
will issue its final determination no later than October 6, 2021.\4\
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\3\ See Vestas India's Letter, ``Request to Extend the Deadline
for the Final Determination,'' dated July 7, 2021.
\4\ Because Commerce previously aligned the deadline for the
final determination of the companion countervailing duty (CVD)
investigation of wind towers from India with this deadline for this
investigation, the deadline for issuing the final determination in
the CVD investigation is also October 6, 2021. See Utility Scale
Wind Towers from India: Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing Duty
Determination, and Alignment of Final Determination With Final
Antidumping Duty Determination, 86 FR 15897 (March 25, 2021).
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Notice to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 735(a)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).
Dated: July 14, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-15412 Filed 7-19-21; 8:45 am]
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