[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 204 (Wednesday, October 22, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63082-63083]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-25192]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-874, A-557-816, A-523-808, A-583-854, A-552-818]


Certain Steel Nails From the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, the 
Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 22, 2014.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Drew Jackson at 202-482-4406 (the 
Republic of Korea (Korea)), Ericka Ukrow at 202-482-0405 (Malaysia), 
Lilit Astvatsatrian at 202-482-6412 (the Sultanate of Oman (Oman)), 
Scott Hoefke at 202-482-4947 (Taiwan), or Edythe Artman at 202-482-3931 
(the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)), AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On June 25, 2014, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty investigations of 
certain steel nails from India, Korea, Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, The 
Republic of Turkey, and Vietnam.\1\ The notice of initiation stated 
that the Department, in accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), 
would issue its preliminary determinations for these investigations, 
unless postponed, no later than 140 days after the date of 
initiation.\2\ Accordingly, the preliminary determinations of the 
antidumping duty investigations of certain steel nails from Korea, 
Malaysia, Oman, Taiwan, and

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Vietnam are currently due no later than November 5, 2014.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails From India, the Republic of Korea, 
Malaysia, the Sultanate of Oman, Taiwan, the Republic of Turkey, and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations (Initiation Notice), 79 FR 36019 (June 25, 
2014) (``Initiation Notice''). Note that the investigations for 
India and The Republic of Turkey were terminated as a result of the 
International Trade Commission's negative preliminary determination 
for those countries. See Initiation Notice, 79 FR at 36024 and the 
July 21, 2014, letter from the United States International Trade 
Commission.
    \2\ See Initiation Notice, 79 FR at 36024. Note that the 
signature date of the Initiation Notice, June 18, 2014, is the date 
of the initiation of these investigations.
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    On October 10, 2014, Mid Continent Steel & Wire, Inc. (Petitioner), 
pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), made 
timely requests for postponement of the preliminary determinations in 
these investigations.\3\ Petitioner requested a 42-day postponement of 
the preliminary determinations in light of the extraordinarily 
complicated nature of these proceedings, and in order to provide the 
Department with sufficient time to review the questionnaire responses 
and issue appropriate requests for clarification and additional 
information.
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    \3\ See Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of Commerce, 
``Certain Steel Nails From the Republic of Korea: Petitioner's 
Request for Postponement of the Preliminary Determinations,'' 
(October 10, 2014); Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of 
Commerce, ``Certain Steel Nails From Malaysia: Petitioner's Request 
for Postponement of Preliminary Determination,'' (October 10, 2014); 
Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of Commerce, ``Certain Steel 
Nails From the Sultanate of Oman: Petitioner's Request for 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination,'' (October 10, 2014); 
Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of Commerce, ``Certain Steel 
Nails From Taiwan: Petitioner's Request for Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination,'' (October 10, 2014); and Letter from 
Petitioner to the Secretary of Commerce, ``Certain Steel Nails From 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Petitioner's Request for 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination,'' (October 10, 2014).
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the requests, the Department, in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the 
preliminary determinations to no later than 182 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated these investigations. Therefore, the new 
deadline for issuing these preliminary determinations is December 17, 
2014. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act, the deadline for 
the final determinations of these investigations will continue to be 75 
days after the date of the preliminary determinations, 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: October 16, 2014.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2014-25192 Filed 10-21-14; 8:45 am]
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