Notice2024-17996
Vanillin From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
August 13, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 65845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17996]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-173]
Vanillin From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable August 13, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230, telephone: (202) 482-2769.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of
vanillin from the People's Republic of China (China).\1\ On July 22,
2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative
proceeding by seven days.\2\ The deadline for this preliminary
determination is now September 5, 2024, which is the original August
29, 2024, deadline tolled by seven days.
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\1\ See Vanillin from the People's Republic of China: Initiation
of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 54421 (July 1, 2024).
\2\ See ``Memorandum, Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceeding,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination
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 in a CVD
investigation until no later than 130 days after the date on which
Commerce initiated the investigation if: (A) the petitioner makes a
timely request for an extension of the period within which the
determination must be made; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties
concerned are cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily
complicated, and that additional time is necessary to make the
preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), if the petitioner
seeks postponement of a preliminary determination in a CVD
investigation, it must submit its 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 August 1, 2024, Solvay USA, LLC (Solvay), the petitioner in this
investigation, timely requested that Commerce postpone the preliminary
determination in the investigation.\3\ The petitioner requested
postponement of the preliminary determination because it believes that
Commerce requires more time to collect and investigate information that
is necessary for determining accurate countervailable subsidy rates.\4\
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\3\ See Solvay's Letter, ``Request to Postpone Preliminary CVD
Determination,'' dated August 1, 2024.
\4\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner submitted its
request for postponement of the preliminary determination in this
investigation 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determination and stated the reasons for its request. For
the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling reasons
to deny the request, as a result, Commerce will issue its preliminary
determination in the above-referenced investigation no later than
November 12, 2024,\5\ in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the
Act.
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\5\ Postponing the preliminary determination makes the deadline
Saturday, November 9, 2024. Monday, November 11, 2024, is a Federal
holiday. Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls on
a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next
business day, in this case Tuesday, November 12, 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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Pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1),
the deadline for the final determination in this investigation will
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination.
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: August 6, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-17996 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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