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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 91675-91676]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-27006]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-853, A-570-174]

Certain Brake Drums From the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye and the 
People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations 
in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable November 20, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Hawkins (Republic of T[uuml]rkiye 
(T[uuml]rkiye)) or Samuel Frost (People's Republic of China (China)), 
AD/CVD Operations, Office V, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-1988 or (202) 
482-8180, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 10, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of certain brake 
drums (brake drums) from T[uuml]rkiye and China.\1\ On July 22, 2024, 
Commerce tolled certain deadlines in this administrative proceeding by 
seven days.\2\ The deadline for the preliminary determinations is now 
December 4, 2024.
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    \1\ See Certain Brake Drums from the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye 
and the People's Republic of China: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations, 89 FR 58166 (July 17, 2024).
    \2\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of Deadlines for Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Proceedings,'' dated July 22, 2024.
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Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires

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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) 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 7, 2024, Webb Wheel Products, Inc. (the petitioner) 
submitted a timely request that Commerce postpone the preliminary 
determinations in the LTFV investigations of brake drums from 
T[uuml]rkiye and China.\3\ The petitioner requested postponement of the 
preliminary determinations in these investigations so that Commerce can 
fully analyze the forthcoming questionnaire responses of the mandatory 
respondents and issue supplemental questionnaires, as necessary.\4\
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    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Request to Extend the Deadline 
for the Preliminary Determination,'' dated November 7, 2024.
    \4\ Id.
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    For the reasons stated above, and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), Commerce is postponing the deadline for 
the preliminary determinations by 50 days. As a result, Commerce will 
issue its preliminary determinations no later than January 23, 2025. In 
accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), 
the deadline for the final determinations in these investigations will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary 
determinations, unless postponed further.

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: November 13, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-27006 Filed 11-19-24; 8:45 am]
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