[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77828-77829]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-31366]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the First Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 14, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emeka Chukwudebe or Matthew Renkey, 
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-
0219 or (202) 482-2312 respectively.

Background

    On September 15, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the 
antidumping duty order on certain steel nails (``steel nails'') from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ Subsequent

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to the publication of the Preliminary Results, the Department extended 
the deadlines for submission of surrogate values, rebuttal comments and 
case briefs.\2\ The period of review (``POR'') is January 23, 2008, 
through July 31, 2009. The final results are currently due no later 
than January 13, 2011.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Notice of Preliminary Results and Preliminary Rescission, in Part, 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 56070 
(September 15, 2010) (``Preliminary Results'').
    \2\ See Letter from Emeka Chukwudebe, Case Analyst, Office 9, to 
Interested Parties: Extension Briefing Schedule for 1st AR 
Antidumping Administrative Reviews of Certain Steel Nails from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC'') (October 5, 2010). See also 
Memorandum For: All Interested Parties, from Emeka Chukwudebe, Case 
Analyst, Import Administration, dated October 6, 2010. See also 
Memorandum For: All Interested Parties, from Matthew Renkey, Case 
Analyst, Import Administration, dated October 21, 2010.
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Extension of Time Limit For the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires that the Department issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the deadline for the final results to a 
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results within this time limit because the Department is in the 
process of conducting the verification of a mandatory respondent and 
needs additional time to complete this verification and issue its final 
determination. In addition, the extension of the briefing schedule for 
surrogate values and company-specific issues in this proceeding 
necessitates additional time for the Department to make its final 
determination. As a result, the Department finds that it is not 
practicable to complete verification, to review the surrogate value 
data, and to analyze the case brief comments within the scheduled time 
limit. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 
the Department is fully extending the time for the completion of the 
final results of this review to March 14, 2011.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 8, 2010.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-31366 Filed 12-13-10; 8:45 am]
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