Notice2022-12348
Sodium Nitrite From India: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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Published
June 8, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 110 (Wednesday, June 8, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 34851]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-12348]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-906]
Sodium Nitrite 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 June 8, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joy Zhang, AD/CVD Operations, Office
III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1168.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 2, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of
sodium nitrite from India.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination
is due no later than June 22, 2022.
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\1\ See Sodium Nitrite from India and the Russian Federation:
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 87 FR 7122
(February 8, 2022).
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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 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 27, 2022, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in this LTFV
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement
because Commerce is still collecting information from the respondent,
and the petitioner will need additional time to review the responses
and prepare comments for Commerce's consideration.\4\
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\2\ The petitioner is Chemtrade Chemicals US LLC.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Sodium Nitrite from India:
Chemtrade's Request to Postpone the Antidumping Investigation
Preliminary Determination,'' dated May 27, 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., no more than 190 days after the date on
which the investigation was initiated). As a result, Commerce will
issue its preliminary determination no later than August 11, 2022. In
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.201(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: June 2, 2022.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2022-12348 Filed 6-7-22; 8:45 am]
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