Notice2022-10934
Certain Steel Nails From India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the Republic of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
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Published
May 20, 2022
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 98 (Friday, May 20, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30868-30869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-10934]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-904, A-542-804, A-549-844, A-489-846]
Certain Steel Nails From India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and the
Republic of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable May 20, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Lindgren (India), Allison
Hollander (Sri Lanka), Laurel LaCivita and Matthew Palmer (Thailand),
or David Crespo (Republic of Turkey (Turkey)), AD/CVD Operations,
Office I, II, or III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1671, (202) 482-2805,
(202) 482-4243, (202) 482-1678, or (202) 482-3693, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 19, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of
certain steel nails (steel nails) from India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and
Turkey.\1\ Currently, the
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preliminary determinations are due no later than June 8, 2022.
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\1\ See Certain Steel Nails from India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and
the Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 87 FR 3965 (January 26, 2022).
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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.
Commerce will grant the request unless it finds compelling reasons to
deny the request.
On May 9, 2022, Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. (the petitioner)
submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary
determinations in these LTFV investigations.\2\ The petitioner stated
that it requests postponement because: (1) Commerce has not yet
received complete responses to its initial and supplemental
questionnaires from the respondents in these investigations; and (2)
the petitioner has identified deficiencies in the responses already
provided by the respondents that must be remedied prior to Commerce's
issuance of its preliminary determinations.\3\
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\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Certain Steel Nails from India,
Sri Lanka, Thailand and Turkey--Petitioner's Request for
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations,'' dated May 9, 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 July 28, 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: May 16, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-10934 Filed 5-19-22; 8:45 am]
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