Notice2025-07945
Erythritol From People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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Published
May 7, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 87 (Wednesday, May 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19269-19270]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07945]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-192]
Erythritol From People's Republic of China: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable May 7, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith and Hannah Lee, AD/CVD
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement
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and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482-1766 and (202) 482-1216, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 2, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of
erythritol from the People's Republic of China.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determination is due no later than May 22, 2025.
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\1\ See Erythritol from the People's Republic of China:
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 90 FR 1957
(January 10, 2025).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination
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) of the Act
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 April 22, 2025, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requested postponement
``to allow for the collection and analysis of all necessary information
for determining the most accurate possible antidumping duty rate.'' \4\
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\2\ The petitioner is Cargill, Incorporated.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Erythritol from the People's
Republic of China: Request to Postpone Antidumping Preliminary
Determination,'' dated April 22, 2025.
\4\ Id.
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For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary
determination by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which this
investigation was initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its
preliminary determination no later than July 11, 2025. In accordance
with section 735(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,
unless postponed at a later date.
This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: May 1, 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. 2025-07945 Filed 5-6-25; 8:45 am]
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