[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 48309]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19726]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-908]


First Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Sodium 
Hexametaphosphate from the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for the Final Results

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Walker, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0413.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 15, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the first 
administrative review of sodium hexametaphosphate (``sodium hex'') from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the period September 
14, 2007 February 28, 2009. See First Administrative Review of Sodium 
Hexametaphosphate from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 75 
FR 19613 (April 15, 2010) (``Preliminary Results''). The final results 
of this administrative review are currently due on August 13, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
Preliminary Results have been published. If it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act allows the Department to extend this deadline to a maximum of 180 
days.
    The Department determines that completion of the final results of 
this review within the statutory time period is not practicable, given 
the extraordinarily complicated nature of the proceeding. The 
Department requires more time to analyze a significant amount of 
information pertaining to the respondent's corporate structure and 
ownership, sales practices and manufacturing methods. Therefore, given 
the number and complexity of issues in this case, and in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are extending the time period 
for issuing the final results of review until October 5, 2010.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(1)(3)(A) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR Sec.  351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: July 30, 2010.
Edward Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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