81 FR 84554 - Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India, Italy, Spain: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 226 (November 23, 2016)

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 226 (Wednesday, November 23, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 84554]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2016-28240]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-871, A-475-835, A-469-815]


Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India, Italy, Spain: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations

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

DATES: Effective November 23, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker at (202) 482-2924 (India), 
Edythe Artman at (202) 482-3931 (Italy), and Mark Flessner at (202) 
482-6312 (Spain), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 20, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated antidumping duty investigations concerning imports of 
finished carbon steel flanges from India, Italy and Spain.\1\ The 
notice of initiation stated that the Department, in accordance with 
section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), would issue its preliminary determinations no 
later than 140 days after the date of the initiation, unless 
postponed.\2\ The current deadline for the preliminary determinations 
of these investigations is no later than December 7, 2016.
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    \1\ See Finished Carbon Steel Flanges From India, Italy, and 
Spain: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 81 FR 
49619 (July 28, 2016).
    \2\ Id., at 49622.
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On October 31, 2016, Weldbend Corporation and Boltex Manufacturing 
Co., L.P. (collectively, the petitioners), made timely requests 
pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), for 
a 50-day postponement of the preliminary determinations in these 
investigations in order to provide the Department with sufficient time 
to review submissions and request supplemental information, in order to 
arrive at the most accurate results possible.\3\ No other parties 
commented.
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    \3\ See the letters from the petitioners to the Secretary of 
Commerce entitled, ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from India: 
Request to Postpone Preliminary Determination,'' dated October 31, 
2016; ``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Italy: Request to 
Postpone Preliminary Determination,'' dated October 31, 2016; 
``Finished Carbon Steel Flanges from Spain: Request to Postpone 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated October 31, 2016.
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    For the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the petitioners' request, the Department is postponing 
the deadline for the preliminary determinations by 50 days, until 
January 26, 2017, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).
    In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act, 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.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: November 17, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-28240 Filed 11-22-16; 8:45 am]
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