Notice2024-06683
Mattresses From Mexico: Postponement of Final Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value Investigation
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Published
March 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair- value (LTFV) investigation of mattresses from Mexico until July 15, 2024, and is extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six months.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22124-22125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06683]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-201-859]
Mattresses From Mexico: Postponement of Final Determination of
Sales at Less Than Fair Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the
deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation of mattresses from Mexico until July 15,
2024, and is extending the provisional measures from a four-month
period to a period of not more than six months.
DATES: Applicable March 29, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dakota Potts or Benjamin Blythe, 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) 482-0223 or (202)
482-3457, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 23, 2023, Commerce initiated an LTFV investigation of
imports of mattresses from Mexico.\1\ The period of investigation is
July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. On March 1, 2024, Commerce
published its preliminary determination in this LTFV investigation of
mattresses from Mexico.\2\
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\1\ See Mattresses from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma,
India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Slovenia,
Spain, and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 88 FR 57433 (August 23, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
\2\ See Mattresses from Mexico: Preliminary Affirmative
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 FR 15152 (March
1, 2024) (Preliminary Determination).
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Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional
Measures
Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act),
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) provide that a final determination may be
postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement
is made by an exporter or producer who accounts for a significant
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a
negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is
made by the petitioners. Further, 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) 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
not more than six months, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act.
On March 13, 2024, Ureblock S.A. de C.V. (Ureblock), a mandatory
respondent in this investigation, requested that Commerce postpone the
deadline for the final determination pursuant to 19 CFR
351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e) and extend the application of the provisional
measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six
months.\3\ In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19
CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the preliminary determination was
affirmative; (2) the request for postponement was made by an 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 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 issue its final determination no later than July 15, 2024.\4\
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\3\ See Ureblock's Letter, ``Ureblock's Request to Extend Final
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of
Mattresses from Mexico,'' dated March 13, 2024.
\4\ Postponing the final determination to 135 days after the
publication of the Preliminary Determination would place the
deadline on Sunday, July 14, 2024. Commerce's practice dictates that
where a deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the
appropriate deadline is 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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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 735(a)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).
Dated: March 22, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-06683 Filed 3-28-24; 8:45 am]
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