Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)

[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8423-8424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2018-03921]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-879, A-570-066]


Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India and the People's 
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable February 27, 2018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Kennedy at (202) 482-7883 
(India), and Thomas Schauer at (202) 482-0410 (the People's Republic of 
China (China)), AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 18, 2017, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) resin from India and the People's 
Republic of China.\1\ Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all 
deadlines affected by the closure of the Federal Government from 
January 20 through 22, 2018. If the new deadline falls on a non-
business day, in accordance with Commerce's practice, the deadline will 
become the next business day. The revised deadline for the preliminary 
results of these investigations is March 12, 2018.\2\
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    \1\ See Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 82 FR 49587 (October 26, 2017) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Deadlines Affected by the Shutdown of the 
Federal Government,'' dated January 23, 2018 (Tolling Memorandum). 
All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding have been extended 
by 3 days.
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a 
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce 
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(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 petitione \3\ 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.
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    \3\ The petitioner is The Chemours Company FC LLC.
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    On February 12, 2018, the petitioner submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV 
investigation.\4\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
of the preliminary determinations of these investigations for the 
following reasons: the respondents selected for individual examination 
have requested and been granted extensions of time to file responses to 
the original questionnaire, which necessarily have delayed the filing 
of deficiency comments by the petitioner; and additionally, Commerce 
has only begun to issue supplemental questionnaires, and there will not 
be sufficient time for the petitioner to review and respond to these 
questionnaires prior to the current date of the preliminary 
determination.\5\
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    \4\ See Letters from the petitioner, ``Polytetrafluoroethylene 
(PTFE) Resin from India: Petitioner's Request to Postpone the 
Antidumping Investigation Preliminary Determination,'' dated 
February 12, 2018 and ``Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) Resin from 
the People's Republic of China: Petitioner's Request to Postpone the 
Antidumping Investigation Preliminary Determination,'' dated 
February 12, 2018 (Requests for Postponement).
    \5\ See Requests for Postponement at 2.
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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 
determination by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which this 
investigation was initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its 
preliminary determination no later than April 30, 2018. In accordance 
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the final determination of this investigation will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of publication 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).


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    Dated: February 20, 2018.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2018-03921 Filed 2-26-18; 8:45 am]
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