Notice2022-06402
Superabsorbent Polymers From the Republic of Korea: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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March 28, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 59 (Monday, March 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 17270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-06402]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-580-914]
Superabsorbent Polymers From the Republic of Korea: Postponement
of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 28, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles DeFilippo or Elfi Blum, 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) 482-3979 or (202) 482-0197,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 22, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of
certain superabsorbent polymers (SAP) from Korea.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determination is due no later than April 11, 2022.
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\1\ See Certain Superabsorbent Polymers from the Republic of
Korea: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value Investigation, 86 FR 67915
(November 30, 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 petitioner is the Ad Hoc Coalition of American SAP
Producers.
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On March 14, 2022, the petitioner submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement
because it has identified deficiencies in the respondent's
questionnaire responses that should be addressed in advance of the
preliminary determination, and so Commerce can issue supplemental
questionnaires to the respondent and develop the record regarding these
deficiencies.\4\
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\3\ See Petitioner`s Letter, ``Certain Superabsorbent Polymers
from the Republic of Korea--Petitioner's Request for Postponement of
Preliminary Determination,'' dated March 14, 2022.
\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 May 31, 2022. 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.
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: March 22, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-06402 Filed 3-25-22; 8:45 am]
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