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Thursday, September 3, 2020

Commerce Postpones Preliminary, Final Determinations in Fertilizer Case

The Commerce Department will delay the preliminary determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of phosphate fertilizer from Morocco and Russia until no later than November 23, with a final determination to follow within 75 days.

The original preliminary determination deadline was September 21, but law allows for a delay if Commerce determines it is needed or the petitioner in the case makes a timely request to postpone the preliminary determination.

The petitioner — The Mosaic Company — submitted its request August 20, saying “additional time is needed for {Commerce} to analyze fully the questionnaire responses, issue supplemental questionnaires as appropriate, and prepare an accurate preliminary determination.”