Notice2025-02840
Float Glass Products From the People's Republic of China and Malaysia: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations
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Published
February 20, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 33 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9963-9964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02840]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-189, C-557-833]
Float Glass Products From the People's Republic of China and
Malaysia: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the
Countervailing Duty Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 20, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan James at (202) 482-5305, Office
V (the People's Republic of China (China)); Mira Warrier at (202) 482-
8031 or Benjamin Nathan at (202) 482-3834, Office II (Malaysia), AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On December 31, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of
float glass products from China and Malaysia.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determinations in these investigations are due no later
than March 6, 2025.
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\1\ See Float Glass Products from the People's Republic of China
and Malaysia: Initiation of the Countervailing Duty Investigations,
90 FR 1443 (January 8, 2025).
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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
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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 4, 2025, the petitioner \2\ in these CVD investigations
timely requested that Commerce postpone the preliminary
determinations.\3\ The petitioner requested postponement of the
preliminary determinations 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 determinations.\4\
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\2\ The petitioner is Vitro Flat Glass, LLC and Vitro Meadville
Flat Glass, LLC.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Extend Preliminary
Determination,'' dated February 4, 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 determinations in these
investigations 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determinations 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 determinations in these
investigations to no later than 130 days after the date on which it
initiated these investigations, i.e., May 12, 2025.\5\ Pursuant to
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for
the final determinations of these investigations will continue to be 75
days after the date of the preliminary determinations.
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\5\ Because postponing the preliminary determinations to 130
days after initiation of these investigations makes the deadline
fall on the weekend (i.e., Saturday, May 10, 2025), the deadline is
the next business day (i.e., May 12, 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. 2025-02840 Filed 2-19-25; 8:45 am]
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