Notice2023-16824
Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the People's Republic of China and India: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations
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Published
August 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 150 (Monday, August 7, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 52122]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-16824]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-153; C-533-918]
Certain Paper Shopping Bags From the People's Republic of China
and India: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the
Countervailing Duty Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable August 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth Brown (the People's Republic of
China (China)) and Paul Kebker (India), AD/CVD Operations, Offices IX
and IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington,
DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0029 or (202) 482-2254, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 20, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of
certain paper shopping bags (paper bags) from China and India.\1\
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than August
24, 2023.
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\1\ See Certain Paper Shopping Bags from India and the People's
Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations,
88 FR 41380 (June 26, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than
130 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation
if: (A) the petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or
(B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating, that
the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional
time is necessary to make a preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR
351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a request for postponement 25
days or more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination
and must state the reasons for the request. Commerce will grant the
request unless it finds compelling reasons to deny it.
On July 27, 2023, the petitioner submitted timely requests that
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these
investigations.\2\ The petitioner stated that, because the mandatory
respondents have not yet submitted their initial questionnaire
responses, additional time is needed to identify deficiencies in
advance of the preliminary determinations so that Commerce can issue
supplemental questionnaires.\3\
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\2\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Petitioner's Request for
Extension Preliminary Determination Deadline,'' dated July 27, 2023.
The petitioner is the Coalition for Fair Trade in Shopping Bags the
members of which are Novolex Holdings, LLC and the United Steel,
Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial
and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC.
\3\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the
reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary
determinations, and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the
requests. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the
Act, Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary
determinations to no later than 130 days after the date on which this
investigation was initiated, i.e., October 30, 2023.\4\ Pursuant to
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for
the final determinations of these investigations will continue to be 75
days after the date of the preliminary determinations.
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\4\ Because the extended deadline for these preliminary
determinations falls on the weekend (i.e., October 28, 2023), the
deadline becomes the next business day. See Notice of Clarification:
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As
Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: August 1, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-16824 Filed 8-4-23; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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