Notice2026-11265
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Austria: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
June 4, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 107 (Thursday, June 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33701-33702]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11265]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-433-815]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From Austria: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable June 4, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ian Riggs, AD/CVD Operations, Office
IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 22, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of
certain oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Austria.\1\ Currently,
the preliminary determination is due no later than June 26, 2026.
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\1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Austria:
Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 91 FR 22790 (April
28, 2026).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
requires that Commerce issue the preliminary determination in a CVD
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than
130 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
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it finds compelling reasons to deny the request.
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\2\ The petitioners are the U.S. OCTG Manufacturers Association,
United States Steel Corporation, and the United Steel, Paper and
Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC.
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On May 18, 2026, the petitioners submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\ The petitioners
stated that they request postponement because they ``will not have an
adequate opportunity to review the questionnaire responses of
respondents and submit any necessary rebuttal factual information, and
Commerce will not have adequate time to review the data provided in the
questionnaire responses and issue supplemental questionnaires prior to
its issuance of a preliminary determination.'' \4\ The petitioners also
note that Commerce has not yet received the respondent's initial
questionnaire response.
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\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request to Extend the Deadline
for the Preliminary Determination,'' dated May 18, 2026.
\4\ Id. at 2.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioners have stated
the reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary
determination, and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the
request. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act,
Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination
to no later than 130 days after the date on which this investigation
was initiated, i.e., August 31, 2026.\5\ Pursuant to section 705(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.
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\5\ Postponing the preliminary determination to 130 days after
initiation would place the deadline on Sunday, August 30, 2026.
Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a
weekend, the appropriate deadline is the next business day. See
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule
for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff
Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: June 1, 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. 2026-11265 Filed 6-3-26; 8:45 am]
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