Mattresses From Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 48505-48506 [2020-17531]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 155 / Tuesday, August 11, 2020 / Notices Cash Deposit Requirements Notification to Interested Parties We are issuing and publishing these final results of administrative review in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.221(b)(5) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1). This notice also serves as a final reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3), which continues to govern business proprietary information in this segment of the proceeding. Timely written notification of the return or destruction of APO materials, or conversion to judicial protective order, is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction. On April 20, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam.1 Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than September 8, 2020.2 48505 Postponement of Preliminary Determinations The following cash deposit Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act requirements will be effective upon of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires publication of the final results of this Commerce to issue the preliminary administrative review for shipments of determination in a LTFV investigation the subject merchandise from China within 140 days after the date on which entered, or withdrawn from warehouse, Dated: August 3, 2020. Commerce initiated the investigation. for consumption on or after the Jeffrey I. Kessler, However, section 733(c)(1) of the Act publication date of this notice, as Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and permits Commerce to postpone the provided by section 751(a)(2)(C) of the Compliance. preliminary determination until no later Act: (1) For previously investigated or [FR Doc. 2020–17470 Filed 8–10–20; 8:45 am] than 190 days after the date on which reviewed Chinese and non-Chinese BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P Commerce initiated the investigation if: exporters of subject merchandise that (A) The petitioner makes a timely have received a separate rate in a prior request for a postponement; or (B) segment of this proceeding, the cash DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Commerce concludes that the parties deposit rate will continue to be the concerned are cooperating, that the existing exporter-specific cash deposit International Trade Administration investigation is extraordinarily rate published for the most recently [A–555–001, A–560–836, A–557–818, A–801– complicated, and that additional time is completed period; (2) for all Chinese 002, A–549–841, A–489–841, A–552–827] necessary to make a preliminary exporters of subject merchandise that have not been found to be entitled to a Mattresses From Cambodia, Indonesia, determination. Under 19 CFR 351.205(e), the petitioner must submit a separate rate, including Shanghai Wells, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, the request for postponement 25 days or the cash deposit rate will be the existing Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist cash deposit rate for the China-wide Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of more before the scheduled date of the preliminary determination and must entity, i.e., 187.25 percent; and (3) for all Preliminary Determinations in the state the reasons for the request. non-Chinese exporters of subject Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations Commerce will grant the request unless merchandise which have not received it finds compelling reasons to deny the their own separate rate, the cash deposit AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, request. rate will be the rate applicable to the On July 30, 2020, the petitioners 3 Chinese exporter that supplied that non- Department of Commerce. submitted a timely request that Chinese exporter. DATES: Applicable August 11, 2020. These cash deposit requirements, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV when imposed, shall remain in effect McGowan at (202) 482–3019 or Preston investigations.4 The petitioners stated until further notice. Cox at (202) 482–5041 (Cambodia); that they request postponement to Janae Martin at (202) 482–0238 or Notification to Importers provide adequate time for Commerce to Michael Bowen at (202) 482–0768 analyze complex issues, to This notice also serves as a final (Indonesia); Joshua Simonidis at (202) accommodate extensions of time reminder to importers of their 482–0608 (Malaysia); Joshua DeMoss at provided to respondents to complete responsibility under 19 CFR (202) 482–3362 (Serbia); Paola Alemane.g., questionnaires and supplemental 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate Ordaz at (202) 482–4031 (Thailand); questionnaires, and to provide regarding the reimbursement of Jacob Keller at (202) 482–4849 (the Commerce additional time to conduct a antidumping duties prior to liquidation Republic of Turkey (Turkey)); Dakota thorough analysis, including by issuing of the relevant entries during this POR. Potts at (202) 482–0223 (the Socialist additional supplemental Failure to comply with this requirement Republic of Vietnam (Vietnam)), AD/ questionnaires.5 could result in Commerce’s CVD Operations, Enforcement and For the reasons stated above and presumption that reimbursement of Compliance, International Trade because there are no compelling reasons antidumping duties occurred and the Administration, U.S. Department of to deny the request, Commerce, in subsequent assessment of double Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of antidumping duties. NW, Washington, DC 20230. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notification Regarding Administrative deadline falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the Protective Order appropriate deadline is the next business day. See Background VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:02 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 1 See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 85 FR 23002 (April 24, 2020). 2 The current deadline for the preliminary determinations falls on Labor Day, September 7, 2020. Commerce’s practice dictates that where a PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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). 3 The petitioners are Brooklyn Bedding; Corsicana Mattress Company; Elite Comfort Solutions; FXI, Inc.; Innocor, Inc.; Kolcraft Enterprises, Inc.; Leggett & Platt, Incorporated; the International Brotherhood of Teamsters; and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers International Union, AFL–CIO (USW). 4 See Petitioners’ Letter, ‘‘Mattresses from Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam: Request to Extend Preliminary Results and Align the Countervailing Duty Investigation with the Concurrent Antidumping Duty Investigations,’’ dated July 30, 2020. 5 Id. at 2. E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1 48506 Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 155 / Tuesday, August 11, 2020 / Notices the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which these investigations were initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its preliminary determinations no later than October 27, 2020. In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for the final determinations these investigations will continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless postponed at a later date. This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1). Dated: August 5, 2020. Jeffrey I. Kessler, Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance. [FR Doc. 2020–17531 Filed 8–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [C–570–039] Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric From the People’s Republic of China: Rescission of Countervailing Duty Administrative Review; 2019 Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the administrative review of the countervailing duty (CVD) order on certain amorphous silica fabric (silica fabric) from the People’s Republic of China (China) for the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019, based on the timely withdrawal of the request for review. DATES: Applicable August 11, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Natasia Harrison, 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) 482–1240. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AGENCY: 2020, Commerce received a timely request, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), from Auburn Manufacturing, Inc. (the petitioner), to conduct an administrative review of this CVD order with respect to 89 companies.2 Based upon this request, on May 6, 2020, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, Commerce published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of administrative review for this CVD order.3 On July 7, 2020, the petitioner timely withdrew its request for an administrative review for all of the 89 companies.4 Rescission of Review Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.213(d)(1), the Secretary will rescind an administrative review, in whole or in part, if a party who requested the review withdraws the request within 90 days of the date of publication of the notice of initiation of the requested review. The petitioner, the only party that requested administrative reviews, withdrew its requests for review for all companies within the applicable deadline. Accordingly, we are rescinding in its entirety the administrative review of the CVD order on silica fabric from China covering the period January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019, in its entirety. Assessment Commerce will instruct U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to assess CVDs on all appropriate entries at a rate equal to the cash deposit of estimated CVDs required at the time of entry, or withdrawal from warehouse, for consumption, during the period January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2019, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.212(c)(1)(i). Commerce intends to issue appropriate assessment instructions directly to CBP 15 days after publication of this notice in the Federal Register. Notification to Importers This notice serves as the only reminder to importers of their responsibility under 19 CFR 351.402(f)(2) to file a certificate regarding the reimbursement of CVDs prior to liquidation of the relevant entries during this review period. Background On March 2, 2020, Commerce published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review of the CVD order on silica fabric from China for the period January 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.1 On March 31, 1 See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:02 Aug 10, 2020 Jkt 250001 to Request Administrative Review, 85 FR 12267 (March 2, 2020). 2 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Amorphous Silica Fabric from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated March 31, 2020. 3 See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 85 FR 26931 (May 6, 2020) (Initiation Notice). 4 See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Amorphous Silica Fabric from the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated July 7, 2020. PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Failure to comply with this requirement could result in the presumption that reimbursement of the CVDs occurred and the subsequent assessment of doubled CVDs. Notification Regarding Administrative Protective Order This notice also serves as the only reminder to parties subject to administrative protective order (APO) of their responsibility concerning the return or destruction of proprietary information disclosed under an APO in accordance with 19 CFR 351.305(a)(3). Timely written notification of the return/destruction of APO materials or conversion to judicial protective order is hereby requested. Failure to comply with the regulations and terms of an APO is a violation which is subject to sanction. This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 751 of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(d)(4). Dated: August 5, 2020. James Maeder, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Operations. [FR Doc. 2020–17471 Filed 8–10–20; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE International Trade Administration [A–570–129, A–552–830] Certain Walk-Behind Lawn Mowers and Parts Thereof From the People’s Republic of China and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in the Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable August 11, 2020. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marc Castillo at (202) 482–0519 (People’s Republic of China (China)), and Frank Schmitt at (202) 482–4880 (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: AGENCY: Background On June 15, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated lessthan-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of certain walk-behind lawn mowers and parts thereof (lawn E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-555-001, A-560-836, A-557-818, A-801-002, A-549-841, A-489-841, A-
552-827]


Mattresses From Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, 
the Republic of Turkey, 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 August 11, 2020.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John McGowan at (202) 482-3019 or 
Preston Cox at (202) 482-5041 (Cambodia); Janae Martin at (202) 482-
0238 or Michael Bowen at (202) 482-0768 (Indonesia); Joshua Simonidis 
at (202) 482-0608 (Malaysia); Joshua DeMoss at (202) 482-3362 (Serbia); 
Paola Aleman-Ordaz at (202) 482-4031 (Thailand); Jacob Keller at (202) 
482-4849 (the Republic of Turkey (Turkey)); Dakota Potts at (202) 482-
0223 (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 April 20, 2020, the Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated 
less-than-fair-value (LTFV) investigations of imports of mattresses 
from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and 
Vietnam.\1\ Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later 
than September 8, 2020.\2\
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    \1\ See Mattresses from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, 
Thailand, the Republic of Turkey, and the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigations, 85 FR 
23002 (April 24, 2020).
    \2\ The current deadline for the preliminary determinations 
falls on Labor Day, September 7, 2020. 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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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) 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 July 30, 2020, the petitioners \3\ submitted a timely request 
that Commerce postpone the preliminary determinations in these LTFV 
investigations.\4\ The petitioners stated that they request 
postponement to provide adequate time for Commerce to analyze complex 
issues, to accommodate extensions of time provided to respondents to 
complete e.g., questionnaires and supplemental questionnaires, and to 
provide Commerce additional time to conduct a thorough analysis, 
including by issuing additional supplemental questionnaires.\5\
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    \3\ The petitioners are Brooklyn Bedding; Corsicana Mattress 
Company; Elite Comfort Solutions; FXI, Inc.; Innocor, Inc.; Kolcraft 
Enterprises, Inc.; Leggett & Platt, Incorporated; the International 
Brotherhood of Teamsters; and United Steel, Paper and Forestry, 
Rubber, Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union, AFL-CIO (USW).
    \4\ See Petitioners' Letter, ``Mattresses from Cambodia, China, 
Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam: Request 
to Extend Preliminary Results and Align the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation with the Concurrent Antidumping Duty Investigations,'' 
dated July 30, 2020.
    \5\ Id. at 2.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, Commerce, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of

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the Act, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary determinations 
by 50 days (i.e., 190 days after the date on which these investigations 
were initiated). As a result, Commerce will issue its preliminary 
determinations no later than October 27, 2020. In accordance with 
section 735(a)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(1), the deadline for 
the final determinations these investigations will continue to be 75 
days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless postponed 
at a later date.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 5, 2020.
Jeffrey I. Kessler,
Assistant Secretary for Enforcement and Compliance.
[FR Doc. 2020-17531 Filed 8-10-20; 8:45 am]
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