[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11248-11249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03071]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-156, A-588-881]


Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates From the People's Republic 
of China and Japan: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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


DATES: Applicable February 14, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros (the People's 
Republic of China (China)) and Caroline Carroll (Japan), AD/CVD 
Operations, Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-7425 and (202) 482-4948, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On October 18, 2023, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
aluminum lithographic printing plates (printing plates) from China and 
Japan.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later 
than March 6, 2024.
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    \1\ See Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates from the People's 
Republic of China and Japan: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigations, 88 FR 73316 (October 25, 2023).
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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) 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 February 6, 2024, the petitioner \2\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2).\3\ The 
petitioner requests postponement to allow Commerce adequate time to 
issue supplemental questionnaires and to conduct a thorough analysis in 
these investigations.\4\
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    \2\ The petitioner is the Eastman Kodak Company.
    \3\ See Petitioner's Letters, ``Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation of Aluminum Lithographic Printing Plates from the 
People's Republic of China--Petitioner's Request for Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated February 6, 2024; and ``Less-
Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Aluminum Lithographic Printing 
Plates from Japan--Petitioner's Request for Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated February 6, 2024.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, is postponing the deadline for these 
preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on 
which these investigations were initiated). As a result, Commerce will 
issue its preliminary determinations no later than April 25, 2024. 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.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: February 8, 2024.
Ryan Majerus,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations, performing the 
non-exclusive functions and duties of the Assistant Secretary for 
Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-03071 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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