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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 222 (Monday, November 18, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90668-90669]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26771]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-853]

Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers From Thailand: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 
Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable November 18, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Benito Ballesteros at (202) 482-7425 
AD/CVD Operations, Office IX Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 9, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated a less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigation of imports of 
large top mount combination refrigerator-freezers (refrigerators) from 
Thailand.\1\ On July 22, 2024, Commerce tolled certain deadlines in 
this administrative proceeding by seven days.\2\ Currently, the 
preliminary determination is due no later than December 3, 2024.
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    \1\ See Large Top Mount Combination Refrigerator-Freezers from 
Thailand: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation, 89 FR 
57860 (July 16, 2024) (Initiation Notice).
    \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 a 
LTFV investigation within 140 days after the date on which Commerce 
initiated the investigation. However, section 733(c)(1)(A) 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 November 1, 2024, Electrolux Consumer Products, Inc. (the 
petitioner) submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the 
preliminary determination in the LTFV investigation.\3\ The petitioner 
stated that it requests postponement, ``so that {Commerce{time}  will 
have sufficient time to collect and analyze information necessary for 
calculating accurate dumping margins. An extension of the deadline for 
{Commerce's{time}  preliminary {determination{time}  is necessary and 
appropriate here given the numerous extensions of time that have been 
requested by the respondent. An extension of the deadline for the 
preliminary determination will allow {the p{time} etitioner sufficient 
time to comment on these responses and will allow {Commerce{time}  
adequate time to issue supplemental questionnaires and to conduct a 
thorough analysis in this investigation.'' \4\
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    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Extend Preliminary 
Determination,'' dated November 1, 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 the preliminary 
determination by 50 days.\5\ As a result, Commerce will issue its 
preliminary determination no later than January 22, 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.
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    \5\ Commerce is extending the time period for the preliminary 
determination to 190 days after the date of initiation (i.e., 
January 15, 2025). However, because Commerce tolled certain 
deadlines in this investigation by seven days, the deadline is now 
January 22, 2025.
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: November 8, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-26771 Filed 11-15-24; 8:45 am]
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