Notice2025-04916
Temporary Steel Fencing From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
March 24, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 55 (Monday, March 24, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 13450]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-04916]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-570-199]
Temporary Steel Fencing From the People's Republic of China:
Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty
Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable March 24, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein, 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) 481-1391.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on imports of
temporary steel fencing from the People's Republic of China (China).\1\
The preliminary determination is due no later than April 10, 2025.
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\1\ See Temporary Steel Fencing from the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 90 FR 9311
(February 11, 2025).
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Postponement of the 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 imitated the investigation
if: (A) the petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or
(B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are cooperation, 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 March 4, 2025, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in this
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requested postponement
to extend the deadline for the preliminary determination because of the
complexity of the issues and number of subsidy programs under
investigation.\4\
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\2\ The petitioner is ZND US Inc.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Temporary Steel Fencing from the
People's Republic of China: Request to Extend the Preliminary
Determination,'' dated March 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 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., June 16, 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\ Postponing the deadline to 130 days after the date of
initiation would place the deadline on Saturday, June 14, 2025.
Commerce 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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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: March 14, 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. 2025-04916 Filed 3-21-25; 8:45 am]
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