[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 79 (Friday, April 25, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17371-17372]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-07260]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Bureau of Industry and Security
[Docket No. 250422-0071]
XRIN 0694-XC125
Notice of Request for Public Comments on Section 232 National
Security Investigation of Imports of Trucks
AGENCY: Bureau of Industry and Security, Office of Strategic Industries
and Economic Security, U.S. Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of request for public comments.
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SUMMARY: On April 22, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an
investigation to determine the effects on the national security of
imports of medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and medium- and
heavy-duty truck parts, and their derivative products. This
investigation has been initiated under section 232 of the Trade
Expansion Act of 1962, as amended (Section 232). Interested parties are
invited to submit written comments, data, analyses, or other
information pertinent to the investigation to the Department of
Commerce's (Department) Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), Office
of Strategic Industries and Economic Security. This notice identifies
issues on which the Department is especially interested in obtaining
the public's views.
DATES: Comments may be submitted at any time but must be received by
May 16, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice may be submitted to the Federal
rulemaking portal at: www.regulations.gov. The regulations.gov ID for
this notice is BIS-2025-0024. Please refer to XRIN 0694-XC125 in all
comments.
All filers using the portal should use the name of the person or
entity submitting the comments as the name of their files, in
accordance with the instructions below. Anyone submitting business
confidential information should clearly identify the business
confidential portion at the time of submission, file a statement
justifying nondisclosure and referring to the specific legal authority
claimed, and provide a non-confidential version of the submission. For
comments submitted electronically containing business confidential
information, the file name of the business confidential version should
begin with the characters ``BC.'' Any page containing business
confidential information must be clearly marked ``BUSINESS
CONFIDENTIAL'' on the top of that page. The corresponding non-
confidential version of those comments must be clearly marked
``PUBLIC.'' The file name of the non-confidential version should begin
with the character ``P.'' Any submissions with file names that do not
begin with either a ``BC'' or a ``P'' will be assumed to be public and
will be made publicly available at: https://www.regulations.gov.
Commenters submitting business confidential information are encouraged
to scan a hard copy of the non-confidential version to create an image
of the file, rather than submitting a digital copy with redactions
applied, to avoid inadvertent redaction errors which could enable the
public to read business confidential information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Astle, Director, Defense
Industrial Base Division, Office of Strategic Industries and Economic
Security, Bureau of Industry and Security, U.S. Department of Commerce
(202) 482-2533, [email protected]. For more information about the
Section 232 program, including the regulations and the text of previous
investigations, see www.bis.doc.gov/232.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On April 22, 2025, the Secretary of Commerce initiated an
investigation
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under Section 232 (19 U.S.C. 1862) to determine the effects on national
security of imports of medium-duty trucks, heavy-duty trucks, and
medium- and heavy-duty truck parts, and their derivatives.
The term ``medium-duty trucks'' means trucks with a gross vehicle
weight of more than 10,000 and under 26,001 pounds. The term ``heavy-
duty trucks'' means trucks with a gross vehicle weight rating of 26,001
pounds or more. For the purposes of this investigation, trucks are
motor vehicles for the transport of goods. The term ``medium- and
heavy-duty truck parts'' refers to the individual components and
systems of medium- and heavy-duty trucks, including engines and engine
parts, transmissions and powertrain parts, and electrical components.
Hereafter, ``medium-duty trucks,'' heavy-duty trucks,'' and ``medium-
and heavy-duty truck parts'' shall be referred to collectively as
``trucks and truck parts.''
Request for Public Comments
This investigation is being undertaken in accordance with part 705
of the National Security Industrial Base Regulations (15 CFR parts 700
to 709) (NSIBR). Interested parties are invited to submit written
comments, data, analyses, or information pertinent to this
investigation to BIS's Office of Strategic Industries and Economic
Security no later than May 16, 2025. The Department is particularly
interested in comments and information directed at the criteria listed
in Sec. 705.4 of the regulations as they affect national security,
including the following:
(i) The current and projected demand for trucks and truck parts in
the United States;
(ii) The extent to which domestic production of trucks and truck
parts can meet domestic demand;
(iii) The role of foreign supply chains, particularly of major
exporters, in meeting United States demand for trucks and truck parts;
(iv) The concentration of United States imports of trucks and truck
parts from a small number of suppliers and the associated risks;
(v) The impact of foreign government subsidies and predatory trade
practices on the competitiveness of the medium- and heavy-duty truck
industry in the United States;
(vi) The economic impact of artificially suppressed prices of
trucks and truck parts due to foreign unfair trade practices and state-
sponsored overproduction;
(vii) The potential for export restrictions by foreign nations,
including the ability of foreign nations to weaponize their control
over supplies of trucks and truck parts;
(viii) The feasibility of increasing domestic capacity for trucks
and truck parts to reduce import reliance;
(ix) The impact of current trade policies on domestic production of
trucks and truck parts, and whether additional measures, including
tariffs or quotas, are necessary to protect national security; and
(x) Any other relevant factors.
Material submitted by members of the public that is business
confidential information will be exempted from public disclosure as
provided for by Sec. 705.6 of the regulations (see the ADDRESSES
section of this notice). Communications from agencies of the United
States Government will not be made available for public inspection. BIS
does not maintain a separate public inspection facility. Requesters
should first view the Bureau's web page, which can be found at: https://efoia.bis.doc.gov/ (see ``Electronic FOIA'' heading). If requesters
cannot access the website, they may call (202) 482-0795 for assistance.
The records related to this assessment are made accessible in
accordance with the regulations published at 15 CFR 4.1, et seq.
Eric Longnecker,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Technology Security.
[FR Doc. 2025-07260 Filed 4-23-25; 4:15 pm]
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