[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 210 (Wednesday, November 1, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 50622]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-23753]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

 International Trade Administration

[A-423-813, A-301-803, A-549-833]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium, Colombia, and 
Thailand: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable November 1, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz at (202) 482-4474 
(Belgium); Stephanie Moore at (202) 482-3692 (Colombia); and Joy Zhang 
at (202) 482-1168 (Thailand), AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and 
Compliance, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On June 22, 2017, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated less-than-fair- value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
citric acid and certain citrate salts (citric acid) from Belgium, 
Colombia, and Thailand.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations 
are due no later than November 9, 2017.
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    \1\ See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From Belgium, 
Colombia, and Thailand: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 82 FR 29828 (June 30, 2017).
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    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination in 
a LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which the 
Department initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)) of 
the Act permits the Department to postpone the preliminary 
determination until no later than 190 days after the date on which the 
Department initiated the investigation if: (A) The petitioner makes a 
timely request for a postponement; or (B) the Department 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. The Department will grant the 
request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny the request. See 19 
CFR 351.205(e).
    On October 11, 2017, Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM); Cargill 
Incorporated (Cargill); and Tate & Lyle Ingredients America LLC (Tate & 
Lyle) (collectively, the petitioners) submitted timely requests 
pursuant to section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e) to 
postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\2\ The petitioners stated that they request 
postponement because the Department is still gathering data and 
questionnaire responses from the foreign producers in these 
investigations, and additional time is necessary for the Department and 
interested parties to fully and properly analyze all questionnaire 
responses.
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    \2\ See letters from the petitioners, ``Antidumping Duty 
Investigations of Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From 
Belgium, Colombia and Thailand: Petitioners' Request for 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations,'' dated October 11, 
2017.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department, 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, the Department will issue 
its preliminary determinations no later than December 29, 2017. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), 
the deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of publication 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 20, 2017.
Carole Showers,
Executive Director, Office of Policy performing the duties of the 
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2017-23753 Filed 10-31-17; 8:45 am]
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