[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 157 (Wednesday, August 18, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Page 46181]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-17729]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-901]


Organic Soybean Meal From India: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

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


DATES: Applicable August 18, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston, 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) 482-4261.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 20, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation(s) of imports of organic 
soybean meal from India.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is 
due no later than September 7, 2021.
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    \1\ See Organic Soybean Meal from India: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair Value Investigation, 86 FR 22146 (April 27, 2021) 
(Initiation Notice).
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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) 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.
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    \2\ The petitioners are Organic Soybean Processors of America 
and the American Natural Processors, LLC, Organic Production 
Services, LLC, Professional Proteins, Ltd., Sheppard Grain 
Enterprises LLC, Simmons Grain Company, Super Soy, LLC, and Tri-
State Crush LLC.
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    On August 9, 2021, the petitioners submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in this LTFV 
investigation.\3\ The petitioners requested the postponement to permit 
Commerce to ``fully develop the record in this investigation,'' assess 
questionnaire responses, and issue supplemental questionnaires.\4\
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    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Organic Soybean Meal from India: 
Petitioners' Request to Postpone the Preliminary Determination,'' 
dated August 9, 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, 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 October 27, 2021. 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: August 12, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-17729 Filed 8-17-21; 8:45 am]
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