[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 95 (Wednesday, May 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42426-42427]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-10566]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-162, A-201-862, A-337-808]


Certain Glass Wine Bottles From Chile, the People's Republic of 
China, and Mexico: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable May 15, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Weiner (Chile), Carolyn Adie 
(the People's Republic of China (China)), and Elizabeth Bremer 
(Mexico), AD/CVD Operations, Offices I, VI, and IV, Enforcement and 
Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3902, (202) 482-3150 and (202) 482- 4987, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On January 18, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less than fair value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
glass wine bottles from Chile, China, and Mexico.\1\ Currently, the 
preliminary determinations are due no later than June 6, 2024.
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    \1\ See Glass Wine Bottles from Chile, the People's Republic of 
China, and Mexico: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 89 FR 4911 (January 25, 2024).
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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 of 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 May 3, 2024, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
due to concerns that the questionnaire responses submitted by the 
mandatory respondents contain material deficiencies that prevent an 
accurate calculation of the antidumping duty margins. Therefore, 
Commerce needs more time to issue supplemental questionnaires to 
address issues in the respondents' questionnaire responses.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioner is the U.S. Glass Producers Coalition, 
comprised of: Ardagh Glass Inc. (Ardagh) and the United Steel, Paper 
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and 
Service Workers International Union (USW) (collectively, 
petitioner).
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Request for Postponement of the 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated May 3, 2024.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reason 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 these 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 July 26, 2024. 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: May 8, 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. 2024-10566 Filed 5-14-24; 8:45 am]
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