Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 222 / Monday, November 18, 2024 / Notices 90671 

1See Vanillin from the People’s Republic of 

China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty 

Investigation, 89 FR 54421 (July 1, 2024) (Initiation 

Notice). 

2See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Proceedings,’’ dated July 22, 2024. 

City. This notice is to update the prior 

Federal Register notice to reflect the 

new dates and new, extended 

application deadline. 

DATES: The original mission dates were 

October 28–November 1, 2024. The new 

mission dates are dates of March 24–28, 

2025, and new application deadline is 

now extended to December 31, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shirreef Loza, Events Management Task 

Force, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 

NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone 

(202) 482–6397 or email Shirreef.Loza@

trade.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

PROPOSED TIMETABLE

Day 0—Sunday, Mar 23, 2025 ........................... • Trade Mission Participants Arrive in Hong Kong. 

Day 1—Monday, Mar 24, 2025 ........................... • Morning: Trade Mission/Market Briefing. 

• Afternoon: B2B Meetings and meetings with industry associations such as Urban Land Institute and Construction Industry Council. 

• Evening: Networking reception. 

Day 2—Tuesday, Mar 25, 2025 .......................... • Morning: B2B Meetings, continued. 

• Midday: Industry Roundtable or Site Visit. 

• Afternoon/Evening: Departure to Taiwan. 

Day 3—Wednesday, Mar 26, 2025 ..................... Taipei, Taiwan. 

• Morning: Country briefing at the American Institute in Taiwan. 

• Afternoon: Meetings with the National Association of Architects, Architecture Association of 

the R.O.C., and The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) Taiwan chapter. 

• Evening: Reception. 

Day 4—Thursday, Mar 27, 2025 ......................... • Morning: B2B meetings in Taiwan. 

• Midday/Evening: Departure to Ho Chi Minh City. 

Day 5—Thursday, Mar 28, 2025 ......................... Ho Chi Minh City. 

• Morning: Market Briefing by the U.S. Consulate and AmCham: Vietnam Market Overview— 

Opportunities and Challenges for American companies. 

• B2G Meetings with the Department of Construction or Department of Planning and Architects and related Associations or Site visit. 

• Afternoon: B2B Meetings. 

• Evening: Reception. 

* Note: The final schedule and potential site visits will depend on the availability of host government and business officials, specific goals of 

mission participants, and ground transportation. 

Amendment to Revise the Trade 

Mission Dates and Deadline for 

Submitting Applications 

Background 

Design & Construction Trade Mission to 

Hong Kong, Taipei, and Ho Chi Minh 

City 

The International Trade 

Administration has determined that to 

allow for enhanced participation the 

mission has been rescheduled to March 

24–28, 2025. Additionally, to allow for 

optimal execution of recruitment the 

application deadline has been extended 

from July 31, 2024, to December 31, 

2024. Applications may be accepted 

after that date if space remains and 

scheduling constraints permit. 

Interested U.S. companies and trade 

associations/organizations that have not 

already submitted an application are 

encouraged to do so. The U.S. 

Department of Commerce will review 

applications and make selection 

decisions on a rolling basis in 

accordance with the 89 FR 51307 (June 

17, 2024). The applicants selected will 

be notified as soon as possible. 

Contact 

Jasmine Braswell, U.S. Commercial 

Service—Irvine, CA, +1–949–236– 

1101, Jasmine.Braswell@trade.gov 

Geoffrey Parish, U.S. Commercial 

Service—Hong Kong, +852 2521 5752, 

Geoffrey.Parish@trade.gov 

Gemal Brangman, 

Director, Trade Events Management Task 

Force. 

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BILLING CODE 3510–FP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[C–570–173] 

Vanillin from the People’s Republic of 

China: Preliminary Affirmative 

Countervailing Duty Determination and 

Alignment of Final Determination with 

Final Antidumping Duty Determination 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that countervailable 

subsidies are being provided to 

producers and exporters of vanillin from 

the People’s Republic of China (China). 

The period of investigation is January 1, 

2023, through December 31, 2023. 

Interested parties are invited to 

comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable November 18, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff 

Pedersen, AD/CVD Operations, Office 

IV, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–2769. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 703(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this countervailing 

duty (CVD) investigation on July 1, 

2024.1 On July 22, 2024, Commerce 

tolled certain deadlines in this 

administrative proceeding by seven 

days.2 On August 13, 2024, Commerce 

postponed the preliminary 

determination of this investigation until 


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3See Vanillin from the People’s Republic of 

China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination 

in the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 

65845 (August 13, 2024). 

4See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Countervailing Duty Investigation of Vanillin from 

the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently 

with, and hereby adopted by, this notice 

(Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

5See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

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

(Preamble). 

6See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 54421–22. 

7See sections 771(5)(B) and (D) of the Act 

regarding financial contribution; section 771(5)(E) 

of the Act regarding benefit; and section 771(5A) of 

the Act regarding specificity. 

8See sections 776(a) and (b) of the Act. 

9See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Request to Align Final 

Countervailing Duty Determination with the 

Companion Antidumping Duty Final 

Determination,’’ dated October 17, 2024. 

10As discussed in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum, Commerce preliminarily finds 

Guihua to be cross owned with the following 

companies: Jiaxing Zhongua Chemical Co. Ltd., 

Zhejiang Zonghua Flavor Co., Ltd., and Jiaxing 

Zhonghua Thermal Power Development Co., Ltd. 

November 12, 2024.3 For a complete 

description of the events that followed 

the initiation of this investigation, see 

the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum.4

A list of topics discussed 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 product covered by this 

investigation is vanillin from China. For 

a complete description of the scope of 

this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the Preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage, (i.e., scope).6 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy 

programs found countervailable, 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial 

contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that 

gives rise to a benefit to the recipient, 

and that the subsidy is specific.7

Commerce notes that, in making these 

findings, it relied, in part, on facts 

available and, because it finds that one 

or more respondents did not act to the 

best of their ability to respond to 

Commerce’s requests for information, it 

drew an adverse inference where 

appropriate in selecting from among the 

facts otherwise available.8 For further 

information, see the ‘‘Use of Facts 

Otherwise Available and Adverse 

Inferences’’ section in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 

Alignment 

In accordance with section 705(a)(1) 

of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(4), 

Commerce is aligning the final CVD 

determination in this investigation with 

the final determination in the 

companion antidumping duty (AD) 

investigation of vanillin from China 

based on a request made by Solvay USA 

LLC (the petitioner).9 Consequently, the 

final CVD determination will be issued 

on the same date as the final AD 

determination, which is currently 

scheduled to be issued no later than 

March 24, 2025, unless postponed. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 703(d) and 705(c)(5)(A) of 

the Act provide that, in the preliminary 

determination, Commerce shall 

determine an estimated all-others rate 

for companies not individually 

examined. This rate shall be an amount 

equal to the weighted average of the 

estimated subsidy rates established for 

those companies individually 

examined, excluding any rates that are 

zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

under section 776 of the Act. 

In this investigation, Commerce 

preliminarily calculated an individual 

estimated countervailable subsidy rate 

for Jiaxing Guihua Chemical Import and 

Export Co., Ltd. (Guihua), the only 

individually examined exporter/ 

producer in this investigation. Because 

the only individually calculated rate is 

not zero, de minimis, or based entirely 

on facts otherwise available, the 

estimated weighted-average rate 

calculated for Guihua is the rate 

preliminarily assigned to all other 

producers and exporters, pursuant to 

section 705(c)(5)(A)(i) of the Act. 

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated 

countervailable subsidy rates exist: 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

Jiaxing Guihua Chemical Import and Export Co., Ltd.10 27.33 

Company 

Subsidy rate 

(percent ad 

valorem) 

All Others .............................. 27.33 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of its 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in the Federal Register, accordance with 

19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Consistent with 19 CFR 351.224(e), 

Commerce will analyze and, if 

appropriate, correct any timely 

allegations of significant ministerial 

errors by amending the preliminary 

determination. However, consistent 

with 19 CFR 351.224(d), Commerce will 

not consider incomplete allegations that 

do not address the significance standard 

under 19 CFR 351.224(g) following the 

preliminary determination. Instead, 

Commerce will address such allegations 

in the final determination together with 

issues raised in the case briefs or other 

written comments. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

703(d)(1)(B) and (d)(2) of the Act, 

Commerce will direct U.S. Customs and 

Border Protection (CBP) to suspend 

liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise as described in the scope 

of the investigation section entered, or 

withdrawn from warehouse, for 

consumption on or after the date of 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register. Further, pursuant to 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

rates indicated above. 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in the case briefs, may be 


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11See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

12See 19 CFR 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2). 

13We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

14See APO and Service Final Rule. 

15See 19 CFR 351.310(d). 

filed not later than five days after the 

date for filing case briefs.11 Interested 

parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must 

submit: (1) a table of contents listing 

each issue; and (2) a table of 

authorities.12

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their briefs that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.13 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their public 

executive summary of each issue to no 

more than 450 words, not including 

citations. We intend to use the public 

executive summaries as the basis of the 

comment summaries included in the 

issues and decision memorandum that 

will accompany the final determination 

in this investigation. We request that 

interested parties include footnotes for 

relevant citations in the executive 

summary of each issue. Note that 

Commerce has amended certain of its 

requirements pertaining to the service of 

documents in 19 CFR 351.303(f).14

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, which is limited to covering 

issues raised in the case and rebuttal 

briefs, must submit a written request to 

the Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. Hearing requests 

should contain 1) the requestor’s name, 

address, and telephone number; 2) the 

number of participants and whether any 

participant is a foreign national; and 3) 

a list of the issues to be discussed. Oral 

presentations at the hearing will be 

limited to issues raised in the briefs. If 

a request for a hearing is made, parties 

will be notified of the time and date for 

the hearing.15 Parties should confirm by 

telephone the date, time, and location of 

the hearing two days before the 

scheduled date. 

All submissions, including case and 

rebuttal briefs, as well as hearing 

requests, should be filed using ACCESS. 

An electronically-filed document must 

be received successfully in its entirety 

by ACCESS by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time 

on the established deadline. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

(ITC) Notification 

In accordance with section 703(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the ITC 

of its determination. If the final 

determination is affirmative, the ITC 

will determine before the later of 120 

days after the date of this preliminary 

determination or 45 days after the final 

determination whether imports of 

vanillin from China 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 

703(f) and 777(i) of the Act, and 19 CFR 

351.205(c). 

Dated: November 12, 2024. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by the 

investigation is vanillin, with the molecular 

formula C8H8O3 or C9H10O3. For purposes of 

this investigation, vanillin consists of natural 

vanillin, synthetic vanillin, bio-sourced 

synthetic vanillin (biovanillin) (each also 

known as 4-Hydroxy-3- 

methoxybenzaldehyde), and ethylvanillin 

(also known as 3-Ethoxy-4- 

hydroxybenzaldehyde). Vanillin covered by 

this investigation is a chemical compound 

with the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) 

number 121–33–5 or 121–32–4. Vanillin is 

covered by the investigation regardless of 

whether it is in a crystalline powder or 

crystal form. Vanillin is covered by the scope 

of the investigation, irrespective of purity, 

particle size, or physical form. 

Merchandise subject to the investigation is 

specified within the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS) under 

subheading 2912.41.0000 and 2912.42.0000. 

The HTSUS subheadings and CAS registry 

numbers are provided for convenience and 

customs purposes only. The written 

description of the merchandise covered by 

the investigation is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Scope of the Investigation 

IV. Scope Comments 

V. Alignment 

VI. Injury Test 

VII. Analysis of China’s Financial System 

VIII. Diversification of China’s Economy 

IX. Use of Facts Otherwise Available and 

Adverse Inferences 

X. Subsidies Valuation 

XI. Benchmarks 

XII. Analysis of Programs 

XIII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE458] 

Nominations for the 2025–2028 

General Advisory Committee and the 

Scientific Advisory Subcommittee to 

the United States Delegation to the 

Inter-American Tropical Tuna 

Commission 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations. 

SUMMARY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service, on behalf of the Secretary of 

Commerce, is seeking nominations for 

the General Advisory Committee (GAC) 

to the U.S. delegation to the InterAmerican Tropical Tuna Commission 

(IATTC or Commission), as well as to a 

Scientific Advisory Subcommittee 

(SAS) of the GAC. The purpose of the 

GAC and its SAS is to provide public 

input and advice to the U.S. delegation 

to aid in the formulation of policy and 

positions for meetings of the IATTC and 

its subsidiary bodies. The SAS shall also 

function as the National Scientific 

Advisory Committee provided for in the 

Agreement on the International Dolphin 

Conservation Program. 

DATES: Nominations must be received 

no later than December 17th, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Nominations should be 

directed to Jennifer Quan, Regional 

Administrator, NMFS West Coast 

Region, and may be submitted by the 

following means: 

• Email wcr.hms@noaa.gov with the 

subject line: ‘‘General Advisory 

Committee and Scientific Advisory 

Subcommittee nominations’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lucille Bulkeley, West Coast Region, 

NMFS, at lucille.bulkeley@noaa.gov, or 

at (858)–546–5620. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

General Advisory Committee 

The Tuna Conventions Act (TCA) 

provides that the Secretary of 


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