Notice2021-17729
Organic Soybean Meal From India: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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August 18, 2021
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 46181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17729]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-901]
Organic Soybean Meal 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 August 18, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4261.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 20, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated
a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation(s) of imports of organic
soybean meal from India.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is
due no later than September 7, 2021.
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\1\ See Organic Soybean Meal from India: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair Value Investigation, 86 FR 22146 (April 27, 2021)
(Initiation Notice).
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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 \2\ 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.
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\2\ The petitioners are Organic Soybean Processors of America
and the American Natural Processors, LLC, Organic Production
Services, LLC, Professional Proteins, Ltd., Sheppard Grain
Enterprises LLC, Simmons Grain Company, Super Soy, LLC, and Tri-
State Crush LLC.
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On August 9, 2021, the petitioners submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in this LTFV
investigation.\3\ The petitioners requested the postponement to permit
Commerce to ``fully develop the record in this investigation,'' assess
questionnaire responses, and issue supplemental questionnaires.\4\
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\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Organic Soybean Meal from India:
Petitioners' Request to Postpone the Preliminary Determination,''
dated August 9, 2021.
\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., 190 days after the date on which this
investigation was initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its
preliminary determination no later than October 27, 2021. In accordance
with section 735(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,
unless postponed at a later date.
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: August 12, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-17729 Filed 8-17-21; 8:45 am]
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