[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22124-22125]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06683]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-859]


Mattresses From Mexico: Postponement of Final Determination of 
Sales at Less Than Fair Value Investigation

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the 
deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation of mattresses from Mexico until July 15, 
2024, and is extending the provisional measures from a four-month 
period to a period of not more than six months.

DATES: Applicable March 29, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dakota Potts or Benjamin Blythe, AD/
CVD Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0223 or (202) 
482-3457, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 23, 2023, Commerce initiated an LTFV investigation of 
imports of mattresses from Mexico.\1\ The period of investigation is 
July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2023. On March 1, 2024, Commerce 
published its preliminary determination in this LTFV investigation of 
mattresses from Mexico.\2\
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    \1\ See Mattresses from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, 
India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, 
Spain, and Taiwan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 88 FR 57433 (August 23, 2023) (Initiation Notice).
    \2\ See Mattresses from Mexico: Preliminary Affirmative 
Determination of Sales at Less Than Fair Value, 89 FR 15152 (March 
1, 2024) (Preliminary Determination).
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Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) provide that a final determination may be 
postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by an exporter or producer who accounts for a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a 
negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is 
made by the petitioners. Further, 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that 
such postponement requests by exporters be accompanied by a request for 
extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period 
not more than six months, in accordance with section 733(d) of the Act.
    On March 13, 2024, Ureblock S.A. de C.V. (Ureblock), a mandatory 
respondent in this investigation, requested that Commerce postpone the 
deadline for the final determination pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii) and (e) and extend the application of the provisional 
measures from a four-month period to a period of not more than six 
months.\3\ In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the preliminary determination was 
affirmative; (2) the request for postponement was made by an exporter 
and producer who accounts for a significant proportion of exports of 
the subject merchandise; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial 
exist, Commerce is postponing the final determination until no later 
than 135 days after the date of publication of the Preliminary 
Determination, and extending the provisional measures from a four-month 
period to a period of not more than six months. Accordingly, Commerce 
will issue its final determination no later than July 15, 2024.\4\
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    \3\ See Ureblock's Letter, ``Ureblock's Request to Extend Final 
Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of 
Mattresses from Mexico,'' dated March 13, 2024.
    \4\ Postponing the final determination to 135 days after the 
publication of the Preliminary Determination would place the 
deadline on Sunday, July 14, 2024. 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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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 735(a)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: March 22, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-06683 Filed 3-28-24; 8:45 am]
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