[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 126 (Thursday, July 1, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38079-38080]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-16087]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-841]


Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Polyvinyl Alcohol From Taiwan

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

DATES: Effective Date: July 1, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Schauer at (202) 482-5760, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On September 27, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigation on polyvinyl alcohol from 
Taiwan. See Initiation of Anti-Dumping Duty Investigation: Polyvinyl 
Alcohol From Taiwan, 69 FR 59204 (October 4, 2004). On October 22, 
2004, the International Trade Commission (ITC) made a preliminary 
negative determination regarding whether there was a reasonable 
indication of injury due to imports of the subject merchandise. As a 
result, the Department did not continue the investigation.

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    The petitioner appealed the negative ITC preliminary determination 
to the Court of International Trade (CIT). On remand from the CIT, the 
ITC reversed its preliminary injury determination and found instead 
that there was a reasonable indication of injury due to imports of the 
subject merchandise. The CIT affirmed the ITC's remand determination. 
DuPont, an importer of the subject merchandise, appealed the CIT's 
decision to the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC). On 
December 23, 2009, the CAFC affirmed the ITC's decision. See Polyvinyl 
Alcohol From Taiwan; Determination, 75 FR 15726 (March 30, 2010). The 
ITC notified the Department of its affirmative determination in the 
preliminary phase of an antidumping duty investigation concerning 
imports of polyvinyl alcohol from Taiwan on March 25, 2010. See letter 
from the ITC dated March 25, 2010. On April 20, 2010, the Department 
issued a decision memorandum which stated that the deadline for the 
preliminary determination is July 18, 2010. See memorandum to Laurie 
Parkhill dated April 20, 2010, at 10.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On June 17, 2010, Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC (the 
petitioner), requested a 50-day postponement of the preliminary 
determination in order to allow the Department additional time to 
resolve a number of issues in the investigation which the petitioner 
anticipates will require supplemental questionnaires.
    For reasons identified by the petitioner 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 Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), 
and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e), by 50 days to September 6, 2010. The 
deadline for the final determination will continue to be 75 days after 
the date of the preliminary determination, 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: June 25, 2010.
Paul Piquado,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-16087 Filed 6-30-10; 8:45 am]
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