Notice2024-02601
Truck and Bus Tires From Thailand: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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Published
February 8, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 27 (Thursday, February 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 8649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02601]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-549-848]
Truck and Bus Tires From Thailand: Postponement of Preliminary
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 8, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Faris Montgomery or Jonathan Schueler,
AD/CVD Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1537
and (202) 482-9175, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On November 6, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of
truck and bus tires from Thailand.\1\ Currently, the preliminary
determination is due no later than March 25, 2024.
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\1\ See Truck and Bus Tires from Thailand: Initiation of Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 88 FR 77960 (November 14, 2023).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in an
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act
permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no
later than 190 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 the request.
On November 27, 2023, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requested postponement
due to the ``complexity of the issues presented in this
investigation.'' \4\
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\2\ The petitioner is the United Steel, Paper and Forestry,
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers
International Union, AFL-CIO, CLC.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Extend the Preliminary
Determination,'' dated November 27, 2023.
\4\ Id.
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For the reason stated above and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary
determination by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which this
investigation was initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its
preliminary determination no later than May 14, 2024. In accordance
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the
deadline for the final determination of this investigation will
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination,
unless postponed at a later date.
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: February 1, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-02601 Filed 2-7-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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