Notice2022-03450
Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina, Mexico, and the Russian Federation: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
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Published
February 17, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 33 (Thursday, February 17, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9034-9035]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-03450]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-357-824, A-201-856, A-821-833]
Oil Country Tubular Goods From Argentina, Mexico, and the Russian
Federation: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 17, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov at (202) 482-0665
(Argentina); James Hepburn at (202) 482-1882 (Mexico); George McMahon
at (202) 482-1167 (the Russian Federation (Russia)); AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On October 26, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of oil
country tubular goods (OCTG) from Argentina, Mexico, and Russia.\1\
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than March
15, 2022.
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\1\ See Oil Country Tubular Goods from Argentina, Mexico, and
the Russian Federation: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 86 FR 60205 (November 1, 2021).
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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 of 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.
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Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to
deny the request.
On February 10, 2022, Borusan Mannesmann Pipe U.S., Inc., PTC
Liberty Tubulars LLC, U.S. Steel Tubular Products, Inc., the United
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied
Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC, and
Welded Tube USA, Inc. (collectively, the petitioners) submitted a
timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in
these LTFV investigations.\2\ The petitioners stated that they request
postponement due to the size and complexity of the investigations, the
extensions of time already granted by Commerce to respondents, and the
amount of time needed for Commerce to conduct complete and thorough
analyses in these investigations, including the issuance and review of
additional supplemental questionnaires.\3\
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\2\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Oil Country Tubular Goods from
Argentina, Mexico, Russia, and the Republic of Korea: Petitioners'
Request to Extend Preliminary Determinations and Align the
Countervailing Duty Investigations with the Concurrent Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigations,'' dated February 10, 2022.
\3\ 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 and 19 CFR 351.205(e), is postponing the
deadline for these preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190
days after the date on which these investigations were initiated). As a
result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations no later
than May 4, 2022. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations in
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: February 11, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-03450 Filed 2-16-22; 8:45 am]
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