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these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: February 23, 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. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this investigation 

are all types of youth and adult mattresses. 

The term ‘‘mattress’’ denotes an assembly of 

materials that at a minimum includes a 

‘‘core,’’ which provides the main support 

system of the mattress, and may consist of 

innersprings, foam, other resilient filling, or 

a combination of these materials. Mattresses 

also may contain: (1) ‘‘upholstery,’’ the 

material between the core and the top panel 

of the ticking on a single-sided mattress, or 

between the core and the top and bottom 

panel of the ticking on a double-sided 

mattress; and/or (2) ‘‘ticking,’’ the outermost 

layer of fabric or other material (e.g., vinyl) 

that encloses the core and any upholstery, 

also known as a cover. 

The scope of this investigation is restricted 

to only ‘‘adult mattresses’’ and ‘‘youth 

mattresses.’’ ‘‘Adult mattresses’’ are 

frequently described as ‘‘twin,’’ ‘‘extra-long 

twin,’’ ‘‘full,’’ ‘‘queen,’’ ‘‘king,’’ or ‘‘California 

king’’ mattresses. ‘‘Youth mattresses’’ are 

typically described as ‘‘crib,’’ ‘‘toddler,’’ or 

‘‘youth’’ mattresses. All adult and youth 

mattresses are included regardless of size and 

size description or how they are described 

(e.g., frameless futon mattress and tri-fold 

mattress). 

The scope encompasses all types of 

‘‘innerspring mattresses,’’ ‘‘non-innerspring 

mattresses,’’ and ‘‘hybrid mattresses.’’ 

‘‘Innerspring mattresses’’ contain 

innersprings, a series of metal springs joined 

together in sizes that correspond to the 

dimensions of mattresses. Mattresses that 

contain innersprings are referred to as 

‘‘innerspring mattresses’’ or ‘‘hybrid 

mattresses.’’ ‘‘Hybrid mattresses’’ contain two 

or more support systems as the core, such as 

layers of both memory foam and innerspring 

units. 

‘‘Non-innerspring mattresses’’ are those 

that do not contain any innerspring units. 

They are generally produced from foams 

(e.g., polyurethane, memory (viscoelastic), 

latex foam, gel infused viscoelastic (gel 

foam), thermobonded polyester, 

polyethylene) or other resilient filling. 

Mattresses covered by the scope of this 

investigation may be imported 

independently, as part of furniture or 

furniture mechanisms (e.g., convertible sofa 

bed mattresses, sofa bed mattresses imported 

with sofa bed mechanisms, corner group 

mattresses, day-bed mattresses, roll-away bed 

mattresses, high risers, trundle bed 

mattresses, crib mattresses), or as part of a set 

(in combination with a ‘‘mattress 

foundation’’). ‘‘Mattress foundations’’ are any 

base or support for a mattress. Mattress 

foundations are commonly referred to as 

‘‘foundations,’’ ‘‘boxsprings,’’ ‘‘platforms,’’ 

and/or ‘‘bases.’’ Bases can be static, foldable, 

or adjustable. Only the mattress is covered by 

the scope if imported as part of furniture, 

with furniture mechanisms, or as part of a 

set, in combination with a mattress 

foundation. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are ‘‘futon’’ mattresses. A 

‘‘futon’’ is a bi-fold frame made of wood, 

metal, or plastic material, or any combination 

thereof, that functions as both seating 

furniture (such as a couch, love seat, or sofa) 

and a bed. A ‘‘futon mattress’’ is a tufted 

mattress, where the top covering is secured 

to the bottom with thread that goes 

completely through the mattress from the top 

through to the bottom, and it does not 

contain innersprings or foam. A futon 

mattress is both the bed and seating surface 

for the futon. Also excluded from the scope 

are airbeds (including inflatable mattresses) 

and waterbeds, which consist of air- or 

liquid-filled bladders as the core or main 

support system of the mattress. 

Also excluded is certain multifunctional 

furniture that is convertible from seating to 

sleeping, regardless of filler material or 

components, where such filler material or 

components are upholstered, integrated into 

the design and construction of, and 

inseparable from, the furniture framing, and 

the outermost layer of the multifunctional 

furniture converts into the sleeping surface. 

Such furniture may, and without limitation, 

be commonly referred to as ‘‘convertible 

sofas,’’ ‘‘sofabeds,’’ ‘‘sofa chaise sleepers,’’ 

‘‘futons,’’ ‘‘ottoman sleepers,’’ or a like 

description. 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are any products covered by the 

existing antidumping duty orders on 

uncovered innerspring units from the 

People’s Republic of China, South Africa, 

and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. See 

Uncovered Innerspring Units from the 

People’s Republic of China, South Africa, 

and Socialist Republic of Vietnam: 

Continuation of Antidumping Duty Orders, 

84 FR 55285 (October 16, 2019). 

Also excluded from the scope of this 

investigation are bassinet pads with a 

nominal length of less than 39 inches, a 

nominal width of less than 25 inches, and a 

nominal depth of less than 2 inches. 

Additionally, also excluded from the scope 

of this investigation are ‘‘mattress toppers.’’ 

A ‘‘mattress topper’’ is a removable bedding 

accessory that supplements a mattress by 

providing an additional layer that is placed 

on top of a mattress. Excluded mattress 

toppers have a height of four inches or less. 

The products subject to this investigation 

are currently classifiable under Harmonized 

Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) 

subheadings: 9404.21.0010, 9404.21.0013, 

9404.21.0095, 9404.29.1005, 9404.29.1013, 

9404.29.1095, 9404.29.9085, 9404.29.9087, 

and 9404.29.9095. Products subject to this 

investigation may also enter under HTSUS 

subheadings: 9401.41.0000, 9401.49.0000, 

and 9401.99.9081. Although the HTSUS 

subheadings are provided for convenience 

and customs purposes, the written 

description of the merchandise subject to this 

investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Use of Facts Available with Adverse 

Inferences 

V. Recommendation 

[FR Doc. 2024–04321 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 

Order, Finding, or Suspended 

Investigation; Opportunity To Request 

Administrative Review and Join 

Annual Inquiry Service List 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brenda E. Brown, Office of AD/CVD 

Operations, Customs Liaison Unit, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482–4735. 

Background 

Each year during the anniversary 

month of the publication of an 

antidumping or countervailing duty 

order, finding, or suspended 

investigation, an interested party, as 

defined in section 771(9) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), may 

request, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213, that the U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) conduct an 

administrative review of that 

antidumping or countervailing duty 

order, finding, or suspended 

investigation. 

All deadlines for the submission of 

comments or actions by Commerce 

discussed below refer to the number of 

calendar days from the applicable 

starting date. 

Respondent Selection 

In the event Commerce limits the 

number of respondents for individual 

examination for administrative reviews 

initiated pursuant to requests made for 

the orders identified below, Commerce 

intends to select respondents based on 


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1See Trade Preferences Extension Act of 2015, 

Public Law 114–27, 129 Stat. 362 (2015). 

2Or the next business day, if the deadline falls 

on a weekend, federal holiday or any other day 

when Commerce is closed. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(CBP) data for U.S. imports during the 

period of review. We intend to release 

the CBP data under Administrative 

Protective Order (APO) to all parties 

having an APO within five days of 

publication of the initiation notice and 

to make our decision regarding 

respondent selection within 35 days of 

publication of the initiation Federal 

Register notice. Therefore, we 

encourage all parties interested in 

commenting on respondent selection to 

submit their APO applications on the 

date of publication of the initiation 

notice, or as soon thereafter as possible. 

Commerce invites comments regarding 

the CBP data and respondent selection 

within five days of placement of the 

CBP data on the record of the review. 

In the event Commerce decides it is 

necessary to limit individual 

examination of respondents and 

conduct respondent selection under 

section 777A(c)(2) of the Act: 

In general, Commerce finds that 

determinations concerning whether 

particular companies should be 

‘‘collapsed’’ (i.e., treated as a single 

entity for purposes of calculating 

antidumping duty rates) require a 

substantial amount of detailed 

information and analysis, which often 

require follow-up questions and 

analysis. Accordingly, Commerce will 

not conduct collapsing analyses at the 

respondent selection phase of a review 

and will not collapse companies at the 

respondent selection phase unless there 

has been a determination to collapse 

certain companies in a previous 

segment of this antidumping proceeding 

(i.e., investigation, administrative 

review, new shipper review or changed 

circumstances review). For any 

company subject to a review, if 

Commerce determined, or continued to 

treat, that company as collapsed with 

others, Commerce will assume that such 

companies continue to operate in the 

same manner and will collapse them for 

respondent selection purposes. 

Otherwise, Commerce will not collapse 

companies for purposes of respondent 

selection. Parties are requested to: (a) 

identify which companies subject to 

review previously were collapsed; and 

(b) provide a citation to the proceeding 

in which they were collapsed. Further, 

if companies are requested to complete 

a Quantity and Value Questionnaire for 

purposes of respondent selection, in 

general each company must report 

volume and value data separately for 

itself. Parties should not include data 

for any other party, even if they believe 

they should be treated as a single entity 

with that other party. If a company was 

collapsed with another company or 

companies in the most recently 

completed segment of a proceeding 

where Commerce considered collapsing 

that entity, complete quantity and value 

data for that collapsed entity must be 

submitted. 

Deadline for Withdrawal of Request for 

Administrative Review 

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), a 

party that requests a review may 

withdraw that request within 90 days of 

the date of publication of the notice of 

initiation of the requested review. The 

regulation provides that Commerce may 

extend this time if it is reasonable to do 

so. Determinations by Commerce to 

extend the 90-day deadline will be 

made on a case-by-case basis. 

Deadline for Particular Market 

Situation Allegation 

Section 504 of the Trade Preferences 

Extension Act of 2015 amended the Act 

by adding the concept of particular 

market situation (PMS) for purposes of 

constructed value under section 773(e) 

of the Act.1 Section 773(e) of the Act 

states that ‘‘if a particular market 

situation exists such that the cost of 

materials and fabrication or other 

processing of any kind does not 

accurately reflect the cost of production 

in the ordinary course of trade, the 

administering authority may use 

another calculation methodology under 

this subtitle or any other calculation 

methodology.’’ When an interested 

party submits a PMS allegation pursuant 

to section 773(e) of the Act, Commerce 

will respond to such a submission 

consistent with 19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v). 

If Commerce finds that a PMS exists 

under section 773(e) of the Act, then it 

will modify its dumping calculations 

appropriately. 

Neither section 773(e) of the Act nor 

19 CFR 351.301(c)(2)(v) set a deadline 

for the submission of PMS allegations 

and supporting factual information. 

However, in order to administer section 

773(e) of the Act, Commerce must 

receive PMS allegations and supporting 

factual information with enough time to 

consider the submission. Thus, should 

an interested party wish to submit a 

PMS allegation and supporting new 

factual information pursuant to section 

773(e) of the Act, it must do so no later 

than 20 days after submission of initial 

Section D responses. 

Opportunity to Request a Review: Not 

later than the last day of March 2024,2

interested parties may request 

administrative review of the following 

orders, findings, or suspended 

investigations, with anniversary dates in 

March for the following periods: 

Period 

Antidumping Duty Proceedings 

AUSTRALIA: Certain Uncoated Paper, A–602–807 ..................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

BELGIUM: Acetone, A–423–814 ................................................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

BRAZIL: Certain Uncoated Paper, A–351–842 ............................................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

CANADA: Iron Construction Castings, A–122–503 ...................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

FRANCE: Brass Sheet & Strip, A–427–602 ................................................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

GERMANY: Brass Sheet & Strip, A–428–602 .............................................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

INDIA: 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin, A–533–899 ............................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe, A–533–881 ............................................................................................................................ 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Off-The-Road Tires, A–533–869 ............................................................................................................................................ 3/1/23–2/29/24 

INDONESIA: Certain Uncoated Paper, A–560–828 ..................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

ITALY: Brass Sheet & Strip, A–475–601 ...................................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

PORTUGAL: Certain Uncoated Paper, A–471–807 ..................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

REPUBLIC OF KOREA: Acetone, A–580–899 ............................................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

RUSSIA: 

Silicon Metal, A–821–817 ....................................................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 


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Period 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin, A–821–829 ............................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

SOUTH AFRICA: 

Acetone, A–791–824 .............................................................................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, A–791–823 ..................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

TAIWAN: Light-Walled Welded Rectangular Carbon Steel Tubing, A–583–803 .......................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

THAILAND: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes, A–549–502 .................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 

Ammonium Sulfate, A–570–049 ............................................................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Amorphous Silica Fabric, A–570–038 .................................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products, A–570–036 ...................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Certain Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate, A–570–047 ....................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Certain Corrosion Inhibitors, A–570–122 ............................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon, A–570–075 ..................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Certain Uncoated Paper, A–570–022 .................................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 225CC and 999CC, and Parts Thereof, A–570–119 ............................................ 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Circular Welded Austenitic Stainless Pressure Pipe, A–570–930 ......................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Difluoromethane (R–32), A–570–121 ..................................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Glycine, A–570–836 ............................................................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe, A–570–077 ............................................................................................................................ 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Pentafluoroethane (R–125), A–570–137 ................................................................................................................................ 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Sodium Hexametaphosphate, A–570–908 ............................................................................................................................. 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Certain Tissue Paper Products, A–570–894 .......................................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

UKRAINE: Carbon and Alloy Steel Wire Rod, A–823–816 .......................................................................................................... 3/1/23–2/29/24 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings 

INDIA: 

Barium Chloride, C–533–909 ................................................................................................................................................. 6/17/22–12/31/23 

Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber, C–533–876 ................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin, C–533–900 ............................................................................................................. 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe, C–533–882 ............................................................................................................................ 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Off-The-Road Tires, C–533–870 ............................................................................................................................................ 1/1/23–12/31/23 

INDONESIA: Certain Uncoated Paper, C–560–829 ..................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

IRAN: In-Shell Pistachios, C–507–501 .......................................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

RUSSIA: Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin, C–821–830 .................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

THE PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF CHINA: 

Ammonium Sulfate, C–570–050 ............................................................................................................................................ 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Amorphous Silica Fabric, C–570–039 .................................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Biaxial Integral Geogrid Products, C–570–037 ...................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Carbon and Alloy Steel Cut-To-Length Plate, C–570–048 .................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Certain Corrosion Inhibitors, C–570–123 ............................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Certain Plastic Decorative Ribbon, C–570–076 ..................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Certain Uncoated Paper, C–570–023 .................................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Certain Vertical Shaft Engines Between 225CC and 999CC, and Parts Thereof, C–570–120 ............................................ 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Circular Welded Austenitic Stainless Pressure Pipe, C–570–931 ......................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Fine Denier Polyester Staple Fiber, C–570–061 ................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Large Diameter Welded Pipe, C–570–078 ............................................................................................................................ 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Pentafluoroethane (R–125), C–570–138 ............................................................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

TURKEY: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes, C–489–502 ..................................................................................... 1/1/23–12/31/23 

Suspension Agreements 

ARGENTINA: 

White Grape Juice Concentrate, A–357–825 ........................................................................................................................ 3/17/23–2/29/24 

White Grape Juice Concentrate, C–357–826 ........................................................................................................................ 3/17/23–12/31/23 

In accordance with 19 CFR 

351.213(b), an interested party as 

defined by section 771(9) of the Act may 

request in writing that the Secretary 

conduct an administrative review. For 

both antidumping and countervailing 

duty reviews, the interested party must 

specify the individual producers or 

exporters covered by an antidumping 

finding or an antidumping or 

countervailing duty order or suspension 

agreement for which it is requesting a 

review. In addition, a domestic 

interested party or an interested party 

described in section 771(9)(B) of the Act 

must state why it desires the Secretary 

to review those particular producers or 

exporters. If the interested party intends 

for the Secretary to review sales of 

merchandise by an exporter (or a 

producer if that producer also exports 

merchandise from other suppliers) 

which was produced in more than one 

country of origin and each country of 

origin is subject to a separate order, then 

the interested party must state 

specifically, on an order-by-order basis, 

which exporter(s) the request is 

intended to cover. 

Note that, for any party Commerce 

was unable to locate in prior segments, 

Commerce will not accept a request for 

an administrative review of that party 

absent new information as to the party’s 

location. Moreover, if the interested 

party who files a request for review is 

unable to locate the producer or 

exporter for which it requested the 

review, the interested party must 

provide an explanation of the attempts 

it made to locate the producer or 

exporter at the same time it files its 

request for review, in order for the 

Secretary to determine if the interested 

party’s attempts were reasonable, 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.303(f)(3)(ii). 

As explained in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings: 


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3See the Enforcement and Compliance website at 

https://www.trade.gov/us-antidumping-andcountervailing-duties. 

4See Antidumping Proceedings: Announcement 

of Change in Department Practice for Respondent 

Selection in Antidumping Duty Proceedings and 

Conditional Review of the Nonmarket Economy 

Entity in NME Antidumping Duty Proceedings, 78 

FR 65963 (November 4, 2013). 

5 In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), parties 

should specify that they are requesting a review of 

entries from exporters comprising the entity, and to 

the extent possible, include the names of such 

exporters in their request. 

6See Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings: Electronic Filing Procedures; 

Administrative Protective Order Procedures, 76 FR 

39263 (July 6, 2011). 

7See Administrative Protective Order, Service, 

and Other Procedures in Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Proceedings; Final Rule, 88 FR 

67069 (September 29, 2023). 

8See Regulations to Improve Administration and 

Enforcement of Antidumping and Countervailing 

Duty Laws, 86 FR 52300 (September 20, 2021) 

(Final Rule). 

9See Scope Ruling Application; Annual Inquiry 

Service List; and Informational Sessions, 86 FR 

53205 (September 27, 2021) (Procedural Guidance). 

10 Id. 

11This segment has been combined with the 

ACCESS Segment Specific Information (SSI) field 

which will display the month in which the notice 

of the order or suspended investigation was 

published in the Federal Register, also known as 

the anniversary month. For example, for an order 

under case number A–000–000 that was published 

in the Federal Register in January, the relevant 

segment and SSI combination will appear in 

ACCESS as ‘‘AISL-January Anniversary.’’ Note that 

there will be only one annual inquiry service list 

segment per case number, and the anniversary 

month will be pre-populated in ACCESS. 

12See Procedural Guidance, 86 FR at 53206. 

Assessment of Antidumping Duties, 68 

FR 23954 (May 6, 2003), and NonMarket Economy Antidumping 

Proceedings: Assessment of 

Antidumping Duties, 76 FR 65694 

(October 24, 2011), Commerce clarified 

its practice with respect to the 

collection of final antidumping duties 

on imports of merchandise where 

intermediate firms are involved. The 

public should be aware of this 

clarification in determining whether to 

request an administrative review of 

merchandise subject to antidumping 

findings and orders.3

Commerce no longer considers the 

non-market economy (NME) entity as an 

exporter conditionally subject to an 

antidumping duty administrative 

reviews.4 Accordingly, the NME entity 

will not be under review unless 

Commerce specifically receives a 

request for, or self-initiates, a review of 

the NME entity.5 In administrative 

reviews of antidumping duty orders on 

merchandise from NME countries where 

a review of the NME entity has not been 

initiated, but where an individual 

exporter for which a review was 

initiated does not qualify for a separate 

rate, Commerce will issue a final 

decision indicating that the company in 

question is part of the NME entity. 

However, in that situation, because no 

review of the NME entity was 

conducted, the NME entity’s entries 

were not subject to the review and the 

rate for the NME entity is not subject to 

change as a result of that review 

(although the rate for the individual 

exporter may change as a function of the 

finding that the exporter is part of the 

NME entity). Following initiation of an 

antidumping administrative review 

when there is no review requested of the 

NME entity, Commerce will instruct 

CBP to liquidate entries for all exporters 

not named in the initiation notice, 

including those that were suspended at 

the NME entity rate. 

All requests must be filed 

electronically in Enforcement and 

Compliance’s Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Centralized 

Electronic Service System (ACCESS) on 

Enforcement and Compliance’s ACCESS 

website at https://access.trade.gov.6

Further, in accordance with 19 CFR 

351.303(f)(l)(i), a copy of each request 

must be served on the petitioner and 

each exporter or producer specified in 

the request. Note that Commerce has 

amended certain of its requirements 

pertaining to the service of documents 

in 19 CFR 351.303(f).7

Commerce will publish in the Federal 

Register a notice of ‘‘Initiation of 

Administrative Review of Antidumping 

or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, 

or Suspended Investigation’’ for 

requests received by the last day of 

March 2024. If Commerce does not 

receive, by the last day of March 2024, 

a request for review of entries covered 

by an order, finding, or suspended 

investigation listed in this notice and for 

the period identified above, Commerce 

will instruct CBP to assess antidumping 

or countervailing duties on those entries 

at a rate equal to the cash deposit of 

estimated antidumping or 

countervailing duties required on those 

entries at the time of entry, or 

withdrawal from warehouse, for 

consumption and to continue to collect 

the cash deposit previously ordered. 

For the first administrative review of 

any order, there will be no assessment 

of antidumping or countervailing duties 

on entries of subject merchandise 

entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, 

for consumption during the relevant 

provisional-measures ‘‘gap’’ period of 

the order, if such a gap period is 

applicable to the period of review. 

Establishment of and Updates to the 

Annual Inquiry Service List 

On September 20, 2021, Commerce 

published the final rule titled 

‘‘Regulations to Improve Administration 

and Enforcement of Antidumping and 

Countervailing Duty Laws’’ in the 

Federal Register.8 On September 27, 

2021, Commerce also published the 

notice entitled ‘‘Scope Ruling 

Application; Annual Inquiry Service 

List; and Informational Sessions’’ in the 

Federal Register.9 The Final Rule and 

Procedural Guidance provide that 

Commerce will maintain an annual 

inquiry service list for each order or 

suspended investigation, and any 

interested party submitting a scope 

ruling application or request for 

circumvention inquiry shall serve a 

copy of the application or request on the 

persons on the annual inquiry service 

list for that order, as well as any 

companion order covering the same 

merchandise from the same country of 

origin.10

In accordance with the Procedural 

Guidance, for orders published in the 

Federal Register before November 4, 

2021, Commerce created an annual 

inquiry service list segment for each 

order and suspended investigation. 

Interested parties who wished to be 

added to the annual inquiry service list 

for an order submitted an entry of 

appearance to the annual inquiry 

service list segment for the order in 

ACCESS, and on November 4, 2021, 

Commerce finalized the initial annual 

inquiry service lists for each order and 

suspended investigation. Each annual 

inquiry service list has been saved as a 

public service list in ACCESS, under 

each case number, and under a specific 

segment type called ‘‘AISL-Annual 

Inquiry Service List.’’ 11

As mentioned in the Procedural 

Guidance, beginning in January 2022, 

Commerce will update these annual 

inquiry service lists on an annual basis 

when the Opportunity Notice for the 

anniversary month of the order or 

suspended investigation is published in 

the Federal Register.12 Accordingly, 

Commerce will update the annual 

inquiry service lists for the above-listed 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

proceedings. All interested parties 

wishing to appear on the updated 

annual inquiry service list must take 

one of the two following actions: (1) 

new interested parties who did not 

previously submit an entry of 

appearance must submit a new entry of 

appearance at this time; (2) interested 

parties who were included in the 

preceding annual inquiry service list 

must submit an amended entry of 

appearance to be included in the next 

year’s annual inquiry service list. For 


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13See Final Rule, 86 FR at 52335. 

14 Id. 

1See Mattresses from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

Bulgaria, Burma., India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, the 

Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Taiwan: 

Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 88 

FR 57433 (August 23, 2023) (Initiation Notice). 

2See Mattresses from Bosnia and Herzegovina, 

Bulgaria, Burma, India, Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, the 

Philippines, Poland, Slovenia, Spain, and Taiwan: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of 

Antidumping Duty Investigations, 88 FR 72737 

(October 23, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Mattresses 

from Bosnia and Herzegovina,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties; 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997) 

(Preamble). 

5See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 57434. 

6See Memorandum, ‘‘Mattresses from Bosnia and 

Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Burma, India, Indonesia, 

Italy, Kosovo, Mexico, Philippines, Poland, 

Slovenia, Spain, and Taiwan: Scope Comments 

Decision Memorandum for the Preliminary 

Determination,’’ dated concurrently with this 

preliminary determination (Preliminary Scope 

Decision Memorandum). 

these interested parties, Commerce will 

change the entry of appearance status 

from ‘‘Active’’ to ‘‘Needs Amendment’’ 

for the annual inquiry service lists 

corresponding to the above-listed 

proceedings. This will allow those 

interested parties to make any necessary 

amendments and resubmit their entries 

of appearance. If no amendments need 

to be made, the interested party should 

indicate in the area on the ACCESS form 

requesting an explanation for the 

amendment that it is resubmitting its 

entry of appearance for inclusion in the 

annual inquiry service list for the 

following year. As mentioned in the 

Final Rule,13 once the petitioners and 

foreign governments have submitted an 

entry of appearance for the first time, 

they will automatically be added to the 

updated annual inquiry service list each 

year. 

Interested parties have 30 days after 

the date of this notice to submit new or 

amended entries of appearance. 

Commerce will then finalize the annual 

inquiry service lists five business days 

thereafter. For ease of administration, 

please note that Commerce requests that 

law firms with more than one attorney 

representing interested parties in a 

proceeding designate a lead attorney to 

be included on the annual inquiry 

service list. 

Commerce may update an annual 

inquiry service list at any time as 

needed based on interested parties’ 

amendments to their entries of 

appearance to remove or otherwise 

modify their list of members and 

representatives, or to update contact 

information. Any changes or 

announcements pertaining to these 

procedures will be posted to the 

ACCESS website at https://

access.trade.gov. 

Special Instructions for Petitioners and 

Foreign Governments 

In the Final Rule, Commerce stated 

that, ‘‘after an initial request and 

placement on the annual inquiry service 

list, both petitioners and foreign 

governments will automatically be 

placed on the annual inquiry service list 

in the years that follow.’’ 14

Accordingly, as stated above and 

pursuant to 19 CFR 351.225(n)(3), the 

petitioners and foreign governments 

will not need to resubmit their entries 

of appearance each year to continue to 

be included on the annual inquiry 

service list. However, the petitioners 

and foreign governments are responsible 

for making amendments to their entries 

of appearance during the annual update 

to the annual inquiry service list in 

accordance with the procedures 

described above. 

This notice is not required by statute 

but is published as a service to the 

international trading community. 

Dated: February 22, 2024. 

James Maeder, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping 

and Countervailing Duty Operations. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04390 Filed 2–29–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–893–002] 

Mattresses From Bosnia and 

Herzegovina: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Critical 

Circumstances 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that mattresses from Bosnia 

and Herzegovina are being, or are likely 

to be, sold in the United States at less 

than fair value (LTFV). The period of 

investigation (POI) is July 1, 2022, 

through June 30, 2023. Interested parties 

are invited to comment on this 

preliminary determination. 

DATES: Applicable March 1, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amaris Wade or Christopher Hargett, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office II, 

Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6334 or 

(202) 482–4161, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on August 23, 2023.1 On October 23, 

2023, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation until February 23, 2024.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

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. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are mattresses from Bosnia 

and Herzegovina. For a complete 

description of the scope of this 

investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble,4 we 

set aside a period of time for parties to 

raise issues regarding product coverage 

(i.e., scope).5 Certain interested parties 

commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. For a summary of the 

product coverage comments and 

rebuttal responses submitted to the 

record for this preliminary 

determination and accompanying 

discussion and analysis of all comments 

timely received, see the Preliminary 

Scope Decision Memorandum.6

Commerce is not preliminarily 

modifying the scope language as it 

appeared in the Initiation Notice. See 

the scope in Appendix I to this notice. 

In the Preliminary Scope Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce established 


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