[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 23673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10485]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-549-821


Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer or Michael A. Romani, 
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-
0410 or (202) 482-0198, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 9, 2004, the Department of Commerce published in the 
Federal Register the antidumping duty order on polyethylene retail 
carrier bags from Thailand. See Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 
Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand, 69 FR 48204 (August 9, 2004). On 
September 22, 2009, we published a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of six companies. See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for 
Revocation in Part, 74 FR 48224, 48226 (September 22, 2009).\1\ The 
period of review is August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009.
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    \1\ The review covers the following companies: C.P. Packaging 
Co., Ltd., Giant Pack Co., Ltd., Landblue (Thailand) Co., Ltd., 
Sahachit Watana Plastics Ind. Co., Ltd., Thai Plastic Bags 
Industries Co., Ltd., and Thantawan Industry Public Co., Ltd. Id. 
The Department has determined previously that Thai Plastic Bags 
Industries Co., Ltd., APEC Film Ltd., and Winner's Pack Co., Ltd., 
comprise the Thai Plastic Bags Group (TPBG). See Notice of Final 
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Polyethylene Retail 
Carrier Bags From Thailand, 69 FR 34122, 34123 (June 18, 2004).
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    As explained in the February 12, 2010, memorandum from the Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, the Department has 
exercised its discretion to toll Import Administration deadlines for 
the duration of the closure of the Federal Government from February 5 
through February 12, 2010. Thus, the deadline in this segment of the 
proceeding has been extended by seven days. This revised deadline for 
the preliminary results of this administrative review is now May 10, 
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 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 May 10, 2010, because 
we require additional time to analyze a number of complex cost-
accounting and corporate-affiliation issues relating to this 
administrative review that have been raised by parties to the 
proceeding. 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 50 days to June 29, 
2010.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 27, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-10485 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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