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The application indicates a need for 

zone services in the Plaquemines Parish, 

Louisiana, area. Several firms have 

indicated an interest in using zone 

procedures for warehousing/distribution 

activities for a variety of products. 

Specific production approvals are not 

being sought at this time. Such requests 

would be made to the FTZ Board on a 

case-by-case basis. 

In accordance with the FTZ Board’s 

regulations, Camille Evans of the FTZ 

Staff is designated examiner to evaluate 

and analyze the facts and information 

presented in the application and case 

record and to report findings and 

recommendations to the FTZ Board. 

Public comment is invited from 

interested parties. Submissions shall be 

addressed to the FTZ Board’s Executive 

Secretary and sent to: ftz@trade.gov. The 

closing period for their receipt is May 

27, 2022. Rebuttal comments in 

response to material submitted during 

the foregoing period may be submitted 

during the subsequent 15-day period to 

June 13, 2022. 

A copy of the application will be 

available for public inspection in the 

‘‘Online FTZ Information Section’’ 

section of the FTZ Board’s website, 

which is accessible via www.trade.gov/ 

ftz. 

For further information, contact 

Camille Evans at Camille.Evans@

trade.gov. 

Dated: March 22, 2022. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06404 Filed 3–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Foreign-Trade Zones Board 

[B–79–2021] 

Foreign-Trade Zone (FTZ) 138— 

Columbus, Ohio; Authorization of 

Limited Production Activity; Fluvitex 

USA, Inc.; (Quilts, Comforters and 

Cushions); Groveport, Ohio 

On November 23, 2021, Fluvitex USA, 

Inc., submitted a notification of 

proposed production activity to the FTZ 

Board for its facility within FTZ 138, in 

Groveport, Ohio. 

The notification was processed in 

accordance with the regulations of the 

FTZ Board (15 CFR part 400), including 

notice in the Federal Register inviting 

public comment (86 FR 67903—67904, 

November 30, 2021). On March 23, 

2022, the applicant was notified of the 

FTZ Board’s decision that further 

review of part of the proposed activity 

is warranted. The FTZ Board authorized 

the production activity described in the 

notification on a limited basis, subject to 

the FTZ Act and the Board’s regulations, 

including Section 400.14, and further 

subject to a restriction requiring all 

foreign-status materials be admitted to 

the zone in privileged foreign status (19 

CFR 146.41) with the exception of 

foreign-status polybags. 

Dated: March 23, 2022. 

Andrew McGilvray, 

Executive Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06405 Filed 3–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

Bureau of Industry and Security 

Reporting for Calendar Year 2021 on 

Offsets Agreements Related to Sales 

of Defense Articles or Defense 

Services to Foreign Countries or 

Foreign Firms 

AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and 

Security, Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; annual reporting 

requirements. 

SUMMARY: This notice is to remind the 

public that U.S. firms are required to 

report annually to the Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) information on 

contracts for the sale of defense articles 

or defense services to foreign countries 

or foreign firms that are subject to 

offsets agreements exceeding $5,000,000 

in value. U.S. firms are also required to 

report annually to Commerce 

information on offsets transactions 

completed in performance of existing 

offsets commitments for which offsets 

credit of $250,000 or more has been 

claimed from the foreign representative. 

This year, such reports must include 

relevant information from calendar year 

2021 and must be submitted to 

Commerce no later than June 15, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Submit reports in both hard 

copy and electronically. Address the 

hard copy to ‘‘Offsets Program Manager, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, Office of 

Strategic Industries and Economic 

Security, Bureau of Industry and 

Security (BIS), Room 3876, Washington, 

DC 20230.’’ Submit electronic copies to 

OffsetReport@bis.doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Emily Noel and Marina Youssef, Office 

of Strategic Industries and Economic 

Security, Bureau of Industry and 

Security, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

telephone: 202–482–4506; email: 

OffsetReport@bis.doc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Section 723(a)(1) of the Defense 

Production Act of 1950, as amended 

(DPA) (50 U.S.C. 4568 (2022)) requires 

the President to submit an annual report 

to Congress on the impact of offsets on 

the U.S. defense industrial base. Section 

723(a)(2) directs the Secretary of 

Commerce (Secretary) to prepare the 

President’s report and to develop and 

administer the regulations necessary to 

collect offsets data from U.S. defense 

exporters. 

The authorities of the Secretary 

regarding offsets have been delegated to 

the Under Secretary of Commerce for 

Industry and Security. The regulations 

associated with offsets reporting are set 

forth in part 701 of title 15 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (Offsets 

Regulations). Offsets are compensation 

practices required as a condition of 

purchase in either government-togovernment or commercial sales of 

defense articles and/or defense services, 

as defined by the Arms Export Control 

Act (22 U.S.C. 2778) and the 

International Traffic in Arms 

Regulations (22 CFR 120–130). Offsets 

are also applicable to certain items 

controlled on the Commerce Control list 

(CCL) and with an Export Control 

Classification Number (ECCN) including 

the numeral ‘‘6’’ as its third character. 

The CCL is found in supplement no. 1 

to part 774 of the Export Administration 

Regulations. 

An example of an offset is as follows: 

A company that is selling a fleet of 

military aircraft to a foreign government 

may agree to offset the cost of the 

aircraft by providing training assistance 

to plant managers in the purchasing 

country. Although this distorts the true 

price of the aircraft, the foreign 

government may require this sort of 

extra compensation as a condition of 

awarding the contract to purchase the 

aircraft. As described in the Offsets 

Regulations, U.S. firms are required to 

report information on contracts for the 

sale of defense articles or defense 

services to foreign countries or foreign 

firms that are subject to offsets 

agreements exceeding $5,000,000 in 

value. U.S. firms are also required to 

report annually information on offsets 

transactions completed in performance 

of existing offsets commitments for 

which offsets credit of $250,000 or more 

has been claimed from the foreign 

representative. 

Commerce’s annual report to Congress 

includes an aggregated summary of the 

data reported by industry in accordance 

with the offsets regulation and the DPA 

(50 U.S.C. 4568 (2022)). As provided by 

section 723(c) of the DPA, BIS will not 


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17270 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 59 / Monday, March 28, 2022 / Notices 

1See Certain Superabsorbent Polymers from the 

Republic of Korea: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair 

Value Investigation, 86 FR 67915 (November 30, 

2021) (Initiation Notice). 

2The petitioner is the Ad Hoc Coalition of 

American SAP Producers. 

3See Petitioner‘s Letter, ‘‘Certain Superabsorbent 

Polymers from the Republic of Korea—Petitioner’s 

Request for Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination,’’ dated March 14, 2022. 

4 Id. 

1See Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel 

Plate from the Republic of Korea: Final Results of 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 

Calendar Year 2018, 85 FR 84296 (December 28, 

2020) (Final Results). 

publicly disclose individual firm 

information it receives through offsets 

reporting unless the firm furnishing the 

information specifically authorizes 

public disclosure. The information 

collected is sorted and organized into an 

aggregate report of national offsets data, 

and therefore does not identify 

company-specific information. 

To enable BIS to prepare the next 

annual offset report reflecting calendar 

year 2021 data, affected U.S. firms must 

submit required information on offsets 

agreements and offsets transactions from 

calendar year 2022 to BIS no later than 

June 15, 2022. 

Thea D. Rozman Kendler, 

Assistant Secretary for Export 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06272 Filed 3–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–JT–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–914] 

Superabsorbent Polymers From the 

Republic of Korea: Postponement of 

Preliminary Determination in the LessThan-Fair-Value Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable March 28, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles DeFilippo or Elfi Blum, AD/ 

CVD Operations, Office VII, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–3979 or 

(202) 482–0197, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On November 22, 2021, the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) 

investigation of imports of certain 

superabsorbent polymers (SAP) from 

Korea.1 Currently, the preliminary 

determination is due no later than April 

11, 2022. 

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) 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 2 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 March 14, 2022, the petitioner 

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce postpone the preliminary 

determination in the LTFV 

investigation.3 The petitioner stated that 

it requests postponement because it has 

identified deficiencies in the 

respondent’s questionnaire responses 

that should be addressed in advance of 

the preliminary determination, and so 

Commerce can issue supplemental 

questionnaires to the respondent and 

develop the record regarding these 

deficiencies.4

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 

May 31, 2022. 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. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This notice is issued and published 

pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act 

and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). 

Dated: March 22, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

[FR Doc. 2022–06402 Filed 3–25–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–580–837] 

Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality 

Steel Plate From Korea: Notice of 

Court Decision Not in Harmony With 

the Results of Countervailing Duty 

Administrative Review; Notice of 

Amended Final Results 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: On March 18, 2022, the U.S. 

Court of International Trade (CIT) 

issued its final judgment in Hyundai 

Steel Company v. United States, Court 

no. 21–00012, sustaining the 

Department of Commerce (Commerce)’s 

final remand results pertaining to the 

administrative review of the 

countervailing duty (CVD) order on 

certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel 

plate (CTL plate) from Korea covering 

the period January 1, 2018, through 

December 31, 2018. Commerce is 

notifying the public that the CIT’s final 

judgment is not in harmony with 

Commerce’s final results of the 

administrative review, and that 

Commerce is amending the final results 

with respect to the countervailable 

subsidy rate assigned to Hyundai Steel 

Company (Hyundai Steel). 

DATES: Applicable March 28, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Conniff, 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) 482–1009. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On December 28, 2020, Commerce 

published its Final Results in the 2018 

CVD administrative review of CTL plate 

from Korea. Commerce determined that 

a countervailable ad valorem subsidy 

rate of 0.50 existed for Hyundai Steel 

during the period of review.1


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