[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 39 (Monday, March 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9159-9160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-4169]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-822]


Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the 2007-2008 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: March 1, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or David Layton, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0182 
and (202) 482-0371, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 9, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain helical spring lock washers (``lock 
washers'') from the People's Republic of China, covering the period 
October 1, 2007 through September 30, 2008. See Certain Helical Spring 
Lock Washers from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 57653 (November 9, 
2009). The final results of this administrative review were originally 
due no later than March 9, 2010. As explained in the memorandum from 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, the 
Department has exercised its discretion to toll deadlines for the 
duration of the closure of the Federal Government from February 5, 
through February 12, 2010. Thus, all deadlines in this segment of the 
proceeding have been extended by seven days. The revised deadline for 
the final results of this review is currently March 16, 2010. See 
Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import 
Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a 
Result of the Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated 
February 12, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for 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.
    In the instant review, the Department requires additional time to 
address the issues raised by interested parties regarding surrogate 
values for factors of production and to analyze additional surrogate 
value information filed by both the petitioner and respondent. In their 
case briefs and rebuttal briefs both parties have raised concerns about 
the selection of a surrogate value for steel wire rod, the key input 
for the production of lock washers. In addition, parties have presented 
arguments backed up by the timely filed surrogate value information 
regarding the selection of surrogate values for

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chemical inputs and financial ratios that the Department needs 
additional time to consider. Thus, it is not practicable to complete 
this review by March 16, 2010, and the Department is, therefore, 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results by an 
additional 60 days, as permitted by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 
The final results are now due no later than May 17, 2010.\1\
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    \1\ May 15, 2010 is the actual 60-day extended deadline. As May 
15 is a Saturday, the new final results deadline will be May 17, 
2010, the first business day after that weekend.
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    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 22, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-4169 Filed 2-26-10; 8:45 am]
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