Notice2025-08500
Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National Security Investigation of Imports of Commercial Aircraft and Jet Engines and Parts for Commercial Aircraft and Jet Engines
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Published
May 13, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentIndustry and Security Bureau
Abstract
On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an investigation to determine the effects on the national security of imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines. This investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. This notice identifies issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 13, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20273-20274]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-08500]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 250509-0082]
XRIN 0694-XC127
Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National
Security Investigation of Imports of Commercial Aircraft and Jet
Engines and Parts for Commercial Aircraft and Jet Engines
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Strategic Industries
and Economic Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an
investigation to determine the effects on the national security of
imports of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for
commercial aircraft and jet engines. This investigation has been
initiated under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, as
amended (Section 232). Interested parties are invited to submit written
comments, data, analyses, or other information pertinent to the
investigation to the Department of Commerce's (Department) Bureau of
Industry and Security (BIS), Office of Strategic Industries and
Economic Security. This notice identifies issues on which the
Department is especially interested in obtaining the public's views.
DATES: Comments may be submitted at any time but must be received by
June 3, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be submitted to the Federal
rulemaking portal at: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>. The <a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a> ID for
this notice is BIS-2025-0027. Please refer to XRIN 0694-XC127 in all
comments.
All filers using the portal should use the name of the person or
entity submitting the comments as the name of their files, in
accordance with the instructions below. Anyone submitting business
confidential information should clearly identify the business
confidential portion at the time of submission, file a statement
justifying nondisclosure and referring to the specific legal authority
claimed, and provide a non-confidential version of the submission.
For comments submitted electronically containing business
confidential information, the file name of the business confidential
version should begin with the characters ``BC.'' Any page containing
business confidential information must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL'' on the top of that page. The corresponding non-
confidential version of those comments must be clearly marked
``PUBLIC.'' The file name of the non-confidential version should begin
with the character ``P.'' Any submissions with file names that do not
begin with either a ``BC'' or a ``P'' will be assumed to be public and
will be made publicly available at: <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>.
Commenters submitting business confidential information are encouraged
to scan a hard copy of the non-confidential version to create an image
of the file, rather than submitting a digital copy with redactions
applied, to avoid inadvertent redaction errors which could enable the
public to read business confidential information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Astle, Director, Defense
Industrial Base Division, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce,
(202) 482-2533, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#11527e7c7c74637278707d5078637263707765232223517378623f757e723f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="53103c3e3e3621303a323f123a21302132352761606113313a207d373c307d343c25">[email protected]</span></a>. For more information
about the Section 232 program, including the regulations and the text
of previous investigations, see <a href="http://www.bis.doc.gov/232">www.bis.doc.gov/232</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On May 1, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an
investigation under Section 232 (19 U.S.C. 1862) to determine the
effects on national security of imports of commercial aircraft and jet
engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines. This
investigation is being undertaken in accordance with part 705 of the
National Security Industrial Base Regulations (15 CFR parts 700 to 709)
(NSIBR).
Request for Public Comments
Interested parties are invited to submit written comments, data,
analyses, or information pertinent to
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this investigation to BIS's Office of Strategic Industries and Economic
Security no later than June 3, 2025. The Department is particularly
interested in comments and information directed at the criteria listed
in Sec. 705.4 of the regulations as they affect national security,
including the following:
(i) the current and projected demand for commercial aircraft and
jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, in the
United States;
(ii) the extent to which domestic production of commercial aircraft
and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, can
meet domestic demand;
(iii) the role of foreign supply chains, particularly of major
exporters, in meeting U.S. demand for commercial aircraft and jet
engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines;
(iv) the concentration of U.S. imports of commercial aircraft and
jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft and jet engines, from a
small number of suppliers and the associated risks;
(v) the impact of foreign government subsidies and predatory trade
practices on the competitiveness of the commercial aircraft and jet
engine industry, as well as the associated commercial aircraft and jet
engine parts industry, in the United States;
(vi) the economic impact of artificially suppressed prices of
commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft
and jet engines, due to foreign unfair trade practices and state-
sponsored overproduction;
(vii) the potential for export restrictions by foreign nations,
including the ability of foreign nations to weaponize their control
over supplies of commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for
commercial aircraft and jet engines;
(viii) the feasibility of increasing domestic capacity for
commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft
and jet engines, to reduce import reliance;
(ix) the impact of current trade policies on domestic production of
commercial aircraft and jet engines, and parts for commercial aircraft
and jet engines, and whether additional measures, including tariffs or
quotas, are necessary to protect national security; and
(x) any other relevant factors.
Material submitted by members of the public that is business
confidential information will be exempted from public disclosure as
provided for by Sec. 705.6(a) of the NSIBR (see the ADDRESSES section
of this notice). Communications from agencies of the U.S. Government
will not be made available for public inspection (see 15 CFR
705.6(a)(3)). BIS does not maintain a separate public inspection
facility. Requesters should first view the Bureau's web page, which can
be found at: <a href="https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/">https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/</a> (see ``Electronic FOIA''
heading). If requesters cannot access the website, they may call (202)
482-0795 for assistance. The records related to this assessment are
made accessible in accordance with the regulations published at 15 CFR
4.1 through 4.11.
Julia Khersonsky,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Trade.
[FR Doc. 2025-08500 Filed 5-9-25; 4:15 pm]
BILLING CODE 3510-33-P
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