Notice2024-14313
Ceramic Tile from India: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
June 28, 2024
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 125 (Friday, June 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 53958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-14313]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-533-929]
Ceramic Tile from India: Postponement of Preliminary
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce
DATES: Applicable June 28, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasia Harrison, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1240.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 9, 2024, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a
countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of ceramic tile from
India.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than
July 15, 2024.\2\
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\1\ See Ceramic Tile from India: Initiation of Countervailing
Duty Investigation, 89 FR 42841 (May 16, 2024).
\2\ Because the current deadline for these final results falls
on a weekend (i.e., Saturday, July 13, 2024), the deadline became
the next business day (i.e., Monday, July 15, 2024). 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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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 \3\ 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.
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\3\ The petitioner is The Coalition for Fair Trade in Ceramic
Tile.
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On June 17, 2024, the petitioner submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone this preliminary CVD determination.\4\ The petitioner
stated that it requests postponement to allow Commerce to properly
conduct its investigation and address certain complicated issues.\5\ In
accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the
reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary determination,
and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the request. Therefore,
in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce is
postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination to no later
than 130 days after the date on which this investigation was initiated,
i.e., September 16, 2024. Pursuant to section 705(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.
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\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Request for
Postponement of the Preliminary Determination,'' dated June 17,
2024.
\5\ Id.
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Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: June 24, 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. 2024-14313 Filed 6-27-24; 8:45 am]
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