Notice2025-06585
Float Glass Products From the People's Republic of China and Malaysia: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
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Published
April 17, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 73 (Thursday, April 17, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16107-16108]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06585]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-188, A-557-832]
Float Glass Products From the People's Republic of China and
Malaysia: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-
Fair-Value Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable April 17, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov (the People's
Republic of China (China)) and Jeffrey Pedersen (Malaysia), AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665 and (202) 482-2769,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations on imports of
float glass products from China and Malaysia.\1\ The preliminary
determinations are currently due no later than May 20, 2025.
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\1\ See Float Glass Products from the People's Republic of China
and Malaysia: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 90
FR 1435 (January 8, 2025).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in an
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act
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permits Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no
later than 190 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 March 31, 2025, Vitro Flat Glass, LLC and Vitro Meadville Flat
Glass, LLC. (the petitioner) submitted a timely request that Commerce
postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV
investigations.\2\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement
to ensure that Commerce has sufficient time to review and consider the
information provided in questionnaire responses and allow the
petitioner time to submit rebuttal factual information or otherwise
comment on the adequacy of any questionnaire responses.\3\
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\2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Extend Preliminary
Determinations,'' dated March 31, 2025.
\3\ Id.
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For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, Commerce is postponing the deadline for
the preliminary determinations by 50 days, i.e., 190 days after the
date on which these investigations were initiated, in accordance with
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act. As a result, Commerce will issue its
preliminary determinations no later than July 9, 2025. In accordance
with section 735(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, unless postponed at a later date.
Notification to Interested Parties
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: April 7, 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. 2025-06585 Filed 4-16-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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