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5The PRC-Wide entity includes Tianjin Hongtong 

Metal Manufacture Co. Ltd. 

1See Antidumping Methodologies for Proceedings 

That Involve Significant Cost Changes Throughout 

the Period of Investigation (POI)/Period of Review 

(POR) That May Require Using Shorter Cost 

Averaging Periods; Request for Comment, 73 FR 

26364 (May 9, 2008). 

STEEL WIRE GARMENT HANGERS FROM THE PRC—AMENDED DUMPING MARGINS—Continued 

Exporter & producer Weighted-average 

deposit rate 

PRC-Wide Rate 5 ......................................................................................................................................................................... 187.25 

Continuation of Suspension of 

Liquidation 

In accordance with section 

735(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we will instruct 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

(‘‘CBP’’) to continue to suspend 

liquidation on all entries of subject 

merchandise from the PRC. We will also 

instruct CBP to require cash deposits or 

the posting of a bond equal to the 

estimated amount by which the normal 

value exceeds the U.S. price as 

indicated in the chart above. These 

instructions suspending liquidation will 

remain in effect until further notice. 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

735(d) and 777(i)(1) of the Act, and 19 

CFR 351.224(e). 

Dated: September 8, 2008. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–21468 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–423–808] 

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From 

Belgium: Extension of Time Limit for 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cindy Robinson or George McMahon, 

AD/CVD Operations, Office 3, Import 

Administration, International Trade 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; 

telephone (202) 482–3797 or (202) 482– 

1167, respectively. 

Background 

On June 6, 2008, the U.S. Department 

of Commerce (Department) published in 

the Federal Register the preliminary 

results of the administrative review of 

the antidumping duty order on stainless 

steel plate in coils From Belgium. See 

Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from 

Belgium: Preliminary Results of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 73 FR 32298 (June 6, 2008) 

(Preliminary Results). The current 

deadline for the final results of this 

review is October 4, 2008. 

Extension of Time Limit for Final 

Results of Review 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 

the Department to issue the final results 

in an administrative review within 120 

days after the date on which the 

preliminary results were published. 

However, if it is not practicable to 

complete the review within this time 

period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 

allows the Department to extend the 

time limit for the final results to up to 

180 days from the date of publication of 

the preliminary results. See also 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2). 

The Department finds that it is not 

practicable to complete the review 

within the original time frame due to 

the further analysis required in this 

case. As referenced in the Preliminary 

Results, the Department recently 

requested public comment regarding the 

impact of cost changes on the cost 

averaging period.1 In response to this 

request, the Department received a 

number of comments from parties 

regarding the use of shorter cost 

averaging periods. The Department will 

need additional time to analyze the 

complex issues raised in these 

comments. Furthermore, the 

Department needs additional time to 

analyze respondent, Ugine and ALZ 

Belgium’s cost of production 

supplemental questionnaire response, 

which was received after the 

Department’s issuance of the 

Preliminary Results. Consequently, in 

accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 

the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the 

Department is extending the time limit 

for the completion of the final results of 

the review by an additional 60 days. 

Therefore, the final results of review are 

now due no later than December 3, 

2008. 

This extension notice is issued and 

published in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.213(h)(2). 

Dated: September 9, 2008. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–21472 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–580–839] 

Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From 

the Republic of Korea: Notice of 

Extension of Time Limit for the Final 

Results of the 2006–2007 

Administrative Review 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 

2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew McAllister or Brandon 

Farlander, 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) 482–1174 

and (202) 482–0182, respectively. 

Statutory Time Limits 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 

requires the Department of Commerce 

(‘‘Department’’) to issue the preliminary 

results of an administrative review 

within 245 days after the last day of the 

anniversary month of an order for which 

a review is requested and the final 

results within 120 days after the date on 

which the preliminary results are 

published. If it is not practicable to 

complete the review within the time 

period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 

allows the Department to extend these 

deadlines to a maximum of 365 days 

and 180 days, respectively. 

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Background 

On May 30, 2008, the Department 

published the preliminary results of the 

2006–2007 administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on certain 

polyester staple fiber from the Republic 

of Korea. See Certain Polyester Staple 

Fiber from Korea: Preliminary Results of 

the 2006/2007 Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review, 73 FR 31058 

(May 30, 2008). In our preliminary 

results, we stated that we would issue 

our final results for the antidumping 

duty administrative review no later than 

120 days after the date of publication of 

the preliminary results (i.e., September 

27, 2008). 

Extension of Time Limits for Final 

Results 

The Department has determined that 

completion of the final results of this 

review within the original time period 

is not practicable due to the complex 

legal and factual issues that have arisen 

since the issuance of our preliminary 

results of review. Specifically, the 

Department requires additional time to 

review interested parties’ comments on 

information regarding respondent’s, 

Huvis Corporation’s, affiliated parties. 

Thus, in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department 

is extending the time period for issuing 

the final results of review by an 

additional 60 days, until November 26, 

2008. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: September 8, 2008. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E8–21362 Filed 9–12–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Imports of Certain Apparel Articles: 

Interim Procedures for the 

Implementation of the Earned Import 

Allowance Program Established Under 

the Food, Conservation, and Energy 

Act of 2008 

ACTION: Interim procedures, request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce 

is issuing interim procedures 

implementing provisions under the 

Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

2008 (‘‘the Act’’), enacted in its entirety 

by Congress on June 18, 2008. Title XV, 

Subtitle D, Part I of the Act contains 

amendments to the special rules for 

apparel and other textiles from Haiti in 

Section 213A(b) of the Caribbean Basin 

Economic Recovery Act (‘‘CBERA’’) (19 

U.S.C. 2703a(b)), including rules 

enacted in 2006 by the Haitian 

Hemispheric Opportunity through 

Partnership Encouragement Act of 2006 

(‘‘HOPE’’). These amendments are also 

cited as the ‘‘Haitian Hemispheric 

Opportunity through Partnership 

Encouragement Act of 2008’’ (‘‘HOPE 

II’’). Under Section 15402 of the Act, 

Section 213A(b) of CBERA is amended 

by creating a benefit for apparel wholly 

assembled or knit-to-shape in Haiti that 

meets a ‘‘3 for 1’’ earned import 

allowance. The amendment requires the 

Secretary of Commerce to establish a 

program to provide earned import 

allowance certificates to any producer 

or entity controlling production of 

apparel in Haiti, such that apparel 

wholly assembled or knit-to-shape in 

Haiti from any combination of fabrics, 

fabric components, components knit-toshape, or yarns, regardless of their 

source, and imported directly from Haiti 

or the Dominican Republic may enter 

the United States duty-free, pursuant to 

the satisfaction of the terms governing 

issuance of the earned import allowance 

certificate by the producer or entity 

controlling production of apparel in 

Haiti. 

DATES: These interim procedures are 

effective as of September 30, 2008. 

Although these procedures are not 

subject to the requirement to provide 

prior notice and opportunity for public 

comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(A) 

(‘‘Administrative Procedures Act’’), 

Commerce will consider written 

comments received by 5 p.m. on 

November 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to: R. Matthew Priest, Deputy 

Assistant Secretary for Textiles and 

Apparel, Room 3001, United States 

Department of Commerce, Washington, 

DC 20230. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Maria Dybczak, Office of Textiles and 

Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce, 

(202) 482–3651. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Department of Commerce is 

issuing interim procedures 

implementing Section 15402 of the Act, 

which was enacted in its entirety by 

Congress on June 18, 2008. Title XV, 

Subtitle D, Part I of the Act contains 

amendments to the special rules for 

apparel and other textiles from Haiti in 

Section 213A(b) of CBERA (19 U.S.C. 

2703a(b)), including rules enacted in 

2006 by HOPE. These amendments are 

also cited as HOPE II. 

Under Section 15402 of the Act, 

Section 213A(b) of CBERA is amended 

by creating an uncapped benefit for 

apparel wholly assembled or knit-toshape in Haiti that meets a ‘‘3 for 1’’ 

earned import allowance. The Act 

requires that the Secretary of Commerce 

establish an Earned Import Allowance 

program under Section 213A(b) such 

that apparel wholly assembled or knitto-shape in Haiti from any combination 

of fabrics, fabric components, 

components knit-to-shape, or yarns and 

imported directly from Haiti or the 

Dominican Republic shall enter the 

United States free of duty, without 

regard to the source of the fabrics, fabric 

components, components knit-to-shape 

or yarns from which the articles are 

made, if such apparel articles are 

accompanied by an earned import 

allowance certificate (‘‘certificate’’) that 

reflects the amount of credits equal to 

the total square meter equivalent 

(‘‘SME’’) of such apparel articles, in 

accordance with the program outlined 

below. The Secretary of Commerce has 

delegated his authority under the Act to 

implement and administer the Earned 

Import Allowance program to the 

International Trade Administration’s 

Office of Textiles and Apparel 

(‘‘OTEXA’’). 

This notice sets forth the interim 

procedures OTEXA will follow in 

implementing the provisions of HOPE II 

and the Earned Import Allowance 

program. In accordance with these 

procedures, OTEXA will issue 

certificates to qualifying apparel 

producers to accompany imports of 

apparel wholly formed or knit-to-shape 

in Haiti and exported from Haiti or the 

Dominican Republic. Such certificates 

will be issued as long as there is 

sufficient balance of SMEs available as 

a result of the purchase of qualifying 

woven fabrics or qualifying knit fabrics, 

as defined below, intended for 

production in Haiti. OTEXA, promptly 

upon promulgation of these interim 

procedures, intends to begin the process 

of opening and administering qualifying 

apparel producers’ accounts to issue 

certificates as appropriate. 

These procedures may be modified in 

the future to address concerns that may 

arise as OTEXA gains experience in 

implementing them. Pursuant to the 

Secretary’s delegation of authority, 

OTEXA may reconsider, and/or 

subsequently amend, any determination 

to deposit credits or request to issue 

certificates that may have been procured 

by error, fraud, or similar faults. 

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