[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 40 (Friday, February 28, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11965-11966]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-04122]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-891, A-580-904]


Forged Steel Fittings From India and the Republic of Korea: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Applicable February 28, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Caitlin Monks at (202) 482-2670, AD/
CVD Operations, Office VII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 12, 2019, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
forged steel fittings from India and the Republic of Korea.\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than March 
31, 2020.
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from India and the Republic of 
Korea: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 84 FR 
64265 (November 21, 2019).
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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 February 5, 2020, the petitioners \2\ submitted timely requests 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\3\ The petitioners request postponement because ``based 
on the complexity of the process for selecting mandatory respondents in 
this investigation, Commerce will not have complete questionnaire 
responses and sufficient information to issue preliminary 
determinations if the deadlines are not extended.'' \4\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Bonney Forge Corporation and the United 
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 
Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW).
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Forged Steel Fittings from 
India: Request for Extension of Preliminary Determination,'' and 
``Forged Steel Fittings from Korea: Request for Extension of 
Preliminary Determination,'' both dated February 5, 2020.
    \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 
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 May 20, 2020. In accordance 
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the

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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: February 25, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-04122 Filed 2-27-20; 8:45 am]
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