[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 231 (Tuesday, December 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 77157]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-26488]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-133]


Certain Metal Lockers and Parts Thereof From the People's 
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Patrick Barton, AD/
CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4243 or (202) 
482-0012, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 29, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of certain metal 
lockers and parts thereof (metal lockers) from the People's Republic of 
China (China).\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no 
later than December 16, 2020.
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    \1\ See Certain Metal Lockers and Parts Thereof from the 
People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation, 85 FR 47343 (August 5, 2020).
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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 an 
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 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.
    On November 20, 2020, the petitioners \2\ submitted a timely 
request that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the 
LTFV investigation.\3\ The petitioners state that a postponement is 
necessary to provide Commerce with adequate time to collect and analyze 
questionnaire responses from Zhejiang Xingyi Metal Products Co., Ltd. 
(Zhejiang Xingyi) and Hangzhou Xline Machinery & Equipment Co., Ltd. 
(Hangzhou Xline), review data to identify deficiencies, and to fully 
investigate the extent to which Zhejiang Xingyi and Hangzhou Xline have 
engaged in less-than-fair-value sales of the subject merchandise based 
on a comprehensive preliminary record.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioners are List Industries, Inc.; Penco Products, 
Inc.; DeBourgh Manufacturing Co.; and Tennsco LLC (collectively, the 
petitioners).
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Certain Metal Lockers and Parts 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China--Petitioners' Request to 
Postpone Preliminary Determination,'' dated November 20, 2020.
    \4\ Id. 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 February 4, 2020. 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 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: November 24, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-26488 Filed 11-30-20; 8:45 am]
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