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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 6 (Friday, January 10, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 1957]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-00326]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-555-006]

Paper File Folders From the Kingdom of Cambodia: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Applicable January 10, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shane Subler or Brandon James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VIII, Enforcement and Compliance, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution 
Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6241 and (202) 
482-7472, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On November 12, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated the countervailing duty (CVD) investigation of imports of 
paper file folders from the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia).\1\ 
Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than January 
16, 2025.
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    \1\ See Paper File Folders from Cambodia: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR 91331 (November 19, 2024).
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Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
requires Commerce to issue the preliminary determination in a CVD 
investigation within 65 days after the date on which Commerce initiated 
the investigation. However, section 703(c)(1) of the Act permits 
Commerce to postpone the preliminary determination until no later than 
130 days after the date on which Commerce initiated the investigation 
if: (A) the petitioner \2\ 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.
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    \2\ The petitioner is the Coalition of Domestic Folder 
Manufacturers.
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    On December 19, 2024, the petitioner submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary CVD determination.\3\ The 
petitioner stated that it requests postponement for Commerce to analyze 
initial responses and to issue supplemental questionnaires prior to 
making its preliminary CVD determination.\4\
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    \3\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitioner's Request For 
Postponement of the Preliminary Determination,'' dated December 19, 
2024.
    \4\ Id.
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    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner submitted its 
request for postponement of the preliminary determination in this 
investigation 25 days or more before the scheduled date of the 
preliminary determination and has stated the reasons for requesting a 
postponement of the preliminary determination, and Commerce finds no 
compelling reason to deny the request. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Act, Commerce is postponing the deadline 
for the preliminary determination to no later than 130 days after the 
date on which the investigation was initiated, i.e., March 24, 2025.\5\ 
Pursuant to section 705(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the final determination of the investigation will continue 
to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination.
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    \5\ Postponing the preliminary determination to 130 days after 
the date of initiation would place the deadline on Saturday, March 
22, 2025. Commerce's practice dictates that where a deadline falls 
on a weekend or federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the 
next business day. See Notice of Clarification: Application of 
``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination 
Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 
24533 (May 10, 2005).
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Notification to Interested Parties

    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: January 3, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-00326 Filed 1-8-25; 8:45 am]
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