[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 13, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 62765]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-25772]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-806]


Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China; Extension of 
Time Limit for the Final Results of the 2008-2009 Administrative Review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 13, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Demitri Kalogeropoulos, or Keith 
Huffman, 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-
2623 and (202) 482-4987, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 29, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated the administrative review (``AR'') of the antidumping duty 
order on silicon metal from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') 
for the period June 1, 2008, through May 31, 2009. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral 
of Administrative Review, 74 FR 37690 (July 29, 2009). On July 15, 
2010, the Department published its preliminary results. See Silicon 
Metal From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and 
Preliminary Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 75 FR 41143 (July 15, 2010). The final results of this AR are 
currently due no later than November 12, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results in an AR 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time period to a maximum of 180 days.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department requires additional time to analyze significant issues 
raised in the case briefs and rebuttal briefs. These issues include the 
calculation of surrogate financial ratios, the valuation of silica fume 
and coal, and questions regarding comparisons between U.S. prices and 
normal value. Therefore, given the complexity of issues in this case, 
we are extending the time limit for completion of the final results by 
60 days.
    An extension of 60 days from the current deadline of November 12, 
2010, would result in a new deadline of January 11, 2011.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a) and 777(i) of 
the Act.

     Dated: October 5, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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