[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 164 (Friday, August 24, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 48618]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-16809]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(C-570-915)


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic 
of China: Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the 
Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 24, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Damian Felton or Brandon Farlander, 
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-
0133 and (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 17, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated the countervailing duty investigation of light-walled 
rectangular pipe and tube from the People's Republic of China. See 
Notice of Initiation of Countervailing Duty Investigation: Light-Walled 
Rectangular Pipe and Tube from the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 
40281 (July 24, 2007). Currently, the preliminary determination is due 
no later than September 20, 2007.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    Section 703(b)(1) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary determination 
in a countervailing duty investigation within 65 days after the date on 
which the Department initiated the investigation. However, if the 
Department concludes that the parties concerned in the investigation 
are cooperating and determines that the investigation is 
extraordinarily complicated, section 703(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act allows 
the Department to postpone making the preliminary determination until 
no later than 130 days after the date on which the administering 
authority initiated the investigation.
    The Department concludes that, thus far, the parties concerned are 
cooperating. Furthermore, due to the number and complexity of the 
alleged countervailable subsidy practices being investigated, which 
include loans, grants, income tax programs, provision of goods or 
services for less than adequate remuneration and government restraints 
on exports, it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
determination of this investigation within the original time limit 
(i.e., September 20, 2007). Therefore, in accordance with section 
703(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act, we are fully extending the due date for the 
preliminary determination to no later than 130 days after the day on 
which the investigation was initiated (i.e., November 26, 2007).
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act.

    Dated: August 20, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-16809 Filed 8-23-07; 8:45 am]
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