[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 156 (Tuesday, August 13, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Page 65845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17996]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-173]


Vanillin From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable August 13, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230, telephone: (202) 482-2769.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of 
vanillin from the People's Republic of China (China).\1\ On July 22, 
2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative 
proceeding by seven days.\2\ The deadline for this preliminary 
determination is now September 5, 2024, which is the original August 
29, 2024, deadline tolled by seven days.
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    \1\ See Vanillin from the People's Republic of China: Initiation 
of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 54421 (July 1, 2024).
    \2\ See ``Memorandum, Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceeding,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated 
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits 
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation until no later than 130 days after the date on which 
Commerce initiated the investigation if: (A) the petitioner makes a 
timely request for an extension of the period within which the 
determination must be made; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties 
concerned are cooperating, that the investigation is extraordinarily 
complicated, and that additional time is necessary to make the 
preliminary determination. Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), if the petitioner 
seeks postponement of a preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation, it must submit its 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 1, 2024, Solvay USA, LLC (Solvay), the petitioner in this 
investigation, timely requested that Commerce postpone the preliminary 
determination in the investigation.\3\ The petitioner requested 
postponement of the preliminary determination because it believes that 
Commerce requires more time to collect and investigate information that 
is necessary for determining accurate countervailable subsidy rates.\4\
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    \3\ See Solvay's Letter, ``Request to Postpone Preliminary CVD 
Determination,'' dated August 1, 2024.
    \4\ Id.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner submitted its 
request for postponement of the preliminary determination in this 
investigation 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the 
preliminary determination and stated the reasons for its request. For 
the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling reasons 
to deny the request, as a result, Commerce will issue its preliminary 
determination in the above-referenced investigation no later than 
November 12, 2024,\5\ in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of the 
Act.
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    \5\ Postponing the preliminary determination makes the deadline 
Saturday, November 9, 2024. Monday, November 11, 2024, is a Federal 
holiday. Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls on 
a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next 
business day, in this case Tuesday, November 12, 2024. 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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    Pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), 
the deadline for the final determination in this investigation will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 6, 2024.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2024-17996 Filed 8-12-24; 8:45 am]
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