Temporary Steel Fencing From the People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Countervailing Duty Investigation

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [C-570-199] ( printed page 18957) AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. DATES: Applicable May 5, 2025. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dana Mermelstein, 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) 481-1391. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) initiated a countervailing duty (CVD) investigation on imports of temporary steel fencing from the People's Republic of China (China). [ 1 ] The preliminary determination is due no later than April 10, 2025. Postponement of the 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 imitated the investigation if: (A) the petitioner makes a timely request for a postponement; or (B) Commerce concludes that the parties concerned are cooperation, that the investigation is extraordinarily complicated, and that additional time is necessary to make a preliminary determinatio…