[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 58 (Friday, March 26, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 14568]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6797]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the First 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 26, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emeka Chukwudebe or Matthew Renkey, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0219 and (202) 482-2312, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 22, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated the first administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on certain steel nails from the PRC encompassing 158 companies for the 
period, January 23, 2008, to July 31, 2009. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 48224, (September 22, 2009) (``Initiation 
Notice''). On February 16, 2010, the Department issued a memorandum 
that tolled the deadlines for all Import Administration cases by seven 
calendar days due to the recent Federal Government closure. See 
Memorandum for the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import 
Administration, Tolling of Administrative Deadlines as a Result of the 
Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm, dated February 12, 
2010. As a result, the preliminary results are currently due on May 10, 
2010.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) direct the Department to issue the 
preliminary results in an administrative review of an antidumping duty 
order 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the order 
for which the administrative review was requested. The Department may, 
however, extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results 
of an administrative review to 365 days if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period. 
See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(h)(2).
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within this time limit. The Department is extending 
the deadline because the Department twice had to select an additional 
respondent for individual examination, which has significantly delayed 
the receipt of the original questionnaire responses. Additionally, the 
Department requires further time to issue and receive responses to 
supplemental questionnaires as well as to receive and analyze surrogate 
country and surrogate value comments. We are therefore extending the 
time for the completion of the preliminary results of this review by 
120 days to September 7, 2010. The final results continue to be due 120 
days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: March 22, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-6797 Filed 3-25-10; 8:45 am]
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