[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8260-8261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01791]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-602-812, A-351-862, A-122-871, A-201-863, A-421-818, A-791-829, A-
583-878, A-489-855, A-520-811, A-552-843]
Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, 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 January 28, 2025.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill at (202) 482-4037
(Australia), Benjamin Blythe at (202) 482-3457 (Canada), Nathan Araya
at (202) 482-3401 (Brazil), William Horn at (202) 482-4868 (Mexico),
Rachel Jennings at (202) 482-1110 and Miranda Bourdeau at (202) 482-
2021 (the Netherlands), Jacob Saude at (202) 482-0981 (South Africa),
Monique Cummings at (202) 482-3996 and Preston Cox at (240) 956-8630
(Taiwan), Brittany Bauer at (202) 482-3860 and Olivia Woolverton at
(202) 482-2000 (the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye), Lingjun
Wang at (202) 482-2316 and Jose Riviera at (202) 482-0842 (the United
Arab Emirates (UAE)), and Jacob Waddell at (202) 482-1369 (the
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)), AD/CVD Operations,
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC
20230.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On September 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce)
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of
certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Australia,
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan,
T[uuml]rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam.\1\ Currently, the preliminary
determinations are due no later than February 12, 2025.
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\1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa,
Taiwan, the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations, 89 FR 80196 (October 2, 2024).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(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 January 10, 2025, the petitioners \2\ submitted timely requests
that
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Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in the LTFV
investigations of CORE from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the
Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, T[uuml]rkiye, the UAE, and
Vietnam.\3\ The petitioners stated, ``{p{time} ostponement of the
preliminary determinations is necessary and appropriate given the size
and complexity of these investigations, the number of participating
respondents, and the numerous extensions of time received by
respondents to submit responses to Commerce's initial questionnaire,''
and that the postponement ``will allow Commerce adequate time to issue
supplemental questionnaires and develop a comprehensive record in these
investigations.'' \4\
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\2\ The petitioners are Steel Dynamics, Inc., Nucor Corporation,
United States Steel Corporation, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc., and
the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy,
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO,
CLC.
\3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Postponement of the Preliminary
Determinations,'' dated January 10, 2025.
\4\ Id. at 2.
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For the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling
reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), Commerce is postponing the deadline for
the preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., to 190 days after the
date on which these investigations were initiated). As a result,
Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations in the above-
referenced investigations no later than April 3, 2025. In accordance
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the
deadline for the final determinations of 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: January 21, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary For Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-01791 Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
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