[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 169 (Friday, August 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 50941]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-20153]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-853, A-570-937]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and the 
People's Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations 
of Antidumping Duty Investigations

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 29, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Terre Keaton Stefanova (Canada) or 
Marin Weaver (the People's Republic of China), AD/CVD Operations, 
Offices 2 and 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1280 or (202) 482-2336, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On May 5, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping investigations of Citric Acid and Certain 
Citrate Salts from Canada and the People's Republic of China. See 
Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts from Canada and the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 73 FR 
27492 (May 13, 2008).
    The notice of initiation stated that unless postponed the 
Department would issue the preliminary determinations for these 
investigations no later than 140 days after the date of issuance of the 
initiation, in accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (the Act). The preliminary determinations are 
currently due no later than September 21, 2008.
    On August 19, 2008, the petitioners, Archer Daniels Midland 
Company, Cargill, Incorporated, and Tate & Lyle Americas, Inc., made a 
timely request pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.205(e) for a 50-day postponement of the preliminary determinations. 
The petitioners requested postponement of the preliminary 
determinations in order to ensure that the Department has ample time to 
thoroughly analyze the novel and complex issues involved in these 
investigations.
    Because there are no compelling reasons to deny the request, the 
Department is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determinations pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act to November 
12, 2008,\1\ the next business day after 190 days from the date of 
initiation. The deadline for the final determinations will continue to 
be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless 
postponed.
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    \1\ November 11, 2008, is a federal holiday.
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 25, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-20153 Filed 8-28-08; 8:45 am]
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