[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30373-30374]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13055]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-905]


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is extending the 
time limit for the preliminary results of the administrative review of 
certain polyester staple fiber from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). This review covers the period June 1, 2008, through May 31, 
2009.

DATES: Effective Date: June 1, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang or Steven Hampton, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4047 or (202) 482-0016, respectively.

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Background

    On July 29, 2009, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
polyester staple fiber from the PRC. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral of 
Administrative Review, 74 FR 37690 (July 29, 2009). On February 9, 
2010, the Department published a notice extending the deadline of the 
preliminary results by 101 days. See Certain Polyester Staple Fiber 
from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 FR 6352 (February 9, 
2010). On February 16, 2010, the Department issued a memorandum that 
tolled the deadlines for all Import Administration cases by seven 
calendar days due to the recent Federal Government closure. See 
Memorandum for the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import 
Administration, Tolling of Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the 
Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm, dated February 12, 
2010. The preliminary results of this review are currently due no later 
than June 18, 2010.

Statutory Time Limits

    In antidumping duty administrative reviews, 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 results are published. However, 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.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this administrative review within the extended time limit 
because the Department requires additional time to analyze supplemental 
questionnaire responses and evaluate surrogate value submissions for 
purposes of the preliminary results.
    Therefore, the Department is fully extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results of this administrative review by 
19 days. The preliminary results will now be due no later than July 7, 
2010. The final results continue to be due 120 days after the 
publication of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: May 24, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-13055 Filed 5-28-10; 8:45 am]
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