[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 155 (Tuesday, August 11, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48505-48506]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-17531]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-555-001, A-560-836, A-557-818, A-801-002, A-549-841, A-489-841, A-
552-827]


Mattresses From Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, 
the Republic of Turkey, 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 August 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McGowan at (202) 482-3019 or 
Preston Cox at (202) 482-5041 (Cambodia); Janae Martin at (202) 482-
0238 or Michael Bowen at (202) 482-0768 (Indonesia); Joshua Simonidis 
at (202) 482-0608 (Malaysia); Joshua DeMoss at (202) 482-3362 (Serbia); 
Paola Aleman-Ordaz at (202) 482-4031 (Thailand); Jacob Keller at (202) 
482-4849 (the Republic of Turkey (Turkey)); Dakota Potts at (202) 482-
0223 (the 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 April 20, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of mattresses 
from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and 
Vietnam.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later 
than September 8, 2020.\2\
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    \1\ See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, 
Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 85 FR 
23002 (April 24, 2020).
    \2\ The current deadline for the preliminary determinations 
falls on Labor Day, September 7, 2020. Commerce's practice dictates 
that where a deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the 
appropriate deadline is the next business day. 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 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 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 July 30, 2020, the petitioners \3\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\4\ The petitioners stated that they request 
postponement to provide adequate time for Commerce to analyze complex 
issues, to accommodate extensions of time provided to respondents to 
complete e.g., questionnaires and supplemental questionnaires, and to 
provide Commerce additional time to conduct a thorough analysis, 
including by issuing additional supplemental questionnaires.\5\
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    \3\ The petitioners are Brooklyn Bedding; Corsicana Mattress 
Company; Elite Comfort Solutions; FXI, Inc.; Innocor, Inc.; Kolcraft 
Enterprises, Inc.; Leggett & Platt, Incorporated; the International 
Brotherhood of Teamsters; and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union, AFL-CIO (USW).
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Mattresses from Cambodia, China, 
Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam: Request 
to Extend Preliminary Results and Align the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation with the Concurrent Antidumping Duty Investigations,'' 
dated July 30, 2020.
    \5\ Id. at 2.
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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

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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 October 27, 2020. In accordance with 
section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for 
the final determinations 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: August 5, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-17531 Filed 8-10-20; 8:45 am]
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