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on the financial results and position of 

U.S. corporations. The QFR target 

population consists of all corporations 

engaged primarily in manufacturing 

with total assets of $5 million and over, 

and all corporations engaged primarily 

in mining; wholesale trade; retail trade; 

information; or professional and 

technical services (except legal services) 

industries with total assets of $50 

million and over. 

The QFR program is a principal 

federal economic indicator that has 

published up-to-date aggregate statistics 

on the financial results and position of 

U.S. corporations since 1947. The QFR 

provides critical source data to the 

Bureau of Economic Analysis’ (BEA) 

quarterly estimates of Gross Domestic 

Product (GDP) and Gross Domestic 

Income (GDI), key components of the 

National Income and Product Accounts 

(NIPA). The QFR data are also vital to 

the Federal Reserve Board’s (FRB) 

Financial Accounts. Title 13 of the 

United States Code, Section 91 requires 

that financial statistics of business 

operations be collected and published 

quarterly. Public Law 114–72 extended 

the authority of the Secretary of 

Commerce to conduct the QFR Program 

under Section 91 through September 30, 

2030. 

The main purpose of the QFR is to 

provide timely, accurate data on 

business financial conditions for use by 

government and private-sector 

organizations and individuals. Primary 

public users include U.S. governmental 

organizations with economic 

measurement and policymaking 

responsibilities such as the Bureau of 

Economic Analysis, the Bureau of Labor 

Statistic, and the Federal Reserve Board. 

In turn, these organizations provide 

guidance, advice, and support to the 

QFR program. The primary nongovernmental data users are a diverse 

group including universities, financial 

analysts, unions, trade associations, 

public libraries, banking institutions, 

and U.S. and foreign corporations. 

II. Method of Collection 

The Census Bureau uses two forms of 

data collection: mail out/mail back 

paper survey forms and a secure 

encrypted internet data collection 

system called Centurion. Centurion has 

automatic data checks and is contextsensitive to assist respondents in 

identifying potential reporting problems 

before submission, thus reducing the 

need for follow-up from Census Bureau 

staff. Data collection through Centurion 

is completed via the internet, 

eliminating the need for downloading 

software and ensuring the integrity and 

confidentiality of the data. 

Companies are asked to respond to 

the survey within 25 days of the end of 

the quarter for which the data is being 

requested. Census Bureau staff contact 

companies that have not responded by 

the designated time through letters, 

telephone calls, and/or email to 

encourage participation. 

III. Data 

OMB Control Number: 0607–0432. 

Form Number(s): QFR 200 (MT), QFR 

201 (MG), and QFR 300 (S). 

Type of Review: Regular submission, 

Request for an Extension, without 

Change, of a Currently Approved 

Collection. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations; Manufacturing 

corporations with assets of $5 million or 

more and Mining, Wholesale Trade, 

Retail Trade, Information, Professional, 

Scientific, and Technical Services 

(excluding legal) with assets of $50 

million or more. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

Form QFR 200 (MT)—4,300 per quarter 

= 17,200 annually 

Form QFR 201 (MG)—2,750 per quarter 

= 11,000 annually 

Form QFR 300 (S)—1,500 per quarter = 

6,000 annually 

Total 34,200 annually 

Estimated Time per Response: 

Form QFR 200 (MT)—Average hours 3.0 

Form QFR 201 (MG)—Average hours 1.2 

Form QFR 300 (S)—Average hours 3.0 

Estimated Total Annual Burden 

Hours: 82,800 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost to 

Public: $0. (This is not the cost of 

respondents’ time, but the indirect costs 

respondents may incur for such things 

as purchases of specialized software or 

hardware needed to report, or 

expenditures for accounting or records 

maintenance services required 

specifically by the collection.) 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

Legal Authority: Title 13 U.S.C. 91 

and 224. 

IV. Request for Comments 

We are soliciting public comments to 

permit the Department/Bureau to: (a) 

Evaluate whether the proposed 

information collection is necessary for 

the proper functions of the Department, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the 

accuracy of our estimate of the time and 

cost burden for this proposed collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

Evaluate ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and (d) Minimize the 

reporting burden on those who are to 

respond, including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

Comments that you submit in 

response to this notice are a matter of 

public record. We will include, or 

summarize, each comment in our 

request to OMB to approve this ICR. 

Before including your address, phone 

number, email address, or other 

personal identifying information in your 

comment, you should be aware that 

your entire comment—including your 

personal identifying information—may 

be made publicly available at any time. 

While you may ask us in your comment 

to withhold your personal identifying 

information from public review, we 

cannot guarantee that we will be able to 

do so. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of 

the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–07–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–549–841] 

Mattresses From Thailand: Preliminary 

Results of the Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review; 2022–2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

finds that Saffron Living Co., Ltd. 

(Saffron), the sole producer/exporter 

subject to this administrative review 

made sales of subject merchandise at 

prices below normal value during the 

period of review (POR) May 1, 2022, 

through April 30, 2023. We invite 

interested parties to comment on these 

preliminary results. 

DATES: Applicable January 26, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Paola Aleman Ordaz, AD/CVD 

Operations, Office IV, Enforcement and 

Compliance, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 

(202) 482–4031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On May 2, 2023, Commerce published 

in the Federal Register a notice of 

opportunity to request an administrative 


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1See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, 

Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Antidumping Duty Orders and Amended Final 

Affirmative Antidumping Determination for 

Cambodia, 86 FR 26460 (May 14, 2021), as 

amended in Mattresses from Thailand: Notice of 

Court Decision Not in Harmony with the Final 

Determination of Antidumping Investigation; Notice 

of Amended Final Determination; Notice of 

Amended Order, in Part, 89 FR 456 (January 4, 

2024) (Amended Order or Order). 

2See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 

Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity 

to Request Administrative Review and Join Annual 

Inquiry Service List, 88 FR 27445 (May 2, 2023). 

3The petitioners are: Brooklyn Bedding, Elite 

Comfort Solutions, FXI, Inc., Kolcraft Enterprises, 

Inc., Leggett & Platt, Incorporated, the International 

Brotherhood of Teamsters, and United Steel, Paper 

and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, 

Allied Industrial and Service Workers International 

Union, AFL–CIO (USW). See Petitioners’ Letter, 

‘‘Request for Administrative Review of 

Antidumping Duty Order,’’ dated May 31, 2023. 

4See Saffron’s Letter, ‘‘Request for Administrative 

Review of Saffron Living Co., Ltd.,’’ dated May 21, 

2023. 

5See Initiation of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 88 FR 

44262 (July 12, 2023). 

6See Saffron’s Letter, ‘‘Withdrawal of Request for 

Review,’’ dated August 10, 2023. 

7See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Results of the Administrative 

Review of Mattresses from Thailand; 2022–2023,’’ 

dated concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, 

this notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

8See 19 CFR 351.303 (for general filing 

requirements). 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

10See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

11We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

12See APO and Service Final Rule. 

13See 19 CFR 351.303. 

14See 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). 

review of the order 1 for the period May 

1, 2022, through April 30, 2023.2 In May 

2023, pursuant to section 751(a)(1) of 

the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 

Act) and 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), 

Commerce received requests to conduct 

an administrative review of Saffron 

from: (1) the petitioners; 3 and (2) 

Saffron.4 On July 12, 2023, based on 

these timely requests for administrative 

review, Commerce initiated this 

administrative review with respect to 

Saffron.5 On August 10, 2023, Saffron 

timely withdrew its request for 

administrative review.6

For a more complete description of 

the events between the initiation of this 

review and these preliminary results, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.7

Scope of the Order 

The products covered by the Order 

are mattresses from Thailand. For a full 

description of the scope of the Order, 

see the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this review 

in accordance with sections 751(a)(1)(B) 

and (2) of the Act. In reaching these 

preliminary results, Commerce relied on 

facts otherwise available, with adverse 

inferences, in accordance with sections 

776(a) and (b) of the Act. A list of topics 

discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is attached as an 

appendix to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is made available to the 

public via Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS). 

ACCESS is available to registered users 

at https://access.trade.gov. In addition, a 

complete version of the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum can be accessed 

directly at https://access.trade.gov/ 

public/FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Preliminary Results of Review 

We preliminary determine that the 

following estimated weighted-average 

dumping margin exists for the period 

May 1, 2022, through April 30, 2023. 

Producer and/or exporter 

Weightedaverage 

dumping 

margin 

(percent) 

Saffron Living Co., Ltd .............. 763.28 

Disclosure and Public Comment 

Normally, Commerce will disclose to 

the parties in a proceeding the 

calculations performed in connection 

with the preliminary results within five 

days of any public announcement or, if 

there is no public announcement, 

within five days of the date of 

publication of the notice of the 

preliminary results in the Federal 

Register, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.224(b). However, because 

Commerce has preliminarily determined 

to apply AFA to Saffron, there are no 

calculations to disclose. 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.309(c)(1)(ii), 

interested parties may submit case briefs 

to Commerce no later than 30 days after 

the date of publication of this notice.8

Rebuttal briefs, limited to issues raised 

in the case briefs, may be filed not later 

than five days after the date for filing 

case briefs.9 Interested parties who 

submit case briefs or rebuttal briefs in 

this proceeding must submit: (1) a table 

of contents listing each issue; and (2) a 

table of authorities.10

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their brief that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.11 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their executive 

summary of each issue to no more than 

450 words, not including citations. We 

intend to use the executive summaries 

as the basis of the comment summaries 

included in the issues and decision 

memorandum that will accompany the 

final determination in this investigation. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the executive summary of each issue. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).12

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, filed electronically via 

ACCESS. Requests should contain: (1) 

the party’s name, address, and 

telephone number; (2) the number of 

participants; and (3) a list of issues to be 

discussed. Issues raised in the hearing 

will be limited to those raised in the 

respective case briefs. All submissions, 

including case and rebuttal briefs, as 

well as hearing requests, should be filed 

using ACCESS.13 An electronically filed 

document must be received successfully 

in its entirety by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on the established 

deadline. 

Assessment Rates 

Upon completion of the final results 

of this administrative review, pursuant 

to section 751(a)(2)(A) of the Act, 

Commerce shall determine, and the U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

shall assess, antidumping duties on all 

appropriate entries of subject 

merchandise covered by this review.14

If Saffron’s weighted-average 

dumping margin is not zero or de 

minimis (i.e., less than 0.5 percent) in 

the final results of this review, we 

intend to calculate an importer-specific 

assessment rate for antidumping duties 

based on the ratio of the total amount of 

dumping calculated for each importer’s 

examined sales and the total entered 

value of those same sales in accordance 

with 19 CFR 351.212(b)(1). If Saffron’s 

weighted-average dumping margin or an 


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15See Amended Order, 89 FR at 457. 

16See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003). 

17See Amended Order, 89 FR at 457. 

importer-specific assessment rate is zero 

or de minimis in the final results of this 

review, we intend to instruct CBP to 

liquidate the appropriate entries 

without regard to antidumping duties. 

For entries of subject merchandise 

during the POR produced by Saffron for 

which the company did not know that 

the merchandise was destined for the 

United States, we will instruct CBP to 

liquidate these entries at the all-others 

rate (i.e., 572.56 percent) 15 if there is no 

rate for the intermediate company(ies) 

involved in the transaction.16

Commerce intends to issue 

assessment instructions to CBP no 

earlier than 35 days after the date of 

publication of the final results of this 

review in the Federal Register. If a 

timely summons is filed at the U.S. 

Court of International Trade, the 

assessment instructions will direct CBP 

not to liquidate relevant entries until the 

time for parties to file a request for a 

statutory injunction has expired (i.e., 

within 90 days of publication). 

Cash Deposit Requirements 

The following cash deposit 

requirements for estimated antidumping 

duties will be effective upon publication 

in the Federal Register of the notice of 

the final results of this review for all 

shipments of mattresses from Thailand 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption on or after the date of 

publication as provided by section 

751(a)(2) of the Act: (1) the cash deposit 

rate for Saffron will be equal to the 

weighted-average dumping margin 

established in the final results of the 

review; (2) for merchandise exported by 

companies not covered in this review 

but covered in a prior completed 

segment of this proceeding, the cash 

deposit rate will continue to be the 

company-specific rate published in the 

completed segment for the most recent 

period; (3) if the exporter is not a firm 

covered in this review, a prior review, 

or the LTFV investigation but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be the rate established in the most 

recently completed segment of this 

proceeding for the producer of the 

merchandise; and (4) the cash deposit 

rate for all other producers or exporters 

will continue to be the all-others rate 

(i.e., 572.56 percent).17 These cash 

deposit requirements, when imposed, 

shall remain in effect until further 

notice. 

Final Results of Review 

Unless extended, Commerce intends 

to issue the final results of this 

administrative review, including the 

results of its analysis of the issues raised 

in any written briefs, no later than 120 

days after the date of publication of this 

notice, pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). 

Notification to Importers 

This notice serves as a preliminary 

reminder to importers of their 

responsibility under 19 CFR 

351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate 

regarding the reimbursement of 

antidumping duties prior to liquidation 

of the relevant entries during this 

review period. Failure to comply with 

this requirement could result in 

Commerce’s presumption that 

reimbursement of antidumping duties 

occurred and the subsequent assessment 

of double antidumping duties. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

We are issuing and publishing these 

preliminary results in accordance with 

sections 751(a)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.213. 

Dated: January 22, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix—List of Topics Discussed in 

the Preliminary Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Order 

IV. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inferences 

V. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XD666] 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Public Meetings 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public scoping 

meetings. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold two public scoping meetings via 

webinar pertaining to Regulatory 

Amendment 36 to the Fishery 

Management Plan (FMP) for the 

Snapper Grouper Fishery in the South 

Atlantic Region. This amendment 

revises the recreational vessel limits for 

gag and black grouper and considers 

necessary regulatory changes to 

accommodate the use of on-demand 

gear for the black sea bass pot 

commercial fishery. 

DATES: The scoping meetings will be 

held via webinar February 12 and 13, 

2024, beginning at 6 p.m., EDT. For 

specific dates and times, see 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held 

via webinar. The webinar is open to 

members of the public. Information, 

including a link to webinar registration 

will be posted on the Council’s website 

at: https://safmc.net/public-hearingsand-scoping/ when it becomes 

available. 

Council address: South Atlantic 

Fishery Management Council, 4055 

Faber Place Drive, Suite 201, N 

Charleston, SC 29405. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

SAFMC; phone: (843) 571–4366 or toll 

free: (866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769– 

4520; email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scoping 

documents, an online public comment 

form, and other materials will be posted 

to the Council’s website at https://

safmc.net/public-hearings-and-scoping/ 

as they become available. Written 

comments should be addressed to John 

Carmichael, Executive Director, 

SAFMC, 4055 Faber Place Drive, Suite 

201, N Charleston, SC 29405. Written 

comments must be received by February 

16, 2024, by 5 p.m. During the meetings, 

Council staff will provide an overview 

of actions being considered in the 

amendment. Staff will answer clarifying 

questions on the presented information 

and the proposed actions. Following the 

presentation and questions, the public 

will have the opportunity to provide 

comments on the amendment. 

Regulatory Amendment 36 to the 

Snapper Grouper FMP 

Amendment 53 to the FMP for the 

Snapper Grouper Fishery of the South 

Atlantic Region became effective 

October 23, 2023, and established 

recreational vessel limits of 2 fish per 

vessel per day or per trip (depending on 

private recreational or for-hire 

component) of gag and black grouper. 

The Council intended for these limits to 

instead be an aggregate limit of 2 gag or 

black grouper per vessel. Therefore, the 

Council is considering revision of these 

recreational vessel limits to the 

originally intended aggregate limit 

through Regulatory Amendment 36. 


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