Notice2025-20156
Hardwood and Decorative Plywood From the People's Republic of China, Indonesia, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations
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Published
November 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 18, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51649-51650]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20156]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-211, A-560-844, A-552-851]
Hardwood and Decorative Plywood From the People's Republic of
China, Indonesia, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement
of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value
Investigations
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable November 18, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Theodora Mattei at (202) 482-4834
(People's Republic of China (China)), Joy Zhang at (202) 482-1168
(Indonesia), and John Frye at (202) 482-3035 (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 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of
hardwood and decorative plywood from China, Indonesia, and Vietnam.\1\
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than October
29, 2025.
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\1\ See Hardwood and Decorative Plywood from the People's
Republic of China, Indonesia, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam:
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 90 FR 25212 (June
16, 2025) (Initiation Notice).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a
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 \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 Coalition for Fair Trade in Hardwood
Plywood.
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On September 19, 2025, the petitioner submitted a timely request
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requested postponement
because ``these investigations cover hardwood and decorative plywood
from multiple countries, and thus require a significant amount of
resources to fully investigate.'' \4\ The petitioner also stated that
``{Commerce{time} only recently received responses to the initial
questionnaires in these investigations. Accordingly, {a postponement of
the preliminary determinations{time} would allow {the
petitioner's{time} counsel and other interested parties sufficient
time to analyze respondents' questionnaire responses and provide
comments on those responses. In addition, it would allow
{Commerce{time} to issue supplemental questionnaires and receive
responses prior to {the preliminary determinations{time} .'' \5\
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\3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Postpone Preliminary
Determinations,'' dated September 19, 2025.
\4\ Id. at 1.
\5\ Id. at 1-2.
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For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in
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accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the
deadline for the preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days
after the date on which these investigations were initiated). As a
result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations no later
than December 18, 2025. In accordance with section 735(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, 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: September 30, 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. 2025-20156 Filed 11-17-25; 8:45 am]
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