Notice2025-14095
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Algeria, Egypt, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations
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Published
July 25, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 141 (Friday, July 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 35278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-14095]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-721-002, C-729-806, C-552-854]
Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bar From Algeria, Egypt, and the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary
Determinations in the Countervailing Duty Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable July 25, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler or Henry Wolfe at (202)
482-6241 or (202) 482-0574, respectively, (Algeria); Lingjun Wang at
(202) 482-2316 (Egypt); and Christopher Williams at (202) 482-5166 (the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)); AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On June 24, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated countervailing duty (CVD) investigations of imports of steel
concrete reinforcing bar (rebar) from Algeria, Egypt and Vietnam.\1\
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than August
28, 2025.
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\1\ See Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigations, 90 FR
27838 (June 30, 2025) (Initiation Notice).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
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 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 July 14, 2025, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these CVD
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement
so that Commerce has sufficient time to analyze initial questionnaire
responses and any new subsidy allegations, consider deficiency
comments, issue any supplemental questionnaire responses, and draft its
preliminary determinations.\4\
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\2\ The petitioner is the Rebar Trade Action Coalition.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request for Extension of
Preliminary Determination Deadline'' dated July 14, 2025.
\4\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner has stated the
reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary
determinations, and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny the
request. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act,
Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations
to no later than 130 days after the date on which these investigations
were initiated, i.e., November 3, 2025.\5\ Pursuant to section
705(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.
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\5\ Postponing these preliminary determinations to 130 days
after initiation would place the deadlines on Saturday, November 1,
2025. Commerce's 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: July 22, 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. 2025-14095 Filed 7-24-25; 8:45 am]
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