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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 230 (Friday, November 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 94709-94710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-28021]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-166]

Certain Epoxy Resins From the People's Republic of China: 
Postponement of Final Determination in the Less Than Fair Value 
Investigation

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

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) is postponing the 
deadline for issuing the final determination in the less-than-fair-
value (LTFV) investigation of certain epoxy resins (epoxy resins) from 
the People's Republic of China (China) until March 28, 2025, and is 
extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period 
of not more than six months.

DATES: Applicable November 29, 2024.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office VI, Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue 
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6312.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On April 23, 2024, Commerce initiated an LTFV investigation of 
imports of epoxy resins from China.\1\ The period of investigation is 
October 1, 2023, through March 31, 2024. On November 13, 2024, Commerce 
published its Preliminary Determination of sales at LTFV of epoxy 
resins from China.\2\
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    \1\ See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People's Republic of 
China, India, the Republic of Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand: 
Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 89 FR 33324 
(April 29, 2024).
    \2\ See Certain Epoxy Resins from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Sales at Less Than 
Fair Value and Preliminary Affirmative Determination of Critical 
Circumstances, 89 FR 89594 (November 13, 2024) (Preliminary 
Determination).
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Postponement of Final Determination

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2) provide that a final determination may be 
postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by the exporters or producers who account for a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a 
negative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is 
made by the petitioners. Further, 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2) requires that 
such postponement requests by exporters be accompanied by a request for 
extension of provisional measures from a four-month period to a period 
of not more than six months, in accordance with section 733(d) of the 
Act.
    On November 18, 2024, Huntsman Advanced Materials (Guangdong) 
Company Ltd. (Huntsman), the mandatory respondent in this 
investigation, requested that Commerce postpone the deadline for the 
final determination until no later than 135 days from the publication 
of the Preliminary Determination, and extend the application of the 
provisional measures from a four-month period to a period of not more 
than six months.\3\
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    \3\ See Huntsman's Letter, ``Request to Postpone Final 
Determination,'' dated November 18, 2024.
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    In accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the Preliminary Determination was 
affirmative; (2) the request was made by an exporter or producer who 
accounts for a significant proportion of exports of the subject 
merchandise; and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, Commerce 
is postponing the final determination until no later than 135 days 
after the date of the publication of the Preliminary Determination, and 
extending the provisional measures from a four-month period to a period 
of not more than six months. Accordingly, Commerce will issue its final 
determination no later than March 28, 2025.

Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 735(a)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: November 22, 2024.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2024-28021 Filed 11-27-24; 8:45 am]
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