82 FR 18421 - Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 74 (April 19, 2017)

[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 74 (Wednesday, April 19, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 18421]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-07922]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-857]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective April 19, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Pedersen at (202) 482-2769 or 
Robert Galantucci at (202) 482-2923, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 15, 2016, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an antidumping duty investigation of certain softwood lumber 
products from Canada.\1\ Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) state that the 
Department will make a preliminary determination no later than 140 days 
after the date of the initiation. Accordingly, the preliminary 
determination of this antidumping duty investigation is currently due 
no later than May 4, 2017.
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    \1\ See Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Initiation 
of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 81 FR 93892 (December 15, 
2016).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On March 30, 2017, the Committee Overseeing Action for Lumber 
International Trade Investigations or Negotiations (Petitioner) made a 
timely request, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e), for postponement of the 
preliminary determination, to ensure that the Department has sufficient 
time to obtain and review all relevant information from the parties to 
this proceeding.\2\ Because there are no compelling reasons to deny the 
request, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination 
by 50 days.
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    \2\ See Letter from Petitioner, ``Certain Softwood Lumber 
Products from Canada: Petitioner's Request to Extend Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated March 30, 2017.
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    For the reasons stated above, the Department, in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the 
preliminary determination to no later than 190 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated this investigation. Therefore, the new 
deadline for the preliminary determination is June 23, 2017. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act, the deadline for the 
final determination of this investigation will continue to be 75 days 
after the date of the preliminary determination, 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: April 14, 2017.
Gary Taverman,
Associate Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2017-07922 Filed 4-18-17; 8:45 am]
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