Notice2024-10566
Certain Glass Wine Bottles From Chile, the People's Republic of China, and Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
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Published
May 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42426-42427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10566]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-162, A-201-862, A-337-808]
Certain Glass Wine Bottles From Chile, the People's Republic of
China, and Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable May 15, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Weiner (Chile), Carolyn Adie
(the People's Republic of China (China)), and Elizabeth Bremer
(Mexico), AD/CVD Operations, Offices I, VI, and IV, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-3902, (202) 482-3150 and (202) 482- 4987, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated less than fair value (LTFV) investigations of imports of
glass wine bottles from Chile, China, and Mexico.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determinations are due no later than June 6, 2024.
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\1\ See Glass Wine Bottles from Chile, the People's Republic of
China, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations, 89 FR 4911 (January 25, 2024).
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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 of 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 May 3, 2024, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement
due to concerns that the questionnaire responses submitted by the
mandatory respondents contain material deficiencies that prevent an
accurate calculation of the antidumping duty margins. Therefore,
Commerce needs more time to issue supplemental questionnaires to
address issues in the respondents' questionnaire responses.\4\
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\2\ The petitioner is the U.S. Glass Producers Coalition,
comprised of: Ardagh Glass Inc. (Ardagh) and the United Steel, Paper
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and
Service Workers International Union (USW) (collectively,
petitioner).
\3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Request for Postponement of the
Preliminary Determination,'' dated May 3, 2024.
\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 and 19 CFR 351.205(e), is postponing the
deadline for these preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190
days after the date on which these investigations were initiated). As a
result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations no later
than July 26, 2024. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and
19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations in
these investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the
preliminary determinations, unless postponed at a later date.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: May 8, 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. 2024-10566 Filed 5-14-24; 8:45 am]
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