80 FR 12445 - Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 45 (March 9, 2015)

[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12445-12446]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2015-05488]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-876, A-489-822]


Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea and the Republic of 
Turkey: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger (Korea) (202) 482-
4136, or Alice Maldonado (Turkey) (202) 482-4682; AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On November 5, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated antidumping duty investigations of imports of welded line 
pipe from the Republic of Korea (Korea) and the Republic of Turkey 
(Turkey).\1\ The notice of initiation stated that we would issue our 
preliminary determinations no later than 140 days after the date of 
initiation. Currently, the preliminary

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determinations in these investigations are due on March 25, 2015.
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    \1\ See Welded Line Pipe From the Republic of Korea and the 
Republic of Turkey: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 79 FR 68213 (November 14, 2014).
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    On February 24, 2015, American Cast Iron Pipe Company; Energex 
Tube, a division of JMC Steel Group; Northwest Pipe Company; Stupp 
Corporation, a division of Stupp Bros., Inc.; Tex-Tube Company; TMK 
IPSCO; and Welspun Tubular LLC USA, seven out of the eight U.S. 
producers on whose behalf the petitions in these cases were filed 
(hereafter, the petitioners) made timely requests, pursuant to section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 
CFR 351.205(e), for a 50-day postponement of the preliminary 
determinations in the investigations.\2\ The petitioners stated that a 
postponement of the preliminary determinations in both welded line pipe 
investigations is necessary because the Department has either 
initiated, or is currently considering whether to initiate, 
investigations of sales below the cost of production, and, thus, the 
Department will require additional time for analysis and data 
collection prior to the preliminary determinations.
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    \2\ See the petitioners' letters to the Department dated 
February 24, 2015.
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    Under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, if a petitioner makes a 
timely request for an extension of the period within which the 
preliminary determination must be made under subsection (b)(1), then 
the Department may postpone making the preliminary determination under 
subsection (b)(1) until not later than the 190th day after the date on 
which the administering authority initiated the investigation. 
Therefore, for the reasons stated above, and because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny the petitioners' requests, the Department is 
postponing the preliminary determinations in these investigations until 
May 14, 2015, which is 190 days from the date on which the Department 
initiated these investigations.
    The deadline for the final determinations will continue to be 75 
days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: March 3, 2015.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2015-05488 Filed 3-6-15; 8:45 am]
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