[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 37 (Monday, February 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9997-9998]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-3534]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-840, A-570-920]


Lightweight Thermal Paper From Germany and the People's Republic 
of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping 
Duty Investigations

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 25, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson or George McMahon 
(Germany), or Frances Veith (the People's Republic of China), AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3797, (202) 482-1167, (202) 
482-4295, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On October 29, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigations of lightweight thermal 
paper from Germany, the Republic of Korea, and the People's Republic of 
China (PRC). See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Lightweight Thermal Paper from Germany, the Republic of 
Korea, and the People's Republic of China, 72 FR 62430 (November 5, 
2007). The notice of initiation stated that the Department would issue 
its preliminary determinations for these investigations no later than 
140 days after the date of issuance of the initiation, in accordance 
with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act). On December 5, 2007, the International Trade Commission (ITC) 
determined that imports of lightweight thermal paper from the Republic 
of Korea were negligible, and therefore, terminated the investigation 
with regard to the Republic of Korea. See Certain Lightweight Thermal 
Paper From China, Germany, and Korea, 72 FR 70343 (December 11, 2007). 
On February 6, 2008, the petitioner, Appleton Papers Inc. (Appleton), 
made a timely request pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) for a 50-day postponement of the 
preliminary determinations. The petitioner requested postponement of 
the preliminary determinations for Germany and the PRC in order to 
allow

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for additional time to evaluate the respondents' questionnaire 
responses in these investigations. 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 administrative authority 
initiated the investigation. For the reason identified by the 
petitioner and because there are no compelling reasons to deny the 
request, the Department is postponing the deadline for the preliminary 
determinations under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act by 50 days to May 
6, 2008. 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: February 19, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E8-3534 Filed 2-22-08; 8:45 am]
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