Notice2025-08088
Active Anode Material From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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Published
May 8, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 88 (Thursday, May 8, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19466-19467]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08088]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-194]
Active Anode Material From the 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 8, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla, Office I, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 7, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of
active anode material (active anodes) from China.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determination is due no later than May 27, 2025.
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\1\ See Active Anode Material from the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 90 FR 3792
(January 15, 2025) (Initiation Notice).
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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)(A)(b)(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 \2\ 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.
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\2\ The petitioner is the American Active Anode Material
Producers.
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On April 28, 2025, the petitioner submitted a timely request that
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in the LTFV
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it request postponement
because although the mandatory respondents have provided a response to
Commerce's initial Section A questionnaire, the responses contain
material deficiencies and omissions that currently prevent an accurate
calculation of an antidumping duty margin.\4\ Further, responses to the
other sections of the questionnaire have not yet been submitted and
additional time will allow Commerce to issue supplemental
questionnaires and ensure
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that the preliminary determination accurately reflects the dumping of
each mandatory respondent.\5\
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\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Postponement of the
Preliminary Determination,'' dated April 28, 2025; see also,
Petitioner's Letter, ``Clarification of Request for Postponement of
the Preliminary Determination,'' dated April 29, 2025.
\4\ Id.
\5\ 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 16, 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 2, 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. 2025-08088 Filed 5-7-25; 8:45 am]
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