[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 161 (Friday, August 21, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 42229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20140]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-560-822, A-583-843, A-552-806]


Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Indonesia, 
Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 21, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun at (202) 482-5760 
(Indonesia) or Dmitry Vladimirov at (202) 482-0665 (Taiwan), AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 5; Maisha Cryor at (202) 482-5831 (Socialist 
Republic of Vietnam), AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14\th\ Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On April 20, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigations on polyethylene retail 
carrier bags from Indonesia, Taiwan, and the Socialist Republic of 
Vietnam. See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From Indonesia, Taiwan, 
and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 74 FR 19049 (April 27, 2009). The notice of initiation 
stated that the Department would issue its preliminary determinations 
for these investigations no later than 140 days after the issuance of 
the initiation in accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) unless 
postponed. On August 13, 2009, Hilex Poly Co., LLC, and Superbag 
Corporation (the petitioners) made timely requests pursuant to 19 CFR 
351.205(b)(2) and (e) for postponement of the preliminary 
determinations in these investigations.

Taiwan

    With regard to Taiwan, the petitioners requested a 42-day 
postponement of the preliminary determination in order to allow the 
Department additional time to resolve a number of issues in the 
investigation.
    For reasons identified by the petitioners and because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny the request, the Department is postponing 
the deadline for the preliminary determination in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) by 42 
days to October 19, 2009. The deadline for the final determination will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determination, 
unless extended.

Indonesia and Vietnam

    With regard to Indonesia and Vietnam, the petitioners requested a 
50-day postponement of the preliminary determinations in order to allow 
the Department additional time to resolve a number of complex issues in 
the investigations.
    For reasons identified by the petitioners and because there are no 
compelling reasons to deny the requests, the Department is postponing 
the deadline for the preliminary determinations in accordance with 
section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) by 50 
days to October 27, 2009. The deadline for the final determinations 
will continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary 
determinations, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 17, 2009.
Carole A. Showers,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Negotiations.
[FR Doc. E9-20140 Filed 8-20-09; 8:45 am]
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