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instructions.’’
Written Submissions: Interested
parties are invited to file written
submissions concerning this
investigation. The Commission is
particularly interested in receiving
information about imports, principal
source countries, and impact of the
imports on the domestic industry
producing the like or directly
competitive product. The Commission
is also interested in receiving
information about the condition of the
domestic industry, including with
respect to production, employment,
profits and losses, and other factors set
out in section 202(c) of the Trade Act.
To the extent practical, data and
information should include the period
2016–2020 and any subsequent period.
All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, and should
be received not later than 5:15 p.m.,
January 15, 2021. All written
submissions must conform to the
provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as
temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798
(March 19, 2020). Under that rule
waiver, the Office of the Secretary will
accept only electronic filings at this
time. Filings must be made through the
Commission’s Electronic Document
Information System (EDIS, https://
edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paperbased filings or paper copies of any
electronic filings will be accepted until
further notice. Persons with questions
regarding electronic filing should
contact the Office of the Secretary,
Docket Services Division (202–205–
1802), or consult the Commission’s
Handbook on Filing Procedures.
Confidential Business Information.
Any submissions that contain
confidential business information (CBI)
must also conform to the requirements
of section 201.6 of the Commission’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules
requires that the cover of the document
and the individual pages be clearly
marked as to whether they are the
‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘non- confidential’’
version, and that the confidential
business information is clearly
identified by means of brackets. All
written submissions, except for
confidential business information, will
be made available for inspection by
interested parties.
Limited Disclosure of CBI. Should a
petition be filed under section 202(a) of
the Trade Act and an investigation be
instituted under section 202(b) of the
Trade Act with respect to the products
covered by this investigation, the
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Secretary will make some or all of the
CBI obtained in this monitoring
investigation available, pursuant to
§ 206.17 of the Commission’s rules, to
authorized applicants under an
administrative protective order (APO)
issued in that investigation in
accordance with the procedures set
forth in section 206.17 of the rules.
The Commission may also include
some or all CBI submitted in this
investigation in the report it sends to the
President and the U.S. Trade
Representative in an investigation
conducted under section 202(b) or in a
related investigation. The Commission
will not otherwise disclose information
which it considers to be CBI unless the
party submitting the information had
notice, at the time of submission, that
such information would be released by
the Commission, or such party
subsequently consents to the release of
the information. See 19 U.S.C.
2252(a)(8) and 19 U.S.C. 1332(g).
Authority: This investigation is being
conducted under authority of section
202(d)(1)(B) of the Trade Act and section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: December 2, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020–26858 Filed 12–4–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7020–02–P
INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Monitoring of Fresh or Chilled
Strawberries
International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice of investigation and
scheduling of a public hearing.
AGENCY:
Following receipt on
November 4, 2020, of a request from the
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the
Commission instituted Investigation No.
332–581, Monitoring of Fresh or Chilled
Strawberries, under the Tariff Act of
1930 for the purpose collecting and
analyzing information that would
expedite an investigation under the
Trade Act of 1974 (the U.S. global
safeguard law). For purposes of this
investigation, the fresh or chilled
strawberries are those provided for in
subheading 0810.10 of the Harmonized
Tariff Schedule of the United States
(HTS).
SUMMARY:
December 7, 2020:
Commencement of monitoring.
DATES:
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All Commission offices,
including the Commission’s hearing
rooms, are located in the U.S.
International Trade Commission
Building, 500 E Street SW, Washington,
DC. All written submissions should be
submitted electronically and addressed
to the Secretary, U.S. International
Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW,
Washington, DC 20436. The public
record for this investigation may be
viewed on the Commission’s electronic
docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Project Leader Steven LeGrand (202–
205–3094 or steven.legrand@usitc.gov)
for information specific to this
investigation. For information on the
legal aspects of this investigation,
contact William Gearhart of the
Commission’s Office of the General
Counsel (202–205–3091 or
william.gearhart@usitc.gov). The media
should contact Margaret O’Laughlin,
Office of External Relations (202–205–
1819 or margaret.olaughlin@usitc.gov).
Hearing-impaired individuals may
obtain information on this matter by
contacting the Commission’s TDD
terminal at 202–205–1810. General
information concerning the Commission
may also be obtained by accessing its
website (https://www.usitc.gov).
Persons with mobility impairments
who will need special assistance in
gaining access to the Commission
should contact the Office of the
Secretary at 202–205–2000.
On
October 6, 2020, the Florida Fruit and
Vegetable Association, the Florida
Strawberry Growers Association, and
the Florida Farm Bureau requested that
U.S. imports of strawberries be
monitored under the perishable
agricultural product provisions of
section 202(d)(1) of the Trade Act (19
U.S.C. 2252(d)(1). In response to that
request, the USTR determined that
imports of strawberries satisfy the
requirements of section 202(d)(1)(A) of
the Trade Act.
Accordingly, in accordance with
section 202(d)(1)(B) of the Trade Act,
the USTR requested, under section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930, that the
Commission monitor and investigate
imports of fresh or chilled strawberries,
provided for in subheading 0810.10 of
the HTS. He further requested that the
monitoring and investigation include
the collection and analysis of
information that would expedite an
investigation under section 202(b) of the
Trade Act. He further stated that the
product in question consists of all
imports that fall within the product
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[Investigation No. 332–581]
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description under the above HTS
subheading.
Section 202(d)(1)(C) of the Trade Act
provides procedures under which
domestic producers of a perishable
agricultural product may, in a petition
filed under section 202(a) of the Trade
Act, request provisional relief. Under
those procedures, if the Commission has
monitored imports of the article for at
least 90 days, the domestic industry
may, in such a petition, request a
preliminary determination and
provisional relief pending completion of
a full Commission investigation. Should
that occur, the Commission would have
21 days, from the day on which the
request was received, to make a
preliminary injury determination, and if
in the affirmative, to recommend
provisional relief to the President.
Public Hearing: No public hearing is
planned at this time in connection with
this investigation. However, should a
public hearing or conference be
scheduled, the Commission will publish
a notice in the Federal Register and post
information about the hearing on the
Commission’s website at (https://
usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/what_
we_are_working_on.htm). Once on that
web page, scroll down to the entry for
Investigation No. 332–581, Monitoring
of Fresh or Chilled Strawberries, and
click on the link to ‘‘hearing
instructions.’’
Written Submissions: Interested
parties are invited to file written
submissions concerning this
investigation. The Commission is
particularly interested in receiving
information about imports, principal
source countries, and impact of the
imports on the domestic industry
producing the like or directly
competitive product. The Commission
is also interested in receiving
information about the condition of the
domestic industry, including with
respect to production, employment,
profits and losses, and other factors set
out in section 202(c) of the Trade Act.
To the extent practical, data and
information should include the period
2016–2020 and any subsequent period.
All written submissions should be
addressed to the Secretary, and should
be received not later than 5:15 p.m.,
January 15, 2021. All written
submissions must conform to the
provisions of section 201.8 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as
temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798
(March 19, 2020).
Under that rule waiver, the Office of
the Secretary will accept only electronic
filings at this time. Filings must be
made through the Commission’s
VerDate Sep<11>2014
18:32 Dec 04, 2020
Jkt 253001
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No
in-person paper-based filings or paper
copies of any electronic filings will be
accepted until further notice. Persons
with questions regarding electronic
filing should contact the Office of the
Secretary, Docket Services Division
(202–205–1802), or consult the
Commission’s Handbook on Filing
Procedures.
Confidential Business Information.
Any submissions that contain
confidential business information (CBI)
must also conform to the requirements
of section 201.6 of the Commission’s
Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR
201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules
requires that the cover of the document
and the individual pages be clearly
marked as to whether they are the
‘‘confidential’’ or ‘‘non- confidential’’
version, and that the confidential
business information is clearly
identified by means of brackets. All
written submissions, except for
confidential business information, will
be made available for inspection by
interested parties.
Limited Disclosure of CBI. Should a
petition be filed under section 202(a) of
the Trade Act and an investigation be
instituted under section 202(b) of the
Trade Act with respect to the products
covered by this investigation, the
Secretary will make some or all of the
CBI obtained in this monitoring
investigation available, pursuant to
§ 206.17 of the Commission’s rules, to
authorized applicants under an
administrative protective order (APO)
issued in that investigation in
accordance with the procedures set
forth in section 206.17 of the rules.
The Commission may also include
some or all CBI submitted in this
investigation in the report it sends to the
President and the U.S. Trade
Representative in an investigation
conducted under section 202(b) or in a
related investigation. The Commission
will not otherwise disclose information
which it considers to be CBI unless the
party submitting the information had
notice, at the time of submission, that
such information would be released by
the Commission, or such party
subsequently consents to the release of
the information. See 19 U.S.C.
2252(a)(8) and 19 U.S.C. 1332(g).
Authority: This investigation is being
conducted under authority of section
202(d)(1)(B) of the Trade Act and section
332(g) of the Tariff Act of 1930.
By order of the Commission.
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Issued: December 2, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020–26857 Filed 12–4–20; 8:45 am]
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE
COMMISSION
Notice of Receipt of Complaint;
Solicitation of Comments Relating to
the Public Interest
International Trade
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given that
the U.S. International Trade
Commission has received a complaint
entitled Certain Gabapentin
Immunoassay Kits and Test Strips,
Components Thereof, and Methods
Therefor, DN 3511; the Commission is
soliciting comments on any public
interest issues raised by the complaint
or complainant’s filing pursuant to the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lisa
R. Barton, Secretary to the Commission,
U.S. International Trade Commission,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC
20436, telephone (202) 205–2000. The
public version of the complaint can be
accessed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
For help accessing EDIS, please email
EDIS3Help@usitc.gov.
General information concerning the
Commission may also be obtained by
accessing its internet server at United
States International Trade Commission
(USITC) at https://www.usitc.gov. The
public record for this investigation may
be viewed on the Commission’s
Electronic Document Information
System (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
Hearing-impaired persons are advised
that information on this matter can be
obtained by contacting the
Commission’s TDD terminal on (202)
205–1810.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Commission has received a complaint
and a submission pursuant to § 210.8(b)
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure filed on behalf of ARK
Diagnostics, Inc. on December 2, 2020.
The complaint alleges violations of
section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19
U.S.C. 1337) in the importation into the
United States, the sale for importation,
and the sale within the United States
after importation of certain gabapentin
immunoassay kits and test strips,
components thereof, and methods
SUMMARY:
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INTERNATIONAL TRADE COMMISSION
[Investigation No. 332-581]
Monitoring of Fresh or Chilled Strawberries
AGENCY: International Trade Commission.
ACTION: Notice of investigation and scheduling of a public hearing.
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SUMMARY: Following receipt on November 4, 2020, of a request from the
U.S. Trade Representative (USTR), the Commission instituted
Investigation No. 332-581, Monitoring of Fresh or Chilled Strawberries,
under the Tariff Act of 1930 for the purpose collecting and analyzing
information that would expedite an investigation under the Trade Act of
1974 (the U.S. global safeguard law). For purposes of this
investigation, the fresh or chilled strawberries are those provided for
in subheading 0810.10 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United
States (HTS).
DATES: December 7, 2020: Commencement of monitoring.
ADDRESSES: All Commission offices, including the Commission's hearing
rooms, are located in the U.S. International Trade Commission Building,
500 E Street SW, Washington, DC. All written submissions should be
submitted electronically and addressed to the Secretary, U.S.
International Trade Commission, 500 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20436.
The public record for this investigation may be viewed on the
Commission's electronic docket (EDIS) at https://edis.usitc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Project Leader Steven LeGrand (202-
205-3094 or [email protected]) for information specific to this
investigation. For information on the legal aspects of this
investigation, contact William Gearhart of the Commission's Office of
the General Counsel (202-205-3091 or [email protected]). The
media should contact Margaret O'Laughlin, Office of External Relations
(202-205-1819 or [email protected]). Hearing-impaired
individuals may obtain information on this matter by contacting the
Commission's TDD terminal at 202-205-1810. General information
concerning the Commission may also be obtained by accessing its website
(https://www.usitc.gov).
Persons with mobility impairments who will need special assistance
in gaining access to the Commission should contact the Office of the
Secretary at 202-205-2000.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 6, 2020, the Florida Fruit and
Vegetable Association, the Florida Strawberry Growers Association, and
the Florida Farm Bureau requested that U.S. imports of strawberries be
monitored under the perishable agricultural product provisions of
section 202(d)(1) of the Trade Act (19 U.S.C. 2252(d)(1). In response
to that request, the USTR determined that imports of strawberries
satisfy the requirements of section 202(d)(1)(A) of the Trade Act.
Accordingly, in accordance with section 202(d)(1)(B) of the Trade
Act, the USTR requested, under section 332(g) of the Tariff Act of
1930, that the Commission monitor and investigate imports of fresh or
chilled strawberries, provided for in subheading 0810.10 of the HTS. He
further requested that the monitoring and investigation include the
collection and analysis of information that would expedite an
investigation under section 202(b) of the Trade Act. He further stated
that the product in question consists of all imports that fall within
the product
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description under the above HTS subheading.
Section 202(d)(1)(C) of the Trade Act provides procedures under
which domestic producers of a perishable agricultural product may, in a
petition filed under section 202(a) of the Trade Act, request
provisional relief. Under those procedures, if the Commission has
monitored imports of the article for at least 90 days, the domestic
industry may, in such a petition, request a preliminary determination
and provisional relief pending completion of a full Commission
investigation. Should that occur, the Commission would have 21 days,
from the day on which the request was received, to make a preliminary
injury determination, and if in the affirmative, to recommend
provisional relief to the President.
Public Hearing: No public hearing is planned at this time in
connection with this investigation. However, should a public hearing or
conference be scheduled, the Commission will publish a notice in the
Federal Register and post information about the hearing on the
Commission's website at (https://usitc.gov/research_and_analysis/what_we_are_working_on.htm). Once on that web page, scroll down to the
entry for Investigation No. 332-581, Monitoring of Fresh or Chilled
Strawberries, and click on the link to ``hearing instructions.''
Written Submissions: Interested parties are invited to file written
submissions concerning this investigation. The Commission is
particularly interested in receiving information about imports,
principal source countries, and impact of the imports on the domestic
industry producing the like or directly competitive product. The
Commission is also interested in receiving information about the
condition of the domestic industry, including with respect to
production, employment, profits and losses, and other factors set out
in section 202(c) of the Trade Act. To the extent practical, data and
information should include the period 2016-2020 and any subsequent
period.
All written submissions should be addressed to the Secretary, and
should be received not later than 5:15 p.m., January 15, 2021. All
written submissions must conform to the provisions of section 201.8 of
the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (19 CFR 201.8), as
temporarily amended by 85 FR 15798 (March 19, 2020).
Under that rule waiver, the Office of the Secretary will accept
only electronic filings at this time. Filings must be made through the
Commission's Electronic Document Information System (EDIS, https://edis.usitc.gov). No in-person paper-based filings or paper copies of
any electronic filings will be accepted until further notice. Persons
with questions regarding electronic filing should contact the Office of
the Secretary, Docket Services Division (202-205-1802), or consult the
Commission's Handbook on Filing Procedures.
Confidential Business Information. Any submissions that contain
confidential business information (CBI) must also conform to the
requirements of section 201.6 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (19 CFR 201.6). Section 201.6 of the rules requires that the
cover of the document and the individual pages be clearly marked as to
whether they are the ``confidential'' or ``non- confidential'' version,
and that the confidential business information is clearly identified by
means of brackets. All written submissions, except for confidential
business information, will be made available for inspection by
interested parties.
Limited Disclosure of CBI. Should a petition be filed under section
202(a) of the Trade Act and an investigation be instituted under
section 202(b) of the Trade Act with respect to the products covered by
this investigation, the Secretary will make some or all of the CBI
obtained in this monitoring investigation available, pursuant to Sec.
206.17 of the Commission's rules, to authorized applicants under an
administrative protective order (APO) issued in that investigation in
accordance with the procedures set forth in section 206.17 of the
rules.
The Commission may also include some or all CBI submitted in this
investigation in the report it sends to the President and the U.S.
Trade Representative in an investigation conducted under section 202(b)
or in a related investigation. The Commission will not otherwise
disclose information which it considers to be CBI unless the party
submitting the information had notice, at the time of submission, that
such information would be released by the Commission, or such party
subsequently consents to the release of the information. See 19 U.S.C.
2252(a)(8) and 19 U.S.C. 1332(g).
Authority: This investigation is being conducted under authority
of section 202(d)(1)(B) of the Trade Act and section 332(g) of the
Tariff Act of 1930.
By order of the Commission.
Issued: December 2, 2020.
Lisa Barton,
Secretary to the Commission.
[FR Doc. 2020-26857 Filed 12-4-20; 8:45 am]
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