[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 36 (Thursday, February 25, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11502-11503]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-03902]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-850, A-588-880, A-580-911, A-469-824]


Thermal Paper From Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and 
Spain: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable February 25, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger at (202) 482-4136 
(Germany); Alex Wood at (202) 482-1959 (Japan); Kristen Ju at (202) 
482-3699 or Aleksandras Nakutis at (202) 482-3147 (Republic of Korea 
(Korea)); or Abdul Alnoor at (202) 482-4554 (Spain), AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 27, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
thermal paper from Germany, Japan, Korea, and Spain.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determinations are due no later than March 16, 2021.
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    \1\ See Thermal Paper from Germany, Japan, the Republic of 
Korea, and Spain: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 
85 FR 69580 (November 3, 2020).
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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)(A) 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 February 4 and 16, 2021, the petitioners \2\ submitted timely 
requests that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these 
LTFV investigations.\3\ The petitioners requested postponement of the 
preliminary determinations to: (1) Provide additional time to evaluate, 
comment on, and/or resolve issues in the questionnaire responses 
received in these investigations; or (2) in the case of the Spain 
investigation, to keep the investigation on the same schedule as the 
Germany, Japan, and Korea investigations.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Appvion Operations, Inc. and Domtar 
Corporation.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letters, ``Thermal Paper from Germany: 
Petitioners' Request for Postponement of the Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated February, 4, 2021; ``Thermal Paper from the 
Republic of Korea: Petitioners' Request for Postponement of the 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated February, 4, 2021; ``Thermal 
Paper from the Republic of Japan: Petitioners' Request for 
Postponement of the Preliminary Determination,'' dated February, 16, 
2021; and ``Thermal Paper from Spain: Petitioners' Request for 
Postponement of the Preliminary Determination,'' dated February, 16, 
2021.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act, Commerce 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 5, 2021. 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 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).


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    Dated: February 18, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-03902 Filed 2-24-21; 8:45 am]
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