Notice2025-16044
Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes From Japan: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
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Published
August 21, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 160 (Thursday, August 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40817-40818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-16044]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-588-883]
Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes From Japan: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable August 21, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov or Thomas Schauer,
AD/CVD Operations, Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665 or (202)
482-0410, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 30, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of
lattice boom crawler cranes from Japan.\1\ Currently, the preliminary
determination is due no later than September 17, 2025.
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\1\ See Lattice Boom Crawler Cranes from Japan: Initiation of
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 90 FR 19270 (May 7, 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.
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On August 14, 2025, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in this LTFV
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requested postponement
to ``allow Petitioner adequate time to analyze and comment on responses
and will allow Commerce adequate time to issue supplemental
questionnaires and develop a comprehensive record in this investigation
that Petitioner can then comment upon in advance of Commerce issuing a
preliminary determination'' \4\ and to ``provide Commerce with the
necessary time to analyze Petitioner's recently submitted sales- and
cost-based particular market situation (`PMS') allegations in advance
of its preliminary determination.'' \5\
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\2\ The petitioner is The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Request to Postpone
Commerce's Preliminary Determination,'' dated August 14, 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 in this LTFV investigation 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
November 6, 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.
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: August 18, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-16044 Filed 8-20-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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