[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 62 (Monday, April 1, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 12198-12199]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-06214]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-092]


Mattresses From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.


DATES: Applicable April 1, 2019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian at (202) 482-6412 
or Stephen Bailey at (202) 482-0193, AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On October 17, 2018, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of 
mattresses from the People's Republic of China.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determination is due no later than April 8, 2019.
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    \1\ See Mattresses from the People's Republic of China: 
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 83 FR 52386 
(October 17, 2018) (Initiation Notice).
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    Commerce exercised its discretion to toll all deadlines affected by 
the partial federal government closure from December 22, 2018, through 
the resumption of operations on January 29, 2019.\2\ If the new 
deadline falls on a non-business day, in accordance with Commerce's 
practice, the deadline will become the next business day. Accordingly, 
the revised deadline for the preliminary determination of this 
investigation became April 8, 2019.
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    \2\ See memorandum to the Record from Gary Taverman, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance, ``Deadlines 
Affected by the Partial Shutdown of the Federal Government,'' dated 
January 28, 2019. All deadlines in this segment of the proceeding 
have been extended by 40 days.
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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

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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, and determines 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 March 7, 2019, the petitioners \3\ in the mattresses LTFV 
investigation submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the 
preliminary determination in the investigation to the maximum extent 
permitted under the statute.\4\ The petitioners requested the 
postponement to provide Commerce, and the petitioners, time to review 
questionnaire responses and identify deficiencies within those 
responses, and to provide time for Commerce to issue, and receive 
responses to, supplemental questionnaires prior to the preliminary 
determination.\5\
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    \3\ The petitioner is the Corsicana Mattress Company, Elite 
Comfort Solutions, Future Foam Inc., FXI, Inc., Innocor, Inc., 
Kolcraft Enterprises Inc., Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, Serta 
Simmons Bedding, LLC, and Tempur Sealy International, Inc. 
(collectively, the petitioners).
    \4\ See Letter from the petitioners, ``Mattresses from the 
People's Republic of China: Petitioners' Request to Postpone the 
Antidumping Investigation Preliminary Determination,'' dated March 
7, 2019.
    \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 the mattresses LTFV investigation by 50 days (i.e., 
until 190 days after the date on which this investigation was 
initiated, plus 40 days for tolling). As a result, Commerce will issue 
its preliminary determination in the mattress LTFV investigation no 
later than May 28, 2019. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determination 
in this investigation will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determination, 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: March 27, 2019.
Gary Taverman,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations, performing the non-exclusive functions and duties of the 
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2019-06214 Filed 3-29-19; 8:45 am]
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