[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 217 (Friday, November 9, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 63558]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-22049]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909, A-520-802]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China and the 
United Arab Emirates: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of 
Antidumping Duty Investigations

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

DATES: Effective Dates: November 9, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bankhead (PRC) (202) 482-9068 
or David Goldberger (UAE) (202) 482-4136; AD/CVD Operations, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On July 9, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated antidumping duty investigations of imports of certain steel 
nails from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') and the United Arab 
Emirates (``UAE''). See Certain Steel Nails from the People's Republic 
of China and the United Arab Emirates: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 72 FR 38816 (July 16, 2007). The notice of initiation 
stated that we would issue our preliminary determinations no later than 
140 days after the date of initiation. Currently, the preliminary 
determinations in these investigations are due on November 26, 2007.
    On November 1, 2007, the petitioners \1\ made timely requests, 
pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e), for a 50-day postponement of the 
preliminary determinations in the investigations, pursuant to section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The 
petitioners stated that a postponement of these preliminary 
determinations is necessary because of the complexities of the 
investigations and the required analyses for them, and because the 
Department is still involved in gathering initial data from the 
respondents.
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    \1\ Mid Continent Nail Corporation, Davis Wire Corporation, 
Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (Atlas Steel & Wire Division), Maze 
Nails (Division of W.H. Maze Company), Treasure Coast Fasteners, 
Inc., and the United Steel, Paper and Forestry, Rubber, 
Manufacturing, Energy, Allied Industrial and Service Workers 
International Union.
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    Under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, if the petitioner makes a 
timely request for an extension of the period within which the 
preliminary determination must be made under subsection (b)(1), then 
the Department may postpone making the preliminary determination under 
subsection (b)(1) until not later than the 190th day after the date on 
which the administering authority initiated the investigation. 
Therefore, for the reasons identified by the petitioners and because 
there are no compelling reasons to deny their requests, the Department 
is postponing the preliminary determinations in these investigations 
until January 15, 2008, which is 190 days from the date on which the 
Department initiated these investigations.
    The deadline for the final determinations will continue to be 75 
days after the date of the preliminary determinations, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: November 5, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-22049 Filed 11-8-07; 8:45 am]
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