Notice2026-03194
Fresh Mushrooms From Canada: Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
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Published
February 18, 2026
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentInternational Trade Administration
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 32 (Wednesday, February 18, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7440-7441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-03194]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[C-122-874]
Fresh Mushrooms From Canada: Postponement of Preliminary
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation
AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: Applicable February 18, 2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gene H. Calvert, Office II, AD/CVD
Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3586.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On January 2, 2026, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of fresh
mushrooms from Canada.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination is
due no later than March 9, 2026.\2\
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\1\ See Fresh Mushrooms from Canada: Initiation of
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 91 FR 668 (January 8, 2026).
\2\ Because the actual deadline for the preliminary
determination falls on a weekend (i.e., Sunday, March 8, 2026), the
deadline becomes the next business day (i.e., Monday, March 9,
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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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
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must state the reasons for the request. Commerce will grant the request
unless it finds completing reasons to deny the request.
On February 10, 2026, the Fresh Mushrooms Fair Trade Coalition and
its individual members (i.e., the petitioners) timely requested that
Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\ The petitioners
stated a postponement is warranted to provide Commerce with additional
time to review and to analyze the questionnaire responses submitted by
the Government of Canada and by the respondents, and to issue
supplemental questionnaires.\4\
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\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Petitioners' Request for
Postponement of Preliminary Determination,'' dated February 10,
2026.
\4\ Id.
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In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioners have timely
stated the reasons for requesting a postponement of the preliminary
determination, and Commerce finds no compelling reason to deny this
request. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act,
Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determination
to no later than 130 days after the date on which this investigation
was initiated, i.e., May 12, 2026.
Pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1),
the deadline for the final determination of this CVD investigation will
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination.
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: February 12, 2026.
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. 2026-03194 Filed 2-17-26; 8:45 am]
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