[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 68 (Monday, April 8, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24431-24432]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-07408]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-160, A-533-922, C-570-161, C-533-923]


Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy 
of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions: 2,4-
Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid From the People's Republic of China and 
India

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


DATES: Applicable April 3, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva, AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3208.

Extension of Initiation of Investigations

The Petitions

    On March 14, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
received antidumping and countervailing duty petitions on imports of 
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) from the People's Republic of 
China and India, filed by Corteva Agriscience LLC (the petitioner) on 
behalf of the domestic industry producing 2,4-D.\1\
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    \1\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties: 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic 
Acid (``2,4-D'') from the People's Republic of China and India,'' 
dated March 14, 2024 (the Petitions).
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions

    Sections 702(b)(1) and 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), require that a petition be filed by or on behalf of 
the domestic industry. To determine that the petition has been filed by 
or on behalf of the industry, sections 702(c)(4)(A) and 732(c)(4)(A) of 
the Act require that the domestic producers or workers who support the 
petition account for: (i) at least 25 percent of the total production 
of the domestic like product; and (ii) more than 50 percent of the 
production of the

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domestic like product produced by that portion of the industry 
expressing support for, or opposition to, the petition. Moreover, 
sections 702(c)(4)(D) and 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provide that, if the 
petition does not establish support of domestic producers or workers 
accounting for more than 50 percent of the total production of the 
domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or rely on 
other information in order to determine if there is support for the 
petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or (ii) if there is a large 
number of producers, determine industry support using a statistically 
valid sampling method to poll the industry.

Extension of Time

    Sections 702(c)(1)(A) and 732(c)(1)(A) of the Act provide that 
within 20 days of the filing of an antidumping or countervailing duty 
petition, Commerce will determine, inter alia, whether the petition has 
been filed by or on behalf of the U.S. industry producing the domestic 
like product. Sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provide 
that the deadline for the initiation determination, in exceptional 
circumstances, may be extended by 20 days in any case in which Commerce 
must ``poll or otherwise determine support for the petition by the 
industry.'' Because it is not clear from the Petitions whether the 
industry support criteria have been met, Commerce has determined it 
should extend the time period for determining whether to initiate the 
investigations in order to further examine the issue of industry 
support.
    Commerce will need additional time to gather and analyze additional 
information regarding industry support. Therefore, it is necessary to 
extend the deadline for determining the adequacy of the Petitions for a 
period not to exceed 40 days from the filing of the Petitions. As a 
result, Commerce's initiation determination will now be due no later 
than April 23, 2024.

International Trade Commission Notification

    Commerce will contact the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 
and will make this extension notice available to the ITC.

    Dated: April 3, 2024.
James Maeder,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-07408 Filed 4-5-24; 8:45 am]
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