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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 24 / Monday, February 8, 2021 / Notices
January 22, 2008, Commerce published Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings: Documents Submission Procedures; APO Procedures, 73 FR
3634 January 22, 2008. Parties wishing to participate in this investigation should ensure that they meet the requirements of these procedures e.g., the filing of letters of appearance as discussed at 19 CFR 351.103d. Note that Commerce has temporarily modified certain of its requirements for serving documents containing business proprietary information until further notice.46
This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 732c2 and 777i of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.203c.
Dated: February 1, 2021.
Christian Marsh, Acting Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.

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Appendix Scope of the Investigation The merchandise covered by this investigation is pentafluoroethane R125, or its chemical equivalent, regardless of form, type or purity level. R125 has the Chemical Abstracts Service CAS registry number of 354336 and the chemical formula C2HF5.
R125 is also referred to as Pentafluoroethane, Genetron HFC 125, Khladon 125, Suva 125, Freon 125, and Fc125. Subject merchandise includes R125, whether or not incorporated into a blend.
When R125 is blended with other products, only the R125 component of the mixture is covered by the scope of this investigation.
Subject merchandise also includes R125
and unpurified R125 that is processed in a third country or otherwise outside the customs territory of the United States, including, but not limited to, purifying, blending, or any other processing that would not otherwise remove the merchandise from the scope of this investigation if performed in the country of manufacture of the in-scope R125. The scope also includes R125 that is commingled with R125 from sources not subject to this investigation. Only the subject component of such commingled products is covered by the scope of this investigation.
Excluded from the current scope is merchandise covered by the scope of the antidumping order on Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the Peoples Republic of China.
See Hydrofluorocarbon Blends from the Peoples Republic of China: Antidumping Duty Order, 81 FR 55436 August 19, 2016
the Blends Order.
R125 is classified under Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States HTSUS
subheading 2903.39.2035. Merchandise subject to the scope may also be entered under HTSUS subheadings 2903.39.2045 and 3824.78.0020. The HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry number are provided for convenience and customs purposes. The 46 See Temporary Rule Modifying AD/CVD
Service Requirements Due to COVID19; Extension of Effective Period, 85 FR 41363 July 10, 2020.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration A552831

Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube From the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Final Determination of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce Commerce is postponing the deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair-value LTFV investigation of imports of seamless refined copper pipe and tube copper pipe and tube from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Vietnam until June 16, 2021, and is extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six months.
DATES: Applicable February 8, 2021.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ariela Garvett, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202 4823609.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:

Background On July 20, 2020, Commerce initiated the LTFV investigation of imports of copper pipe and tube from Vietnam.1
The period of investigation is October 1, 2019, through March 31, 2020. On February 1, 2021, Commerce published its Preliminary Determination in this LTFV investigation.2
Postponement of the Final Determination Section 735a2 of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended the Act, and 19 CFR
351.210b2 provide that a final determination may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the preliminary 1 See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 85 FR 47181
August 4, 2020.
2 See Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Preliminary Negative Determination of Critical Circumstances, 86 FR 7698 February 1, 2021 Preliminary Determination.

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determination if, in the event of an affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by the exporters or producers who account for a significant portion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by the petitioner.
Further, 19 CFR 351.210e2 requires that such postponement requests by exporters be accompanied by a request for extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six months, in accordance with section 733d of the Act.
On January 28, 2021, Hailiang Vietnam Copper Manufacturing Company Limited/Hongkong Hailiang Metal Trading Limited also known as Hong Kong Hailiang Metal Trading Limited Hailiang Vietnam/Hongkong Hailiang, the sole mandatory respondent in this investigation, requested that Commerce postpone the deadline for the final determination until no later than 135 days from the publication of the Preliminary Determination and extend the application of the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six months.3
Additionally, on January 28, 2021, the American Copper Tube Coalition and its constituent members 4 the petitioners requested that Commerce postpone the deadline for the final determination.5 In accordance with section 735a2A of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210b2ii, because: 1 The preliminary determination was affirmative; 2 the request was made by the exporter and producer who accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the subject merchandise; and 3 no compelling reasons for denial exist, Commerce is postponing the final determination until no later than 135 days after the date of the publication of the Preliminary Determination and extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six months. Accordingly, Commerce will 3 See Hailiang Vietnam/Hongkong Hailiangs Letter, Hailiang Request to Postpone Final Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: A
552831, dated January 28, 2021.
4 The members of the American Copper Tube Coalition are Mueller Copper Tube Products, Inc., Mueller Copper Tube West Co., Mueller Copper Tube Company, Inc., Howell Metal Company, and Linesets, Inc. collectively, Mueller Group and Cerro Flow Products, LLC.
5 See Petitioners Letter, Seamless Refined Copper Pipe and Tube from Vietnam: Confirmation of No Objection to Extension of Final Results, dated January 28, 2021.

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