[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 192 (Thursday, October 5, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 69132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-22133]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-560-839]


Mattresses From Indonesia: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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


DATES: Applicable October 5, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasia Harrison and Harrison 
Tanchuck, AD/CVD Operations, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-1240 and (202) 
482-7421, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 17, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of 
mattresses from Indonesia.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determination 
is due no later than October 23, 2023.
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    \1\ See Mattresses from Indonesia: Initiation of Countervailing 
Duty Investigation, 88 FR 57412 (August 23, 2023).
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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 
countervailing duty 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 
until no later than 130 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 September 22, 2023, the petitioners \2\ submitted a timely 
request that Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\ 
The petitioners stated that they request postponement so that the 
petitioners will have an adequate opportunity to submit rebuttal 
factual information and Commerce will have adequate time to review the 
data provided in the questionnaire responses and issue supplemental 
questionnaires prior to the issuance of the preliminary 
determination.\4\ In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioners 
have stated the reasons for requesting a postponement of the 
preliminary determination, and Commerce finds no compelling reason to 
deny the request. Therefore, in accordance with section 703(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act, Commerce is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determination to no later than 130 days after the date on which this 
investigation was initiated, i.e., December 26, 2023.\5\ Pursuant to 
section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for 
the final determination of this investigation will continue to be 75 
days after the date of the preliminary determination.
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    \2\ The petitioners are Brooklyn Bedding; Carpenter Co.; 
Corsicana Mattress Company; Future Foam Inc.; FXI, Inc.; Kolcraft 
Enterprises Inc.; Leggett & Platt, Incorporated; Serta Simmons 
Bedding Inc.; Southerland, Inc.; Tempur Sealy International; the 
International Brotherhood of Teamsters; and the United Steel, Paper 
and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and 
Service Workers International Union.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Request to Extend CVD Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated September 22, 2023.
    \4\ Id.
    \5\ Postponing the preliminary determination to 130 days after 
initiation would place the deadline on Monday, December 25, 2023. 
Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a 
weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next 
business day. 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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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: September 27, 2023.
Lisa W. Wang,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2023-22133 Filed 10-4-23; 8:45 am]
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