[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 19, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 19CFR351.210]

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                        TITLE 19--CUSTOMS DUTIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 351--ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTIES--Table of Contents
 
        Subpart B--Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Procedures
 
Sec.  351.210  Final determination.

    (a) Introduction. A ``final determination'' in an antidumping or 
countervailing duty investigation constitutes a final decision by the 
Secretary as to whether dumping or countervailable subsidization is 
occurring. If the Secretary's final determination is affirmative, in 
most instances the Commission will issue a final injury determination 
(except in certain countervailing duty investigations). Also, if the 
Secretary's preliminary determination was negative but the final 
determination is affirmative, the Secretary will impose provisional 
measures. If the Secretary's final determination is negative, the 
proceeding, including the injury investigation conducted by the 
Commission, terminates. This section contains rules regarding deadlines 
for, and postponement of, final determinations, contents of final 
determinations, and the effects of final determinations.
    (b) Deadline for final determination. The deadline for a final 
determination under section 705(a)(1) or section 735(a)(1) of the Act 
will be:
    (1) Normally, not later than 75 days after the date of the 
Secretary's preliminary determination (see section 705(a)(1) or section 
735(a)(1) of the Act);
    (2) In an antidumping investigation, not later than 135 days after 
the date of publication of the preliminary determination if the 
Secretary postpones the final determination at the request of:
    (i) The petitioner, if the preliminary determination was negative 
(see section 735(a)(2)(B) of the Act); or
    (ii) Exporters or producers who account for a significant proportion 
of exports of the subject merchandise, if the preliminary determination 
was affirmative (see section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act);
    (3) In a countervailing duty investigation, not later than 165 days 
after the preliminary determination, if, after the preliminary 
determination, the Secretary decides to investigate an upstream subsidy 
allegation and concludes that additional time is needed to investigate 
the allegation (see section 703(g)(2) of the Act); or
    (4) In a countervailing duty investigation, the same date as the 
date of the final antidumping determination, if:
    (i) In a situation where the Secretary simultaneously initiated 
antidumping and countervailing duty investigations on the subject 
merchandise (from the

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same or other countries), the petitioner requests that the final 
countervailing duty determination be postponed to the date of the final 
antidumping determination; and
    (ii) If the final countervailing duty determination is not due on a 
later date because of postponement due to an allegation of upstream 
subsidies under section 703(g) of the Act (see section 705(a)(1) of the 
Act).
    (c) Contents of final determination and publication of notice. The 
final determination will include, if appropriate, a final finding on 
critical circumstances under section 705(a)(2) or section 735(a)(3) of 
the Act (whichever is applicable). The Secretary will publish in the 
Federal Register notice of ``Affirmative (Negative) Final Antidumping 
(Countervailing Duty) Determination,'' including the rates, if any.
    (d) Effect of affirmative final determination. If the final 
determination is affirmative, the Secretary will take the actions 
described in section 705(c)(1) or section 735(c)(1) of the Act 
(whichever is applicable). In addition, in the case of a countervailing 
duty investigation involving subject merchandise from a country that is 
not a Subsidies Agreement country, the Secretary will instruct the 
Customs Service to require a cash deposit, as provided in section 
706(a)(3) of the Act, for each entry of the subject merchandise entered, 
or withdrawn from warehouse, for consumption on or after the date of 
publication of the order under section 706(a) of the Act.
    (e) Request for postponement of final antidumping determination--(1) 
In general. A request to postpone a final antidumping determination 
under section 735(a)(2) of the Act (see paragraph (b)(2) of this 
section) must be submitted in writing within the scheduled date of the 
final determination. The Secretary may grant the request, unless the 
Secretary finds compelling reasons to deny the request.
    (2) Requests by exporters. In the case of a request submitted under 
paragraph (e)(1) of this section by exporters who account for a 
significant proportion of exports of subject merchandise (see section 
735(a)(2)(A) of the Act), the Secretary will not grant the request 
unless those exporters also submit a request described in the last 
sentence of section 733(d) of the Act (extension of provisional measures 
from a 4-month period to not more than 6 months).
    (f) Deferral of decision concerning upstream subsidization to 
review. Notwithstanding paragraph (b)(3) of this section, if the 
petitioner so requests in writing and the preliminary countervailing 
duty determination was affirmative, the Secretary, instead of postponing 
the final determination, may defer a decision concerning upstream 
subsidization until the conclusion of the first administrative review of 
a countervailing duty order, if any (see section 703(g)(2)(B)(i) of the 
Act).
    (g) Notification of postponement. If the Secretary postpones a final 
determination under paragraph (b)(2), (b)(3), or (b)(4) of this section, 
the Secretary will notify promptly all parties to the proceeding of the 
postponement, and will publish in the Federal Register notice of 
``Postponement of Final Antidumping (Countervailing Duty) 
Determination,'' stating the reasons for the postponement.
    (h) Termination of suspension of liquidation in a countervailing 
duty investigation. If the Secretary postpones a final countervailing 
duty determination, the Secretary will end any suspension of liquidation 
ordered in the preliminary determination not later than 120 days after 
the date of publication of the preliminary determination, and will not 
resume it unless and until the Secretary publishes a countervailing duty 
order.
    (i) Postponement of final countervailing duty determination for 
simultaneous investigations. A request by the petitioner to postpone a 
final countervailing duty determination to the date of the final 
antidumping determination must be submitted in writing within five days 
of the date of publication of the preliminary countervailing duty 
determination (see section 705(a)(1) and paragraph (b)(4) of this 
section).
    (j) Commission access to information. If the final determination is 
affirmative, the Secretary will make available to the Commission and to 
employees of the Commission directly involved in the proceeding the 
information upon which the Secretary based the final determination and 
that the Commission

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may consider relevant to its injury determination (see section 
705(c)(1)(A) or section 735(c)(1)(A) of the Act).
    (k) Effect of negative final determination. An investigation 
terminates upon publication in the Federal Register of the Secretary's 
or the Commission's negative final determination, and the Secretary will 
take the relevant actions described in section 705(c)(2) or section 
735(c)(2) of the Act (whichever is applicable).