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Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions: Certain Van-Type Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From Canada, Mexico, and the People's Republic of China

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 2 (Monday, January 5, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 249]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-24281]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-875, A-201-867, A-570-219, C-122-876, C-201-868, C-570-218]


Notice of Extension of the Deadline for Determining the Adequacy 
of the Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions: Certain Van-Type 
Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof From Canada, Mexico, and the 
People's Republic of China

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


DATES: Applicable December 31, 2025.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maria Theresa Aymerich at (202) 482-
0499 (Canada AD); Kelsie Hohenberger at (202) 482-2517 or Olivia 
Woolverton at (202) 482-7452 (Canada CVD); Thomas Gilgunn at (202) 482-
4236 (Mexico AD); Suresh Maniam at (202) 482-0176 (Mexico CVD); Jacob 
Waddell at (202) 482-1369 (the People's Republic of China (China) AD); 
Alice Maldonado (202) 482-5882 (China CVD), AD/CVD Operations, 
Enforcement and Compliance, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

Extension of Initiation of Investigations

The Petitions

    On November 20, 2025, the U.S. Department of Commerce (Commerce) 
received antidumping and countervailing duty petitions on imports of 
certain van-type trailers and subassemblies thereof (van-type trailers) 
from Canada, Mexico, and China filed in proper form on behalf of the 
American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition (the petitioner),\1\ the 
members of which are domestic producers of van-type trailers.\2\
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    \1\ The members of the American Trailer Manufacturers Coalition 
are Great Dane LLC, Stoughton Trailers LLC, and Wabash National 
Corporation.
    \2\ See Petitioner's Letter, ``Petitions for the Imposition of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Imports of Van-Type 
Trailers and Subassemblies Thereof from Canada, Mexico, and the 
People's Republic of China,'' dated November 20, 2025 (Petitions).
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    Due to a backlog of documents that were electronically filed via 
Enforcement and Compliance's Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Centralized Electronic Service System (ACCESS) during the Federal 
Government shutdown, on November 24, 2025, Commerce tolled all 
deadlines in administrative proceedings by 21 days.\3\
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    \3\ See Memorandum, ``Tolling of All Case Deadlines,'' dated 
November 24, 2025.
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Determination of Industry Support for the Petitions

    Sections 702(b)(1) and 732(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), require that a petition be filed by or on behalf of 
the domestic industry. To determine that the petition has been filed by 
or on behalf of the industry, sections 702(c)(4)(A) and 732(c)(4)(A) of 
the Act require that the domestic producers or workers who support the 
petition account for: (i) at least 25 percent of the total production 
of the domestic like product; and (ii) more than 50 percent of the 
production of the domestic like product produced by that portion of the 
industry expressing support for, or opposition to, the petition. 
Moreover, sections 702(c)(4)(D) and 732(c)(4)(D) of the Act provide 
that, if the petition does not establish support of domestic producers 
or workers accounting for more than 50 percent of the total production 
of the domestic like product, Commerce shall: (i) poll the industry or 
rely on other information in order to determine if there is support for 
the petition, as required by subparagraph (A); or (ii) if there is a 
large number of producers, determine industry support using a 
statistically valid sampling method to poll the industry.

Extension of Time

    Sections 702(c)(1)(A) and 732(c)(1)(A) of the Act provide that 
within 20 days of the filing of an antidumping or countervailing duty 
petition, Commerce will determine, inter alia, whether the petition has 
been filed by or on behalf of the U.S. industry producing the domestic 
like product. Sections 702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act provide 
that the deadline for the initiation determination, in exceptional 
circumstances, may be extended by 20 days in any case in which Commerce 
must ``poll or otherwise determine support for the petition by the 
industry.'' Because it is not clear from the Petitions whether the 
industry support criteria have been met, Commerce has determined it 
should extend the time period for determining whether to initiate the 
investigations in order to further examine the issue of industry 
support.
    Commerce will need additional time to gather and analyze additional 
information regarding industry support. Therefore, it is necessary to 
extend the deadline for determining the adequacy of the Petitions by an 
additional 20 days. As a result, in accordance with sections 
702(c)(1)(B) and 732(c)(1)(B) of the Act, Commerce's initiation 
determination will now be due no later than January 20, 2026.

International Trade Commission Notification

    Commerce will contact the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) 
and will make this extension notice available to the ITC.

    Dated: December 31, 2025.
Scot Fullerton,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2025-24281 Filed 1-2-26; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P


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