[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 176 (Monday, September 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 46978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-22046]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-570-953)


Narrow Woven Ribbons With Woven Selvedge 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 14, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland or Shelly Atkinson, AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1279 and (202) 482-0166, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 6, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'') 
initiated an investigation of narrow woven ribbons with woven selvedge 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Narrow Woven Ribbons 
With Woven Selvedge From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 74 FR 39298 (August 6, 2009). 
Currently, the preliminary determination is due no later than October 
2, 2009.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    Under section 703(c)(1)(B) 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 
no later than the 130th day after the date on which the investigation 
is initiated, if the Department determines that the parties are 
cooperating and the case is extraordinarily complicated. The Department 
finds that the instant case is extraordinarily complicated by reason of 
the number and complexity of the alleged countervailable subsidy 
practices, the need to determine the extent to which particular 
countervailable subsidies are used by individual manufacturers, 
producers, and exporters, and the number of firms whose activities must 
be investigated. Accordingly, we are fully extending the due date for 
the preliminary determination to no later than 130 days after the day 
on which the investigation was initiated (i.e., December 6, 2009). As 
December 6, 2009, is a Sunday, we will issue the preliminary 
determination no later than the next business day (i.e., December 7, 
2009).
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: September 8, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-22046 Filed 9-11-04; 8:45 am]
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