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1Handbook for Electronic Filing Procedures: 

https://www.usitc.gov/documents/handbook_on_

filing_procedures.pdf. 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Receipt of Complaint; 

Solicitation of Comments Relating to 

the Public Interest 

AGENCY: U.S. International Trade 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the U.S. International Trade 

Commission has received a complaint 

entitled Certain Flash-Spun Nonwoven 

Materials and Products Containing 

Same, DN 3776; the Commission is 

soliciting comments on any public 

interest issues raised by the complaint 

or complainant’s filing pursuant to the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa 

R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission, 

U.S. International Trade Commission, 

500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 

20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The 

public version of the complaint can be 

accessed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

For help accessing EDIS, please email 

EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server at United 

States International Trade Commission 

(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The 

public record for this investigation may 

be viewed on the Commission’s 

Electronic Document Information 

System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

Hearing-impaired persons are advised 

that information on this matter can be 

obtained by contacting the 

Commission’s TDD terminal on (202) 

205–1810. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission has received a complaint 

and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b) 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure filed on behalf of DuPont 

de Nemours, Inc., DuPont Safety & 

Construction, Inc., and DuPont 

Specialty Products USA, LLC on 

October 9, 2024. The complaint alleges 

violations of section 337 of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1337) in the 

importation into the United States, the 

sale for importation, and the sale within 

the United States after importation of 

certain flash-spun nonwoven materials 

and products containing same. The 

complaint names as respondents: 

Xiamen Dangs New-Materials Co., Ltd. 

AKA Dawnsens New Materials Co., Ltd. 

of China; Beijing Dangsheng Technology 

Co., Ltd. of China; Xiamen Dangsheng 

Technology Co., Ltd. of China; 

Kingwills New Material Technology Co., 

Ltd. of China; Zhejiang Qingyun New 

Material Co., Ltd. of China; Jiangsu 

Qingyun New Materials Co., Ltd. AKA 

Jiangsu Kingwills New Materials Co., 

Ltd. of China; Shanghai Qingyun New 

Material Technology Co., Ltd. of China; 

Kingwills International Ltd. of China; 

Harbourpoint Innovations Inc. of 

Raleigh, NC; Impak Corporation of Los 

Angeles, CA; Shenzhen Zhengming 

Science and Technology Co., Ltd. of 

China; Weifang Konzer Safety Protective 

Equipment Co., Ltd. of China; Jiangsu 

Tubo New Material Co., Ltd. of China; 

Emedia Group. Inc. of Greenville, SC; 

endur-tec, LLC of Anderson, SC; 

Hangzhou Several Sets of Electronic 

Commerce Co., Ltd. of China; Hangzhou 

Qiao Shell Digital Technology Co., Ltd. 

of China; and Zhenping County Weihe 

Commerce and Trade Co., Ltd. of China. 

The complainant requests that the 

Commission issue a general exclusion 

order, cease and desist orders, and 

impose a bond upon respondents’ 

alleged infringing articles during the 60- 

day Presidential review period pursuant 

to 19 U.S.C. 1337 (e)(i). 

Proposed respondents, other 

interested parties, members of the 

public, and interested government 

agencies are invited to file comments on 

any public interest issues raised by the 

complaint or § 210.8(b) filing. 

Comments should address whether 

issuance of the relief specifically 

requested by the complainant in this 

investigation would affect the public 

health and welfare in the United States, 

competitive conditions in the United 

States economy, the production of like 

or directly competitive articles in the 

United States, or United States 

consumers. 

In particular, the Commission is 

interested in comments that: 

(i) explain how the articles potentially 

subject to the requested remedial orders 

are used in the United States; 

(ii) identify any public health, safety, 

or welfare concerns in the United States 

relating to the requested remedial 

orders; 

(iii) identify like or directly 

competitive articles that complainant, 

its licensees, or third parties make in the 

United States which could replace the 

subject articles if they were to be 

excluded; 

(iv) indicate whether complainant, 

complainant’s licensees, and/or third 

party suppliers have the capacity to 

replace the volume of articles 

potentially subject to the requested 

exclusion order and/or a cease and 

desist order within a commercially 

reasonable time; and 

(v) explain how the requested 

remedial orders would impact United 

States consumers. 

Written submissions on the public 

interest must be filed no later than by 

close of business, eight calendar days 

after the date of publication of this 

notice in the Federal Register. There 

will be further opportunities for 

comment on the public interest after the 

issuance of any final initial 

determination in this investigation. Any 

written submissions on other issues 

must also be filed by no later than the 

close of business, eight calendar days 

after publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. Complainant may file 

replies to any written submissions no 

later than three calendar days after the 

date on which any initial submissions 

were due, notwithstanding § 201.14(a) 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure. No other submissions 

will be accepted, unless requested by 

the Commission. Any submissions and 

replies filed in response to this Notice 

are limited to five (5) pages in length, 

inclusive of attachments. 

Persons filing written submissions 

must file the original document 

electronically on or before the deadlines 

stated above. Submissions should refer 

to the docket number (‘‘Docket No. 

3776’’) in a prominent place on the 

cover page and/or the first page. (See 

Handbook for Electronic Filing 

Procedures, Electronic Filing 

Procedures 1). Please note the 

Secretary’s Office will accept only 

electronic filings during this time. 

Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov.) No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. Persons with questions 

regarding filing should contact the 

Secretary at EDIS3Help@usitc.gov. 

Any person desiring to submit a 

document to the Commission in 

confidence must request confidential 

treatment. All such requests should be 

directed to the Secretary to the 

Commission and must include a full 

statement of the reasons why the 

Commission should grant such 

treatment. See 19 CFR 201.6. Documents 

for which confidential treatment by the 

Commission is properly sought will be 

treated accordingly. All information, 

including confidential business 

information and documents for which 

confidential treatment is properly 

sought, submitted to the Commission for 


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2All contract personnel will sign appropriate 

nondisclosure agreements. 

3Electronic Document Information System 

(EDIS): https://edis.usitc.gov. 

purposes of this Investigation may be 

disclosed to and used: (i) by the 

Commission, its employees and Offices, 

and contract personnel (a) for 

developing or maintaining the records 

of this or a related proceeding, or (b) in 

internal investigations, audits, reviews, 

and evaluations relating to the 

programs, personnel, and operations of 

the Commission including under 5 

U.S.C. appendix 3; or (ii) by U.S. 

Government employees and contract 

personnel,2 solely for cybersecurity 

purposes. All nonconfidential written 

submissions will be available for public 

inspection at the Office of the Secretary 

and on EDIS.3

This action is taken under the 

authority of section 337 of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (19 U.S.C. 1337), 

and of §§ 201.10 and 210.8(c) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (19 CFR 201.10, 210.8(c)). 

By order of the Commission. 

Issued: October 9, 2024. 

Lisa Barton, 

Secretary to the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2024–23772 Filed 10–11–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7020–02–P 

INTERNATIONAL TRADE 

COMMISSION 

[Investigation Nos. 701–TA–739–740 and 

731–TA–1716–1717 (Preliminary)] 

Thermoformed Molded Fiber Products 

From China and Vietnam; Institution of 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Investigations and Scheduling of 

Preliminary Phase Investigations 

AGENCY: United States International 

Trade Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Commission hereby gives 

notice of the institution of investigations 

and commencement of preliminary 

phase antidumping and countervailing 

duty investigation Nos. 701–TA–739– 

740 and 731–TA–1716–1717 

(Preliminary) pursuant to the Tariff Act 

of 1930 (‘‘the Act’’) to determine 

whether there is a reasonable indication 

that an industry in the United States is 

materially injured or threatened with 

material injury, or the establishment of 

an industry in the United States is 

materially retarded, by reason of 

imports of thermoformed molded fiber 

products from China and Vietnam, 

provided for in subheading 4823.70.00 

of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of 

the United States, that are alleged to be 

sold in the United States at less than fair 

value and alleged to be subsidized by 

the Governments of China and Vietnam. 

Unless the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Commerce’’) extends the time for 

initiation, the Commission must reach a 

preliminary determination in 

antidumping and countervailing duty 

investigations in 45 days, or in this case 

by November 22, 2024. The 

Commission’s views must be 

transmitted to Commerce within five 

business days thereafter, or by 

December 2, 2024. 

DATES: October 8, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Caitlyn Costello ((202) 205–2058), Office 

of Investigations, U.S. International 

Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, 

Washington, DC 20436. Hearingimpaired persons can obtain 

information on this matter by contacting 

the Commission’s TDD terminal on 202– 

205–1810. Persons with mobility 

impairments who will need special 

assistance in gaining access to the 

Commission should contact the Office 

of the Secretary at 202–205–2000. 

General information concerning the 

Commission may also be obtained by 

accessing its internet server (https://

www.usitc.gov). The public record for 

these investigations may be viewed on 

the Commission’s electronic docket 

(EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background.—These investigations 

are being instituted, pursuant to 

sections 703(a) and 733(a) of the Tariff 

Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1671b(a) and 

1673b(a)), in response to a petition filed 

on October 8, 2024, by the American 

Molded Fiber Coalition, which is 

comprised of Genera, Vonore, 

Tennessee, Tellus Products, LLC, Belle 

Glade, Florida, and the United Steel, 

Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 

Manufacturing, Energy, Allied 

Industrial and Service Workers 

International Union, AFL–CIO. 

For further information concerning 

the conduct of these investigations and 

rules of general application, consult the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, part 201, subparts A and B 

(19 CFR part 201), and part 207, 

subparts A and B (19 CFR part 207). 

Participation in the investigations and 

public service list.—Persons (other than 

petitioners) wishing to participate in the 

investigations as parties must file an 

entry of appearance with the Secretary 

to the Commission, as provided in 

§§ 201.11 and 207.10 of the 

Commission’s rules, not later than seven 

days after publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register. Industrial users 

and (if the merchandise under 

investigation is sold at the retail level) 

representative consumer organizations 

have the right to appear as parties in 

Commission antidumping duty and 

countervailing duty investigations. The 

Secretary will prepare a public service 

list containing the names and addresses 

of all persons, or their representatives, 

who are parties to these investigations 

upon the expiration of the period for 

filing entries of appearance. 

Limited disclosure of business 

proprietary information (BPI) under an 

administrative protective order (APO) 

and BPI service list.—Pursuant to 

§ 207.7(a) of the Commission’s rules, the 

Secretary will make BPI gathered in 

these investigations available to 

authorized applicants representing 

interested parties (as defined in 19 

U.S.C. 1677(9)) who are parties to the 

investigations under the APO issued in 

the investigations, provided that the 

application is made not later than seven 

days after the publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register. A separate 

service list will be maintained by the 

Secretary for those parties authorized to 

receive BPI under the APO. 

Conference.—The Office of 

Investigations will hold a staff 

conference in connection with the 

preliminary phase of these 

investigations beginning at 9:30 a.m. on 

Tuesday, October 29, 2024. Requests to 

appear at the conference should be 

emailed to preliminaryconferences@

usitc.gov (DO NOT FILE ON EDIS) on or 

before Friday, October 25, 2024. Please 

provide an email address for each 

conference participant in the email. 

Information on conference procedures, 

format, and participation, including 

guidance for requests to appear as a 

witness via videoconference, will be 

available on the Commission’s Public 

Calendar (Calendar (USITC) | United 

States International Trade Commission). 

A nonparty who has testimony that may 

aid the Commission’s deliberations may 

request permission to participate by 

submitting a short statement. 

Please note the Secretary’s Office will 

accept only electronic filings during this 

time. Filings must be made through the 

Commission’s Electronic Document 

Information System (EDIS, https://

edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any 

electronic filings will be accepted until 

further notice. 

Written submissions.—As provided in 

§§ 201.8 and 207.15 of the 

Commission’s rules, any person may 

submit to the Commission on or before 

5:15 p.m. on November 1, 2024, a 

written brief containing information and 

arguments pertinent to the subject 


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