[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 124 (Thursday, July 1, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35059-35060]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-14046]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-139]


Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies 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 July 1, 2021.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla at (202) 482-3477 and 
Andre Gziryan at (202) 482-2201; 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 March 18, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
the less-than-fair-value investigation of certain mobile access 
equipment and subassemblies thereof from the People's Republic of 
China.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than 
August 5, 2021.
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    \1\ See Certain Mobile Access Equipment and Subassemblies 
Thereof from the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 86 FR 15922 (March 25, 2021).
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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 of 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 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 June 24, 2021, the Coalition of American Manufacturers of Mobile 
Access Equipment \2\ (the petitioners) submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in this LTFV 
investigation.\3\ The petitioners stated that they request postponement 
due to concerns that Commerce will need more time to issue supplemental 
questionnaires to address deficiencies in the respondents' initial 
questionnaire responses. Under the current timeline, the petitioners 
believe that Commerce will not have complete responses and sufficient 
information to prepare and issue the preliminary determination.\4\
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    \2\ The members of the Coalition of American Manufacturers of 
Mobile Access Equipment are: JLG Industries, Inc. and Terex 
Corporation.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Certain Mobile Access Equipment 
and Subassemblies Thereof from the People's Republic of China: 
Request for Postponement of the Preliminary Determination,'' dated 
June 24, 2021.
    \4\ Id.
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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 and 19 CFR 351.205(e), is postponing the 
deadline for this preliminary determination by 50 days (i.e., 190 days 
after the date on which these investigations were initiated). As a 
result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determination no later than 
September 24, 2021. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determination in 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: June 25, 2021.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2021-14046 Filed 6-30-21; 8:45 am]
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