[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 211 (Thursday, October 31, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65268-65269]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-25824]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-533-857, A-580-870, A-565-802, A-517-804, A-583-850, A-549-832, A-
489-816, A-823-815, A-552-817]
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods From India, the Republic of
Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand,
the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty
Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance (formerly Import Administration),
International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
DATES: October 31, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emily Halle at (202) 482-0176 (India);
Victoria Cho at (202) 482-5075 (Korea); Dmitry Vladimirov at (202) 482-
0665 (the Philippines); Jason Rhoads at (202) 482-0123 (Saudi Arabia);
Thomas Schauer at (202) 482-0410 (Taiwan); Yasmin Nair at (202) 482-
3813 (Thailand); Catherine Cartsos at (202) 482-1757 (Turkey); David
Lindgren at (202) 482-3870 (Ukraine); or Fred Baker at (202) 482-2924
(Vietnam), 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 July 29, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty investigations of
certain oil country tubular goods from India, the Republic of Korea,
the Republic of the Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Thailand, the
Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.\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
for these investigations, unless postponed, no later than 140 days
after the date of the initiation. The preliminary determinations of
these antidumping duty investigations are currently due no later than
December 9, 2013. As
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explained in the memorandum from the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance, the Department has exercised its discretion
to toll deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal
Government from October 1, through October 16, 2013.\2\ Therefore, all
deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended by 16
days. If the new deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance
with the Department's practice, the deadline will become the next
business day. The revised deadline for the preliminary determinations
of these investigations is now December 26, 2013.
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\1\ See Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from India, the
Republic of Korea, the Republic of the Philippines, Saudi Arabia,
Taiwan, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, Ukraine, and the Socialist
Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations,
78 FR 45505 (July 29, 2013).
\2\ See Memorandum for the Record from Paul Piquado, Assistant
Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines Affected by
the Shutdown of the Federal Government'' (October 18, 2013).
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Because of the extraordinary complexity of these cases and the
number of firms whose activities we must investigate, we determine that
it is not practicable to complete the preliminary determinations by the
current deadline. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(B) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b), the Department is postponing the
deadline for these preliminary determinations to no later than 190 days
after the date on which it initiated these investigations. Therefore,
the new deadline for issuing these preliminary determinations is
February 13, 2014.
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: October 24, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2013-25824 Filed 10-30-13; 8:45 am]
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