[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 199 (Friday, October 16, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53215-53216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24959]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-826]


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products From 
Italy: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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


DATES: Effective Date: October 16, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.

Background

    On February 10, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published an antidumping duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-
quality steel plate products from Italy. See Notice of Amendment of 
Final Determinations of Sales at Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping 
Duty Orders: Certain Cut-To-Length Carbon-Quality Steel Plate Products 
From France, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan and the Republic of Korea, 
65 FR 6585 (February 10, 2000). We received a timely request for review 
from Evraz Palini Bertoli S.p.A. (Palini), an Italian producer of the 
subject merchandise. On March 24, 2009, the Department published a 
notice of initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on certain cut-to-length carbon-quality steel plate products 
from Italy with respect to Palini for the period February 1, 2008, 
through January 31, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 74 FR 12310 (March 24, 2009). The preliminary results of this 
administrative review are currently due no later than October 31, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary determination is published 
in the Federal Register. If it is not practicable to complete the 
review within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary 
determination to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review by the current deadline of October 31, 2009. 
During the course of the review, Palini has requested several 
extensions of time to file its questionnaire and supplemental 
questionnaire responses, which we granted in whole or in part. Given 
the length of time that Palini requested to submit information we 
requested and the amount of time we granted Palini to respond to our 
questionnaires, we require additional time to analyze

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Palini's responses prior to issuing the preliminary results. Therefore, 
in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2), we are extending the time period for issuing the 
preliminary results of this review by 86 days to January 25, 2010.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: October 8, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-24959 Filed 10-15-09; 8:45 am]
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