[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20950-20951]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-9114]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-941]


Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks From the People's 
Republic of China: Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results 
of the First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

DATES: Effective Date: April 14, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katie Marksberry or Kabir Archuletta, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
7906 or (202) 482-2593, respectively.

Background

    On October 28, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated an administrative review of certain kitchen appliance 
shelving and racks from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for 
the period March 5, 2009, through August 31, 2010. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 66349 
(October 28, 2010) (``First Initiation'').\1\
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    \1\ Nashville Wire Products Inc. and SSW Holding Company, Inc. 
(collectively, ``Petitioners'') initially requested that the 
Department initiate an administrative review of ten companies; 
however, we required additional information concerning why, pursuant 
to 19 CFR 351.213(b)(1), Petitioners desired a review of five of 
these companies. See First Initiation, 75 FR at 66352. Accordingly, 
the Department postponed initiation of this administrative review 
with respect to five companies requested by Petitioners. See id. and 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews; Correction, 75 FR 69054 (November 10, 2010). After 
reviewing additional information placed on the record of this 
administrative review by Petitioners, we determined that, for three 
of the five postponed companies, Petitioners did not provide any 
reason, other than alleged transshipment, for initiation; therefore, 
we declined to initiate a review for Asia Pacific CIS (Thailand) 
Co., Ltd., Taiwan Rail Company, and King Shan Wire Co., Ltd. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 75 FR 73036, 73039 (November 29, 2010). However, we did, at 
this point, also determine that it was appropriate to initiate this 
review with respect to two additional companies originally requested 
by Petitioners: Asia Pacific CIS (Wuxi) Co., Ltd.; and Hengtong 
Hardware Manufacturing (Huizhou) Co., Ltd. See id.
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    On January 20, 2011, the Department selected two mandatory 
respondents in the above referenced administrative review pursuant to 
section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''): Guangdong Wireking Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd. 
(``Wireking'') and Jiangsu Weixi Group Co. (``Weixi'').\2\
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    \2\ See Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Office Director, Office 9, 
through Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, from Kabir 
Archuletta, International Trade Analyst, Office 9, ``Selection of 
Respondents for the Antidumping Review of Certain Kitchen Appliance 
Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of China,'' dated 
January 20, 2011.
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    The Department sent its antidumping duty questionnaire to Weixi and 
Wireking on January 20, 2011.\3\ In its questionnaire, the Department 
requested that the two firms provide a response to

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Section A of the Department's questionnaire by February 10, 2011, and 
Sections C and D of the questionnaire by February 28, 2011.
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    \3\ See Letters to Weixi and Wireking from Catherine Bertrand, 
Program Manager, AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, regarding ``Kitchen 
Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of China,'' 
dated January 20, 2011.
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    On February 2, 2011, eight days prior to the Department's February 
10, 2011, deadline for Section A questionnaire responses, the 
Department received a request on behalf of New King Shan (Zhuhai) Co., 
Ltd. (``NKS''), a mandatory respondent in the original investigation 
and a separate rate company in this review, to be selected as a 
replacement mandatory respondent in the event of a non-responsive 
mandatory respondent and for a 28-day extension to submit questionnaire 
responses.\4\ On February 4, 2011, Wireking filed a request for an 
extension of the deadline to submit its Section A response, which the 
Department extended to February 22, 2011, for Wireking and any 
potential voluntary respondents.\5\ The Department did not receive an 
extension request from Weixi and did not receive its Section A response 
by the appointed deadline.
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    \4\ See Letter from NKS regarding ``Request for Extension of 
Time to File Voluntary Response and Request for Clarification of 
Reporting of Sales,'' dated February 2, 2011.
    \5\ See Memorandum to the File from Kabir Archuletta, 
International Trade Analyst, Office 9, regarding ``Guangdong 
Wireking Housewares & Hardware Co., Ltd. Section A Questionnaire 
Extension Request,'' dated February 10, 2011.
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    On February 23, 2011, the Department received an unsolicited 
Section A questionnaire response from NKS.\6\ On March 1, 2011, because 
Weixi did not cooperate with our request for information, the 
Department selected NKS, the third largest exporter by volume, as a 
replacement mandatory respondent.\7\ We also determined that it was 
appropriate to use the Section A response already submitted by NKS as 
the basis for that company's response as a mandatory respondent.\8\ On 
March 1, 2011, the Department sent its antidumping questionnaire to NKS 
and assigned a deadline of March 22, 2011, for its Sections C and D 
responses.\9\ The preliminary results of this review are currently due 
on June 2, 2011.
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    \6\ See ``Voluntary Response to Section A by New King Shan 
(Zhuhai) Co., Ltd.,'' dated February 23, 2011.
    \7\ See Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Office Director, Office 9, 
through Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, Office 9, from Kabir 
Archuletta, International Trade Analyst, Office 9, ``Antidumping 
Review of Certain Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the 
People's Republic of China: Selection of an Additional Mandatory 
Respondent,'' dated March 1, 2011.
    \8\ See id.
    \9\ See Letter to NKS from Catherine Bertrand, Program Manager, 
Office 9, ``Kitchen Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated March 1, 2011.
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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested. Consistent with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 
the Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within a 245-day period.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The preliminary results are currently due on June 2, 2011. The non-
responsiveness of one of the initial mandatory respondents, Weixi, and 
the selection of an additional mandatory respondent, NKS, restricted 
the time that the Department has available to gather and analyze 
additional information related to the sales process, affiliations, 
establishing the proper date of sale, surrogate values for all factors 
of production, and the methodology used to report factors of 
production. As the Department has yet to receive all responses to its 
supplemental questionnaires, we require more time to analyze the 
responses and issue any additional supplemental questionnaires, as 
needed. Therefore, we find that it is not practicable to complete these 
preliminary results within the current 245 day deadline.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for issuing the preliminary 
results by 120 days until September 30, 2011. The final results 
continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results.
    This notice is published pursuant to section 777(i)(1) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: April 7, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-9114 Filed 4-13-11; 8:45 am]
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