[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75964-75965]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30666]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-875]


Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings From the People's Republic 
of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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


DATES: Effective Date: December 7, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4081.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 28, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the initiation of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from 
the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 29976, 29983 (May 
28, 2010). The period of review is April 1, 2009, through March 31, 
2010. The preliminary results of this administrative review are 
currently due no later than December 31, 2010.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further 
provides, however, that the Department may extend the 245-day period to 
365 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the foregoing time period.
    The Department determines that it is not practicable to complete 
the administrative review of non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from 
the PRC within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act because this review involves examining a number of complex issues 
related to factors of production and surrogate values, as well as 
requesting and analyzing additional information from NEP Tianjin 
Machinery Company in a supplemental questionnaire. Therefore, we find 
that additional time is needed to complete the preliminary results of 
this administrative review. As a result, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time period 
for completion of the preliminary results of this administrative 
review, which is currently due on December 31, 2010, by 30 days to 
January 30, 2011.\1\ The deadline for the final results of the review 
continues to be 120 after the publication of the preliminary results.
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    \1\ As the 30-day extension falls on Sunday, January 30, 2011, 
the deadline for the preliminary results of review will be the next 
business day, which is January 31, 2011.
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    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.


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    Dated: November 30, 2010.
Susan H. Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-30666 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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