Notice2024-13790
Melamine From Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
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June 24, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 121 (Monday, June 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52437-52438]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13790]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-428-852, A-533-924, A-588-882, A-421-817, A-518-001, A-274-810]
Melamine From Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and
Trinidad and Tobago: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable June 24, 2024.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Noah Wetzel (Germany), Myrna Lobo
(India), George McMahon (Japan), Fred Baker (the Netherlands), Gorden
Struck (Qatar), or Brittany Bauer (Trinidad and Tobago), AD/CVD
Operations, Offices II, V, VI, VII, and VIII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-7466, (202) 482-2371, (202) 482-1167, (202) 482-2924, (202)
482-8151, and (202) 482-3860, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On March 5, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of
melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands, Qatar, and
Trinidad and Tobago.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are
due no later than July 23, 2024. The period of investigation is January
1, 2023, through December 31, 2023.
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\1\ See Melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the Netherlands,
Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 89 FR 17413 (March 11, 2024).
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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 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 June 13, 2024, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in the LTFV
investigations of imports of melamine from Germany, India, Japan, the
Netherlands, Qatar, and Trinidad and Tobago. The petitioners stated
that ``{w{time} ith regard to the Melamine from India and Melamine from
Qatar investigations, postponement is warranted so that Commerce can
evaluate fully the initial questionnaire responses submitted by the
mandatory respondents and solicit supplemental information as
necessary,'' and the petitioner ``seeks postponement of all six
antidumping investigations in order to keep them on the same schedule
and avoid the need to split the cases at the International Trade
Commission.'' \3\
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\2\ The petitioner is Cornerstone Chemical Company.
\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioner's Request for
Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations,'' dated June 13,
2024.
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For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), Commerce is postponing the deadline for
the preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., to 190 days after the
date on which these investigations were initiated). As a result,
Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations in the above-
referenced investigations no later than September 11, 2024. In
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1),
the deadline for the final determinations of 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: June 18, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-13790 Filed 6-21-24; 8:45 am]
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