Notice2026-06128
Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions: Lithium Hexafluorophosphate From the People's Republic of China
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Published
March 31, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 61 (Tuesday, March 31, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15974-15975]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-06128]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-225, C-570-226]
Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy
of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions: Lithium
Hexafluorophosphate From the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 25, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacob Waddell at (202) 482-1369 (China
AD) and Carter Sherwin at (202) 482-4260 (China CVD), AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
Extension of Initiation of Investigations
The Petitions
On March 5, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
received antidumping and countervailing duty petitions on imports of
lithium hexafluorophosphate (LiPF<INF>6</INF>) from the People's
Republic of China (China), filed by Mexichem Fluor Inc. dba Orbia Fluor
& Energy Materials (the petitioner).\1\
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\1\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties,'' dated March 5, 2026
(Petitions).
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions
Sections 702(b)(1) and 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Act), require that a petition be filed by or on behalf of
the domestic industry. To determine that the petition has been filed by
or on behalf of the industry, sections 702(c)(4)(A) and 732(c)(4)(A) of
the Act require that the domestic producers or workers who support the
petition account for: (i) at least 25 percent of the total production
of the domestic like product; and (ii) more than 50 percent of the
production of the domestic like product produced by that portion of the
industry expressing support for, or opposition to, the petition.
Moreover, sections 702(c)(4)(D) and 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provide
that, if the petition does not establish support of domestic producers
or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of the total production
of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or
rely on other information in order to determine if there is support for
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the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or (ii) if there is a
large number of producers, determine industry support using a
statistically valid sampling method to poll the industry.
Extension of Time
Sections 702(c)(1)(A) and 732(c)(1)(A) of the Act provide that
within 20 days of the filing of an antidumping or countervailing duty
petition, Commerce will determine, inter alia, whether the petition has
been filed by or on behalf of the U.S. industry producing the domestic
like product. Sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provide
that the deadline for the initiation determination, in exceptional
circumstances, may be extended by 20 days in any case in which Commerce
must ``poll or otherwise determine support for the petition by the
industry.'' Because it is unclear whether the industry support criteria
have been met, Commerce has determined it should extend the time period
for determining whether to initiate the investigations in order to
further examine the issue of industry support.
Commerce will need additional time to gather and analyze additional
information regarding industry support. Therefore, it is necessary to
extend the deadline for determining the adequacy of the Petitions by an
additional 20 days. As a result, in accordance with sections
702(c)(1)B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce's initiation
determination will now be due no later than April 14, 2026.
International Trade Commission Notification
Commerce will contact the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC)
and will make this extension notice available to the ITC.
Dated: March 25, 2026.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2026-06128 Filed 3-30-26; 8:45 am]
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