[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 53 (Tuesday, March 18, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14440-14441]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5414]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-427-827


Sodium Metal from France: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 18, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dennis McClure or Joy Zhang, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
5973 or (202) 482-1168, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 13, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigation of sodium metal from 
France. See Sodium Metal from France: Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation, 72 FR 65295 (November 20, 2007). The 
notice of initiation stated that the Department would issue its 
preliminary determination for this investigation 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). 
The preliminary determination is currently due no later than April 1, 
2008.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On February 29, 2008, the petitioner, E.I. DuPont de Nemours & Co. 
Inc., 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 determination. The petitioner requested postponement of the 
preliminary determination in order to allow for additional time to 
evaluate the respondent's questionnaire response in this investigation. 
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 determination under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act 
by 50 days to May 21, 2008. The deadline for the final determination 
will continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary 
determination, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).


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    Dated: March 12, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-5414 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]
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