Notice2025-02796
Active Anode Material From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
February 19, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9888-9889]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02796]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-195]
Active Anode Material 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 February 19, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gorden Struck, AD/CVD Operations,
Office II, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-8151.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of
active anode material from the People's Republic of
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China.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination in this
investigation is due no later than March 13, 2025.
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\1\ See Active Anode Material from the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 90 FR 3788
(January 15, 2025).
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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 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 February 6, 2025, the petitioner \2\ in this investigation
timely requested that Commerce postpone the preliminary
determination.\3\ The petitioner requested postponement of the
preliminary determination so that Commerce can fully analyze the
forthcoming questionnaire responses of the mandatory respondents and
issue supplemental questionnaires, as necessary, prior to the issuance
of the preliminary determination.\4\
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\2\ The petitioner is the American Active Anode Material
Producers.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Postpone Preliminary
Determination,'' dated February 6, 2025.
\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.
Accordingly, 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 in this
investigation to no later than 130 days after the date on which it
initiated this investigation, i.e., May 19, 2025.\5\ 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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\5\ Because postponing the preliminary determination to 130 days
after initiation of the investigation makes the deadline fall on the
weekend (i.e., Saturday, May 17, 2025), the deadline is the next
business day (i.e., May 19, 2025). 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 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: February 12, 2025.
Christopher Abbott,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-02796 Filed 2-18-25; 8:45 am]
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