Activation Limit Increase Under Alternative Site Framework; Foreign-Trade Zone 84; Houston, Texas, 85495 [2024-25011]
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Dated: October 23, 2024.
Dawn Shackleford,
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
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Foreign-Trade Zones Board
Disposable Aluminum Containers,
Pans, Trays, and Lids From the
People’s Republic of China:
Preliminary Affirmative Countervailing
Duty Determination, Preliminary
Affirmative Determination of Critical
Circumstances, and Alignment of Final
Determination With Final Antidumping
Duty Determination
[Order No. 2170]
Activation Limit Increase Under
Alternative Site Framework; ForeignTrade Zone 84; Houston, Texas
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Pursuant to its authority under the ForeignTrade Zones Act of June 18, 1934, as
amended (19 U.S.C. 81a–81u), the ForeignTrade Zones Board (the Board) adopts the
following Order:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones
(FTZ) Act provides for ‘‘. . . the
establishment . . . of foreign-trade
zones in ports of entry of the United
States, to expedite and encourage
foreign commerce, and for other
purposes,’’ and authorizes the Board to
grant to qualified corporations the
privilege of establishing foreign-trade
zones in or adjacent to U.S. Customs
and Border Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board adopted the
alternative site framework (ASF) (15
CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the
establishment or reorganization of
zones;
Whereas, the Port of Houston
Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 84, submitted an application to the
Board (FTZ Docket B–36–2024,
docketed June 26, 2024) for authority to
increase the activation limit of the zone
under the ASF to 3,000 acres;
Whereas, the application has been
processed pursuant to the FTZ Act and
the Board’s regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the
findings and recommendations of the
examiner’s report, and finds that the
requirements of the FTZ Act and the
Board’s regulations are satisfied;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby
orders:
The application to increase the
activation limit of the zone under the
ASF to 3,000 acres is approved, subject
to the FTZ Act and the Board’s
regulations, including section 400.13.
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Enforcement and Compliance,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily
determines that countervailable
subsidies are being provided to
producers and exporters of disposable
aluminum containers, pans, trays, and
lids (disposable aluminum containers)
from the People’s Republic of China
(China). The period of investigation
(POI) is January 1, 2023, through
December 31, 2023. Interested parties
are invited to comment on this
preliminary determination.
DATES: Applicable October 28, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Brian Warnes, AD/CVD Operations,
Office VII, Enforcement and
Compliance, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue
NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:
(202) 482–0028.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
AGENCY:
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703(c)(1)(A) of the Act.2 On July 26,
2024, Commerce further tolled all
deadlines in this proceeding by seven
days.3 The deadline for the preliminary
determination is now October 21, 2024.
For a complete description of events
that followed the initiation of this
investigation, see the Preliminary
Decision Memorandum.4 A list of topics
discussed in the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum is included as Appendix
II to this notice. The Preliminary
Decision Memorandum is a public
document and is on file electronically
via Enforcement and Compliance’s
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Centralized Electronic Service System
(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to
registered users at https://
access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete
version of the Preliminary Decision
Memorandum can be accessed directly
at https://access.trade.gov/public/
FRNoticesListLayout.aspx.
Scope of the Investigation
The products covered by this
investigation are disposable aluminum
containers from China. For a complete
description of the scope of this
investigation, see Appendix I.
Scope Comments
In accordance with the Preamble to
Commerce’s regulations,5 the Initiation
Notice set aside a period of time for
parties to raise issues regarding product
coverage (i.e., scope).6 No interested
party commented on the scope of the
investigation as it appeared in the
Initiation Notice.
Methodology
Commerce is conducting this
investigation in accordance with section
701 of the Act. For each of the subsidy
programs found to be countervailable,
Commerce preliminarily determines
that there is a subsidy, i.e., a financial
contribution by an ‘‘authority’’ that
gives rise to a benefit to the recipient,
Background
This preliminary determination is
made in accordance with section 703(b)
of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended
(the Act). Commerce published the
notice of initiation of this countervailing
duty (CVD) investigation on June 12,
2024.1 On July 25, 2024, Commerce
postponed the deadline for the
preliminary determination until October
15, 2024, in accordance with section
1 See Disposable Aluminum Containers, Pans,
Trays, and Lids from the People’s Republic of
China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty
Investigation, 89 FR 49833 (June 12,2024) (Initiation
Notice).
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2 See Disposable Aluminum Containers, Pans,
Trays, and Lids from the People’s Republic of
China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination
in the Countervailing Duty Investigation, 89 FR
60355 (July 25, 2024).
3 See Memorandum, ‘‘Tolling of Deadlines for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Proceedings,’’ dated July 25, 2024.
4 See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for
the Preliminary Affirmative Determination of the
Countervailing Duty Investigation of Disposable
Aluminum Containers, Pans, Trays, and Lids from
the People’s Republic of China,’’ dated concurrently
with, and hereby adopted by, this notice
(Preliminary Decision Memorandum).
5 See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties,
Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997)
(Preamble).
6 See Initiation Notice, 89 FR at 49834.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
Foreign-Trade Zones Board
[Order No. 2170]
Activation Limit Increase Under Alternative Site Framework;
Foreign-Trade Zone 84; Houston, Texas
Pursuant to its authority under the Foreign-Trade Zones Act of
June 18, 1934, as amended (19 U.S.C. 81a-81u), the Foreign-Trade
Zones Board (the Board) adopts the following Order:
Whereas, the Foreign-Trade Zones (FTZ) Act provides for ``. . . the
establishment . . . of foreign-trade zones in ports of entry of the
United States, to expedite and encourage foreign commerce, and for
other purposes,'' and authorizes the Board to grant to qualified
corporations the privilege of establishing foreign-trade zones in or
adjacent to U.S. Customs and Border Protection ports of entry;
Whereas, the Board adopted the alternative site framework (ASF) (15
CFR 400.2(c)) as an option for the establishment or reorganization of
zones;
Whereas, the Port of Houston Authority, grantee of Foreign-Trade
Zone 84, submitted an application to the Board (FTZ Docket B-36-2024,
docketed June 26, 2024) for authority to increase the activation limit
of the zone under the ASF to 3,000 acres;
Whereas, the application has been processed pursuant to the FTZ Act
and the Board's regulations; and,
Whereas, the Board adopts the findings and recommendations of the
examiner's report, and finds that the requirements of the FTZ Act and
the Board's regulations are satisfied;
Now, therefore, the Board hereby orders:
The application to increase the activation limit of the zone under
the ASF to 3,000 acres is approved, subject to the FTZ Act and the
Board's regulations, including section 400.13.
Dated: October 23, 2024.
Dawn Shackleford,
Executive Director of Trade Agreements Policy & Negotiations, Alternate
Chairman, Foreign-Trade Zones Board.
[FR Doc. 2024-25011 Filed 10-25-24; 8:45 am]
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