83 FR 4899 - Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 23 (February 2, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 23 (Friday, February 2, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4899-4900]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-02103]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-067, A-475-839, and A-583-863]


Forged Steel Fittings From the People's Republic of China, Italy, 
and Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable February 2, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katherine Johnson at (202) 482-4929 or 
Renato Barreda at (202) 482-0317 (the People's Republic of China 
(China)), and Denisa Ursu at (202) 482-2285 or Michael Bowen at (202) 
482-0768 (Italy), Robert Palmer at (202) 482-9068 (Taiwan), AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 25, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
forged steel fittings from China, Italy and Taiwan.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determinations are due no later than March 14, 2018.
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    \1\ See Forged Steel Fittings from the People's Republic of 
China, Italy, and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 82 FR 50614 (November 1, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
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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. See 19 CFR 351.205(e).
    On January 10, 2018, the petitioners \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations. The petitioners stated that they request postponement 
because under the current issue date for the

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preliminary determinations, Commerce will not have received all 
questionnaire responses and obtained sufficient information for making 
preliminary determinations.\3\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Bonney Forge Corporation and United 
Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 
Industrial and Service Workers International Union (USW).
    \3\ See Letter from the petitioners re: ``Forged Steel Fittings 
from the People's Republic of China, Italy, and Taiwan: Request to 
Extend Deadlines for Preliminary Determinations,'' dated January 10, 
2018.
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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 3, 2018. In accordance 
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of publication 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: January 29, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-02103 Filed 2-1-18; 8:45 am]
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