[Federal Register: September 10, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 174)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-570-917)

 
Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's Republic of China: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley or Jack Zhao, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3148 and (202) 482-1396, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 18, 2007, the Department of Commerce (Department) initiated 
the countervailing duty investigation of laminated woven sacks (LWS) 
from the

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People's Republic of China. See Laminated Woven Sacks from the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation, 72 
FR 40839 (July 25, 2007). Currently, the preliminary determination is 
due no later than September 21, 2007.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    On August 23, 2007, Bancroft Bag, Inc., Coating Excellence 
International, Inc., Hood Packaging Corporation, Mid-America Packaging, 
LLC, and Polytex Fibers Corporation (collectively, petitioners), 
submitted a letter requesting that the Department postpone the 
preliminary determination of the countervailing duty investigation of 
LWS from the People's Republic of China by 65 days. Under section 
703(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), the 
Department may extend the period for reaching a preliminary 
determination in a countervailing duty investigation until not later 
than the 130th day after the date on which the administering authority 
initiates an investigation if the petitioner makes a timely request for 
an extension of the period within which the determination must be made 
under section 703(b) of the Act. Pursuant to section 351.205(e) of the 
Department's regulations, the petitioners' request for postponement of 
the preliminary determination was made 25 days or more before the 
scheduled date of the preliminary determination. Accordingly, we are 
extending the due date for the preliminary determination by 65 days to 
November 25, 2007. Because November 25, 2007 is a Sunday, the 
Department will issue the preliminary determination no later than 
November 26, 2007.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: August 31, 2007.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-17747 Filed 9-7-07; 8:45 am]

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