Certain Freight Rail Couplers and Parts Thereof From Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-201-857] AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable February 16, 2023. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jonathan Hall-Eastman or Samuel Brummitt, AD/CVD Operations, Office III, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1468 or (202) 482-7851, respectively. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On October 18, 2022, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of certain freight rail couplers and parts thereof (freight rail couplers) from Mexico. [ 1 ] Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than March 7, 2023. Postponement of Preliminary Determination Section 733(b)(l)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act) requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation. However, if Commerce concludes that the parties concerned in the investigation are cooperating and determines that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, sections 733(c)(1)(B)(i) and (ii) of the Act allow Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than 190 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation. Commerce has determine…