Notice2024-20348
Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
September 10, 2024
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 175 (Tuesday, September 10, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 73371]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-20348]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-177]
Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles 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 September 10, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley at (202) 482-3148, AD/CVD
Operations, OVII, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of
Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles (LSPTV) 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\ Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than
September 20, 2024.
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\1\ See Certain Low Speed Personal Transportation Vehicles from
the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigation, 89 FR 57870 (July 16, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
\2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' 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 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 American Personal Transportation
Manufacturers Coalition.
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On August 23, 2024, the petitioner submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in this
investigation.\4\ The petitioner stated that they request postponement
to extend the deadline for the preliminary determination in order to
collect the necessary information for determining accurate
countervailable subsidy rates.\5\
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\4\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Postponement of the
Preliminary Determination,'' dated August 23, 2024.
\5\ 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, 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., November 25, 2024.\6\ 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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\6\ Postponing the tolled preliminary determination deadline to
130 days after initiation would place the deadline on Sunday,
November 24, 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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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: September 3, 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. 2024-20348 Filed 9-9-24; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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