Notice2025-18881
High Purity Dissolving Pulp From Brazil: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
September 29, 2025
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Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 186 (Monday, September 29, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 46561]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18881]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-351-867]
High Purity Dissolving Pulp From Brazil: Postponement of
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable September 29, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gorden Struck at (202) 482-8151 and
Sarah Keith at (202) 482-0264, respectively, 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 September 8, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of high
purity dissolving pulp (dissolving pulp) from Brazil.\1\ Currently, the
preliminary determination is due no later than November 6, 2025.
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\1\ See High Purity Dissolving Pulp from Brazil: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 90 FR 43174 (September 8, 2025)
(Initiation Notice).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination
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 in a CVD
investigation 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 September 22, 2025, the petitioners \2\ submitted a timely
request that Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\
The petitioners stated that postponement of the preliminary
determination is necessary to allow petitioners and Commerce sufficient
time to evaluate the initial questionnaire responses submitted by the
Government of Brazil (GOB) and Bracell Bahia Specialty Celulose SA
(Bracell), the mandatory respondent, before submitting LTAR benchmark
information or new subsidy allegations.\4\ Extending the preliminary
determination will also ensure there is sufficient time to issue
supplemental questionnaires to the GOB and Bracell, as necessary, and
sufficient time to evaluate all relevant subsidy programs.\5\
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\2\ The petitioners are Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc. and the
United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO.
\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Request to Fully
Extend the Preliminary Determination,'' dated September 22, 2025.
\4\ Id.
\5\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner submitted its
request for postponement of the preliminary determination in this
investigation 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the
preliminary determination and stated the reasons for its request.
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 in these investigations
to no later than 130 days after the date on which it initiated this
investigation, i.e., January 12, 2026.\6\ 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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\6\ Because the deadline for these submissions falls on the
weekend (i.e., January 10, 2026), the deadline became the next
business day (i.e., January 12, 2026). 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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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: September 24, 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. 2025-18881 Filed 9-26-25; 8:45 am]
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