[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 27706]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-11872]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-843), (A-570-901]


Certain Lined Paper Products from India and People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limits for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or Stephanie Moore, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3797 
or (202) 482-3692, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 26, 2009, the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published a notice of initiation of both the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain lined 
paper products (CLPP) from India, and the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on CLPP from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC), covering the period September 1, 2008, to August 31, 2009. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 54956 (October 26, 
2009). The preliminary results of these reviews are currently due no 
later than June 9, 2010.\1\
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    \1\ 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 preliminary 
results of these antidumping duty administrative reviews is now June 
9, 2010. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for 
Import Administration, regarding <gr-thn-eq>Tolling of 
Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure 
During the Recent Snowstorm, ``dated February 12, 2010.''
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Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires that the Department make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
further states that if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period specified, the administering authority may 
extend the 245-day period to issue its preliminary results to up to 365 
days.
    We determine that completion of the preliminary results of these 
two reviews within the 245-day period is not practicable for the 
following reasons. Specifically, the CLPP from India review covers two 
mandatory respondents, one of which has not been individually examined 
previously. Given the complexity of the issues associated with this 
case, the Department needs additional time to address these issues with 
the new respondent. The CLPP from the PRC review covers four 
respondents. The Department needs additional time to analyze issues 
regarding affiliation for one respondent, and another respondent's 
claim of no shipments during the period of review. Further, the 
Department needs additional time to gather and analyze a significant 
amount of information associated with affiliation, companies' sales 
practices, the manufacturing costs regarding one respondent, and the 
customs entry data regarding another respondent. Finally, domestic 
interested parties have raised other issues in the CLPP from the PRC 
review which require the collection of additional information. Given 
the number and complexity of issues in these cases, and in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are fully extending the time 
period for issuing the preliminary results of these reviews by 120 
days. Therefore, the preliminary results are now due no later than 
October 7, 2010. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 12, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-11872 Filed 5-17-10; 8:45 am]
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