[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 177 (Thursday, September 14, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 63063-63064]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-19896]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-914, A-557-824, A-549-846, A-583-871, A-552-835]


Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale From India, 
Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand 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 September 14, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Huston (India), Samuel Frost 
(Malaysia), Joy Zhang (Taiwan), Fred Baker (Thailand), or Eliza DeLong 
(the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)); AD/CVD Operations, 
Offices VII, V, III, and VI, respectively, Enforcement and Compliance, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 
Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4261, (202) 482-8180, (202) 482-1168, (202) 482-2924, or (202) 482-
3878, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 15, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated the less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
boltless steel shelving units prepackaged for sale (boltless steel 
shelving) from India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Vietnam.\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than October 
2, 2023.
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    \1\ See Boltless Steel Shelving Units Prepackaged for Sale from 
India, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand and the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 88 FR 
32188 (May 19, 2023).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires

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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 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 August 31, 2023, Edsal Manufacturing Co., Inc. (the petitioner) 
submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary 
determinations in the LTFV investigations for India, Malaysia, Taiwan, 
Thailand, and Vietnam.\2\ The petitioner stated that it requests 
postponement due to concerns that Commerce will need more time to issue 
supplemental questionnaires to address deficiencies in the respondents' 
initial questionnaire responses.\3\
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    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Request for 
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations,'' dated August 31, 2023.
    \3\ 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 the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), 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 November 21, 2023. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations in 
these investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determinations, unless postponed at a later date.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: September 8, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-19896 Filed 9-13-23; 8:45 am]
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