[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 102 (Thursday, May 27, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 29720]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12804]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


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

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

DATES: Effective Date: May 27, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro or Joseph Shuler, 
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-
0238 and (202) 482-1293, respectively.

Background

    On December 22, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain cased pencils from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period December 1, 2007 
through November 30, 2008. See Certain Cased Pencils From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 68047 (December 22, 2009). The final 
results for this administrative review were due no later than April 21, 
2010.\1\ On April 21, 2010, the Department published a notice extending 
the time limit for completion of the final results by 30 days to May 
28, 2010, because it needed additional time to analyze complex 
surrogate value issues. See Certain Cased Pencils From the People's 
Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 20815 (April 21, 2010).
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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 11, 2010. As 
a result, all deadlines in this segment have been extended by seven 
days and the revised deadline for the final results became April 28, 
2010. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, Deputy 
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, ``Tolling of 
Administrative Deadlines As a Result of the Government Closure 
During Recent Snowstorm,'' dated February 12, 2010.
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Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to 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 now finds it is not practicable to complete 
the final results of this administrative review within the initial time 
extension of May 28, 2010, because the Department continues to need 
additional time to consider the complex issues related to surrogate 
valuation. Therefore, the Department is further extending the time 
limit for completion of the final results of this review by an 
additional 30 days to June 27, 2010, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2). However, June 27, 
2010, falls on a Sunday, and it is the Department's long-standing 
practice to issue a determination the next business day when the 
statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal holiday, or any other 
day when the Department is closed. See Notice of Clarification: 
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative 
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 
70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). Accordingly, the deadline for completion of 
the final results is now no later than June 28, 2010.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: May 21, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-12804 Filed 5-26-10; 8:45 am]
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