Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

Paul Piquado
Department of Commerce
6 June 2016

[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 108 (Monday, June 6, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36263-36264]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-13278]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-869]


Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires From India: Postponement 
of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective June 6, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian at (202) 482-6412 
or Trisha Tran at (202) 482-4852; 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: 

Background

    On February 10, 2016, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty investigation 
on certain new pneumatic off-the-road tires (off road tires) from 
India.\1\ Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) state the Department will make a 
preliminary determination no later than 140 days after the date of the 
initiation. The current deadline for the preliminary

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determination of this investigation is no later than June 22, 2016.
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    \1\ See Certain New Pneumatic Off-the-Road Tires from India and 
the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair Value 
Investigations, 81 FR 7073 (February 10, 2016).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On May 3, 2016, Titan Tire Corporation and the United Steel, Paper 
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and 
Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC (USW) (collectively, 
Petitioners) made a timely request, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e), for 
postponement of the preliminary determination, in order to provide the 
Department with sufficient time to develop the record in this 
proceeding through additional questionnaires, which Petitioners will in 
turn need to analyze and possibly comment on. Because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny Petitioners' request, in accordance with 
section 773(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department is postponing the 
deadline for the preliminary determination by 50 days.
    For the reasons stated above, the Department, in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the 
preliminary determination to no later than 190 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated this investigation. Therefore, the new 
deadline for the preliminary determination is August 11, 2016. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act, 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.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: May 31, 2016.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2016-13278 Filed 6-3-16; 8:45 am]
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