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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 17 (Tuesday, January 28, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8260-8261]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-01791]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-602-812, A-351-862, A-122-871, A-201-863, A-421-818, A-791-829, A-
583-878, A-489-855, A-520-811, A-552-843]

Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products From Australia, 
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, the 
Republic of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and the Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the 
Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations

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

DATES: Applicable January 28, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Krisha Hill at (202) 482-4037 
(Australia), Benjamin Blythe at (202) 482-3457 (Canada), Nathan Araya 
at (202) 482-3401 (Brazil), William Horn at (202) 482-4868 (Mexico), 
Rachel Jennings at (202) 482-1110 and Miranda Bourdeau at (202) 482-
2021 (the Netherlands), Jacob Saude at (202) 482-0981 (South Africa), 
Monique Cummings at (202) 482-3996 and Preston Cox at (240) 956-8630 
(Taiwan), Brittany Bauer at (202) 482-3860 and Olivia Woolverton at 
(202) 482-2000 (the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye (T[uuml]rkiye), Lingjun 
Wang at (202) 482-2316 and Jose Riviera at (202) 482-0842 (the United 
Arab Emirates (UAE)), and Jacob Waddell at (202) 482-1369 (the 
Socialist Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)), AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 25, 2024, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
initiated less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of 
certain corrosion-resistant steel products (CORE) from Australia, 
Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, 
T[uuml]rkiye, the UAE, and Vietnam.\1\ Currently, the preliminary 
determinations are due no later than February 12, 2025.
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    \1\ See Certain Corrosion-Resistant Steel Products from 
Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the Netherlands, South Africa, 
Taiwan, the Republic of T[uuml]rkiye, the United Arab Emirates, and 
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-
Value Investigations, 89 FR 80196 (October 2, 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 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)(b)(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 January 10, 2025, the petitioners \2\ submitted timely requests 
that

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Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in the LTFV 
investigations of CORE from Australia, Brazil, Canada, Mexico, the 
Netherlands, South Africa, Taiwan, T[uuml]rkiye, the UAE, and 
Vietnam.\3\ The petitioners stated, ``{p{time} ostponement of the 
preliminary determinations is necessary and appropriate given the size 
and complexity of these investigations, the number of participating 
respondents, and the numerous extensions of time received by 
respondents to submit responses to Commerce's initial questionnaire,'' 
and that the postponement ``will allow Commerce adequate time to issue 
supplemental questionnaires and develop a comprehensive record in these 
investigations.'' \4\
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    \2\ The petitioners are Steel Dynamics, Inc., Nucor Corporation, 
United States Steel Corporation, Wheeling-Nippon Steel, Inc., and 
the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, 
Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL-CIO, 
CLC.
    \3\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Postponement of the Preliminary 
Determinations,'' dated January 10, 2025.
    \4\ Id. at 2.
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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 (i.e., to 190 days after the 
date on which these investigations were initiated). As a result, 
Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations in the above-
referenced investigations no later than April 3, 2025. In accordance 
with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the 
deadline for the final determinations of these investigations will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary 
determinations, unless postponed at a later date.

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: January 21, 2025.
Abdelali Elouaradia,
Deputy Assistant Secretary For Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2025-01791 Filed 1-27-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P
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