78 FR 216 pgs. 66894-66895 - Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions: 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane From the People's Republic of China
Type: NOTICEVolume: 78Number: 216Pages: 66894 - 66895
Pages: 66894, 66895Docket number: [A-570-998, C-570-999]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2013-26730 Filed 11-6-13; 8:45 am]
Agency: Commerce Department
Sub Agency: International Trade Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-998, C-570-999]
Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping Duty and Countervailing Duty Petitions: 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane From the People's Republic of China
AGENCY:
Enforcement & Compliance, formerly Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce
DATES:
Effective Date: November 7, 2013.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Frances Veith or Katie Marksberry, AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4295 or (202) 482-7906, respectively.
Extension of Initiation of Investigations
The Petitions
On October 22, 2013, the Department of Commerce ("Department") received an antidumping duty and countervailing duty petition filed by Mexichem Fluor, Inc. ("Petitioner") on behalf of the domestic industry producing 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane.1
Footnotes:
1 See Antidumping Duty Petition on 1,1,1,2-Tetrafluoroethane from the People's Republic of China (October 22, 2013) (Petition).
Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions
[top] Sections 702(b)(1) and 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended ("Act"), require that a petition be filed by or on behalf of the domestic industry. Sections 702(c)(4)(A) and 732(c)(4)(A) of the Act provide that the Department's industry support determination be based on whether a minimum
Extension of Time
Sections 702(c)(1)(A)(ii) and 732(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Act provide that within 20 days of the filing of an antidumping duty and countervailing duty petition, the Department will determine, inter alia, whether the petition has been filed by or on behalf of the U.S. industry producing the domestic like product. Sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provide that the deadline for the initiation determination, in exceptional circumstances, may be extended by 20 days in any case in which the Department must "poll or otherwise determine support for the petition by the industry." Because it is not clear from the Petitions whether the industry support criteria have been met, the Department has determined it should extend the time for initiating these investigations in order to further examine the issue of industry support.
The Department will need additional time to gather and analyze additional information regarding industry support. Therefore, it is necessary to extend the deadline determining the adequacy of the Petitions for a period not to exceed 40 days from the filing of the Petition. Because the extended initiation determinations date of December 1, 2013, falls on a Sunday, a non-business day, the Department's initiation determinations will now be due no later than December 2, 2013, the next business day.2
Footnotes:
2 See Notice of Clarification: Application of "Next Business Day" Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
International Trade Commission Notification
The Department will contact the International Trade Commission ("ITC") and will make this extension notice available to the ITC.
Dated: November 1, 2013.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2013-26730 Filed 11-6-13; 8:45 am]
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