[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 204 (Tuesday, October 22, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 84330-84331]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24390]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-172]


Vanillin From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation

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


DATES: Applicable October 22, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office I, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5760.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated the less-than-fair-value investigation (LTFV) on imports of 
vanillin from the People's Republic of China.\1\ On July 22, 2024, 
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this

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administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ The preliminary 
determination is currently due no later than November 19, 2024.
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    \1\ See Vanillin from the People's Republic of China: Initiation 
of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 89 FR 54424 (July 1, 2024).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in an 
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce 
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A)(b)(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 October 8, 2024, the petitioner submitted a timely request that 
Commerce postpone the preliminary determination in this LTFV 
investigation.\3\ The petitioner stated that it requests postponement 
because additional time will allow Commerce to issue supplemental 
questionnaires to address deficiencies and omissions in the mandatory 
respondents' responses and to ensure an accurate calculation of 
preliminary dumping margins.\4\
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    \3\ See Petitioner`s Letter, ``Request for Postponement of the 
Preliminary Determination,'' dated October 8, 2024. The petitioner 
is Solvay USA LLC.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, Commerce is postponing the deadline for 
the preliminary determination by 50 days, i.e., 190 days after the date 
on which this investigation was initiated, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act. As a result, Commerce will issue its 
preliminary determination no later than January 8, 2025. In accordance 
with section 735(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, 
unless postponed at a later date.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: October 16, 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. 2024-24390 Filed 10-21-24; 8:45 am]
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