[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 139 (Wednesday, July 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 36164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17424]



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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 Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joseph Shuler at (202) 482-1293 or 
Yasmin Nair at (202) 482-3813; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 2, 2009, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China, covering the 
period December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2008. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 5821 (February 2, 2009). The current 
deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review is 
September 2, 2009.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``the 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 of review 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.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Department requires additional time to review and analyze the 
sales and cost responses in this administrative review. The Department 
has also found the need to issue additional supplemental questionnaires 
to respondents in this review. Moreover, the Department requires 
additional time to analyze complex issues related to surrogate value 
selections. Thus, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the originally anticipated time limit (i.e., by September 2, 2009). 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results by 104 days to not later than December 15, 
2009, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 14, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-17424 Filed 7-21-09; 8:45 am]
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