[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 111 (Friday, June 11, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31276-31277]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-12316]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-899, A-821-829]


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From India and the Russian 
Federation: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable June 11, 2021.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Cherry at (202) 482-0607 
(India) or Jaron Moore at (202) 482-3640 (the Russian Federation 
(Russia)), 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 February 16, 2021, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
polytetrafluoroethylene resin from India and Russia.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determinations are due no later than July 6, 2021.
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    \1\ See Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from India and 
the Russian Federation: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 86 FR 10926 (February 23, 2021).
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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) 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.

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    On June 3, 2021, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
so that Commerce may review the petitioner's comments on the 
questionnaire responses, issue supplemental questionnaires, and conduct 
a complete and thorough analysis in these investigations.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioner is Daikin America, Inc.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene 
Resin from India: Request to Extend Due Date for Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated June 3, 2021; and ``Granular 
Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin from Russia: Request to Extend Due 
Date for Preliminary Determination,'' dated June 3, 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 
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 August 25, 2021. In accordance 
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the final determinations in these investigations will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary 
determinations, 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 7, 2021.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2021-12316 Filed 6-10-21; 8:45 am]
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