[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 48 (Wednesday, March 12, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 13987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-05427]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-996, A-428-843, A-588-872, A-580-872, A-401-809, A-583-851]


Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic of 
China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden and Taiwan: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

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

DATES: March 12, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun at (202) 482-5760 (the 
People's Republic of China (PRC)); Patrick O'Connor at (202) 482-0989 
(Germany); Thomas Martin at (202) 482-3936 (Japan); Dmitry Vladimirov 
at (202) 482-0665 (the Republic of Korea (Korea)); Drew Jackson at 
(202) 482-4406 (Sweden); and Karine Gziryan at (202) 482-4081(Taiwan), 
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 18, 2013, the Department of Commerce (the 
``Department'') published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty 
investigations of non-oriented electrical steel from the PRC, Germany, 
Japan, Korea, Sweden and Taiwan.\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 March 26, 2014.
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    \1\ See Non-Oriented Electrical Steel From the People's Republic 
of China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden and Taiwan: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 78 FR 69041 (November 
18, 2013).
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    On February 28, 2014, AK Steel Corporation (``Petitioner''), 
pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) 
and (e), made a timely request for postponement of the preliminary 
determinations in these investigations.\2\ Petitioner requested a 50-
day postponement of the preliminary determinations in order to provide 
the Department with sufficient time to review the questionnaire 
responses and issue appropriate requests for clarification and 
additional information.
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    \2\ See Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of Commerce, 
``Non-Oriented Electrical Steel from the People's Republic of China, 
Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, Sweden and Taiwan: Request 
for Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations'' (February 28, 
2014).
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determinations to no later than 190 days after the date on which the 
Department initiated these investigations. Therefore, the new deadline 
for issuing these preliminary determinations is May 15, 2014. 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: March 5, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-05427 Filed 3-11-14; 8:45 am]
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