[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 188 (Friday, September 28, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55176-55177]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-19221]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-908]


Postponement of Final Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Sodium Hexametaphosphate from the People's Republic of 
China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Begnal or Kristina Horgan, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-1442 or (202) 482-8173, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Final Determination

    On February 28, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated the antidumping duty investigation of sodium 
hexametaphosphate from the People's Republic of China. See Initiation 
of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Sodium Hexametaphosphate From the 
People's Republic of China, 72 FR 9926 (March 6, 2007) (``Initiation 
Notice''); see also Notice of Correction of Initiation of Antidumping 
Duty Investigation: Sodium Hexametaphosphate from the People's Republic 
of China, 72 FR 11325 (March 13, 2007). On September 14, 2007, the 
Department published the Preliminary Determination in the antidumping 
duty investigation of sodium hexametaphosphate (``SHMP'') from the 
People's Republic of China. See Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Sodium Hexametaphosphate from the People's 
Republic of China, 72 FR 52544 (September 14, 2007) (``Preliminary 
Determination''). The Preliminary Determination stated that the 
Department would make its final determination for this antidumping duty 
investigation no later than 75 days after the date of publication of 
the preliminary determination (i.e., November 20, 2007).
    Section 735(a)(2) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (``the Act'') provides 
that a final

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determination may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the 
date of the publication of the preliminary determination if, in the 
event of an affirmative determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative 
preliminary determination, a request for such postponement is made by 
petitioner. In addition, the Department's regulations, at 19 CFR 
351.210(e)(2), require that requests by respondents for postponement of 
a final determination be accompanied by a request for extension of 
provisional measures from a four-month period to not more than six 
months. See 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2).
    On September 11, 2007, Hubei Xingfa Chemicals Group Co., Ltd., the 
sole active mandatory respondent, requested a 60-day extension of the 
final determination and extension of the provisional measures. Thus, 
because our preliminary determination is affirmative, and the 
respondent requesting an extension of the final determination and an 
extension of the provisional measures, accounts for a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise, and no compelling 
reasons for denial exist, we are extending the due date for the final 
determination by 60 days. For the reasons identified above, we are 
postponing the final determination until January 22, 2008.\1\
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    \1\ The sixty-day extension would result in the signature day 
falling on January 19, 2008, which is a Saturday. Therefore, the 
signature day will roll over to the next business day, January 22, 
2008, in accordance with our practice, as January 21, 2008, the 
following Monday, is a holiday. See Notice of Clarification: 
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative 
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As 
Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 777(i) and 
735(a)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: September 21, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-19221 Filed 9-27-07; 8:45 am]
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