[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 4, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 23673]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10485]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
A-549-821
Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand: Extension of Time
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 4, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer or Michael A. Romani,
AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0410 or (202) 482-0198, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 9, 2004, the Department of Commerce published in the
Federal Register the antidumping duty order on polyethylene retail
carrier bags from Thailand. See Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene
Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand, 69 FR 48204 (August 9, 2004). On
September 22, 2009, we published a notice of initiation of an
administrative review of six companies. See Initiation of Antidumping
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for
Revocation in Part, 74 FR 48224, 48226 (September 22, 2009).\1\ The
period of review is August 1, 2008 through July 31, 2009.
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\1\ The review covers the following companies: C.P. Packaging
Co., Ltd., Giant Pack Co., Ltd., Landblue (Thailand) Co., Ltd.,
Sahachit Watana Plastics Ind. Co., Ltd., Thai Plastic Bags
Industries Co., Ltd., and Thantawan Industry Public Co., Ltd. Id.
The Department has determined previously that Thai Plastic Bags
Industries Co., Ltd., APEC Film Ltd., and Winner's Pack Co., Ltd.,
comprise the Thai Plastic Bags Group (TPBG). See Notice of Final
Determination of Sales at Less than Fair Value: Polyethylene Retail
Carrier Bags From Thailand, 69 FR 34122, 34123 (June 18, 2004).
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As explained in the February 12, 2010, memorandum from the Deputy
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, the Department has
exercised its discretion to toll Import Administration deadlines for
the duration of the closure of the Federal Government from February 5
through February 12, 2010. Thus, the deadline in this segment of the
proceeding has been extended by seven days. This revised deadline for
the preliminary results of this administrative review is now May 10,
2010. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for
Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines
As a Result of the Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,''
dated February 12, 2010.
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order
for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120
days after the date on which the preliminary determination is published
in the Federal Register. If it is not practicable to complete the
review within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
allows the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary
determination to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the
anniversary month.
We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary
results of this review by the current deadline of May 10, 2010, because
we require additional time to analyze a number of complex cost-
accounting and corporate-affiliation issues relating to this
administrative review that have been raised by parties to the
proceeding. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), we are extending the time period for
issuing the preliminary results of this review by 50 days to June 29,
2010.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i)(1) of the Act.
Dated: April 27, 2010.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-10485 Filed 5-3-10; 8:45 am]
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