Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 98 / Friday, May 20, 2022 / Notices 30871 

1See Barium Chloride from India: Initiation of 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 87 FR 7100 

(February 8, 2022). 

2The petitioner is Chemical Products 

Corporation. 

3See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Antidumping 

Investigation of Barium Chloride from India: 

Petitioner’s Request for Extension of Preliminary 

Determination,’’ dated April 22, 2022. 

4 Id. 

Dated: May 16, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

Appendix 

Scope of the Investigation 

The scope of this investigation covers 

freight rail car coupler systems and certain 

components thereof. Freight rail car coupler 

systems are composed of, at minimum, four 

main components (knuckles, coupler bodies, 

coupler yokes, and follower blocks, as 

specified below) but may also include other 

items (e.g., coupler locks, lock lift assemblies, 

knuckle pins, knuckle throwers, and rotors). 

The components covered by the investigation 

include: (1) E coupler bodies; (2) E/F coupler 

bodies; (3) F coupler bodies; (4) E yokes; (5) 

F yokes; (6) E knuckles; (7) F knuckles; (8) 

E type follower blocks; and (9) F type 

follower blocks, as set forth by the 

Association of American Railroads (AAR). 

The freight rail coupler components are 

included within the scope of the 

investigation when imported individually, or 

in some combination thereof, such as in the 

form of a coupler fit (a coupler body and 

knuckle assembled together), independent 

from a coupler system. 

Subject freight rail car coupler systems and 

components are included within the scope 

whether finished or unfinished, whether 

imported individually or with other subject 

or non-subject components, whether 

assembled or unassembled, whether mounted 

or unmounted, or if joined with non-subject 

merchandise, such as other non-subject 

system parts or a completed rail car. 

Finishing includes, but is not limited to, arc 

washing, welding, grinding, shot blasting, 

heat treatment, machining, and assembly of 

various components. When a subject coupler 

system or subject components are mounted 

on or to other non-subject merchandise, such 

as a rail car, only the coupler system or 

subject components are covered by the scope. 

The finished products covered by the 

scope of this investigation meet or exceed the 

AAR specifications of M–211, ‘‘Foundry and 

Product Approval Requirements for the 

Manufacture of Couplers, Coupler Yokes, 

Knuckles, Follower Blocks, and Coupler 

Parts’’ or AAR M–215 ‘‘Coupling Systems,’’ 

or other equivalent domestic or international 

standards (including any revisions to the 

standard(s)). 

The country of origin for subject coupler 

systems and components, whether fully 

assembled, unfinished or finished, or 

attached to a rail car, is the country where 

the subject coupler components were cast or 

forged. Subject merchandise includes coupler 

components as defined above that have been 

further processed or further assembled, 

including those coupler components attached 

to a rail car in third countries. Further 

processing includes, but is not limited to, arc 

washing, welding, grinding, shot blasting, 

heat treatment, painting, coating, priming, 

machining, and assembly of various 

components. The inclusion, attachment, 

joining, or assembly of non-subject 

components with subject components or 

coupler systems either in the country of 

manufacture of the in-scope product or in a 

third country does not remove the subject 

components or coupler systems from the 

scope. 

The coupler systems that are the subject of 

this investigation are currently classifiable in 

the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 

United States (HTSUS) statistical reporting 

number 8607.30.1000. Unfinished subject 

merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 

statistical reporting number 7326.90.8688. 

Subject merchandise attached to finished rail 

cars may also enter under HTSUS statistical 

reporting numbers 8606.10.0000, 

8606.30.0000, 8606.91.0000, 8606.92.0000, 

8606.99.0130, 8606.99.0160, or under 

subheading 9803.00.5000 if imported as an 

Instrument of International Traffic. These 

HTSUS subheadings are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes only; the 

written description of the scope of the 

investigation is dispositive. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–908] 

Barium Chloride From India: 

Postponement of Preliminary 

Determination in the Less-Than-FairValue Investigation 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Applicable May 20, 2022. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred 

Baker, AD/CVD Operations, Office VI, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2924. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On February 1, 2022, the U.S. 

Department of Commerce (Commerce) 

initiated a less-than-fair-value 

investigation of imports of barium 

chloride from India.1 Currently the 

preliminary determination is due no 

later than June 21, 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 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 April 22, 2022, the petitioner 2

submitted a timely request that 

Commerce postpone the preliminary 

determination in this LTFV 

investigation.3 The petitioner stated that 

it requests postponement because 

Commerce is still collecting information 

from the respondent, and the petitioner 

will need additional time to review the 

responses and prepare comments for 

Commerce’s consideration.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 the investigation was initiated). 

As a result, Commerce will issue its 

preliminary determination no later than 

August 10, 2022. In accordance with 

section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.201(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: May 16, 2022. 

Lisa W. Wang, 

Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance. 

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