[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 76615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-29946]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-868]


Folding Metal Tables and Chairs From the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 17, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6412.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On July 26, 2007, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the initiation of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on folding metal tables and chairs from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 72 FR 41057 (July 26, 2007). On July 14, 2008, the Department 
published the preliminary results of review. See Folding Metal Tables 
and Chairs from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Intent to Revoke in Part, 73 
FR 40285 (July 14, 2008). This review covers the period June 1, 2006, 
through May 31, 2007.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``Act''), the Department shall make a final determination in 
an administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 120 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results are published. The Act 
further provides that the Department may extend that 120-day period to 
180 days after the preliminary results if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period.
    On November 10, 2008, the Department published a notice extending 
the time limit until December 11, 2008, for the final results of this 
administrative review. See Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the 
People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Final 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 73 FR 66595 
(November 10, 2008).
    The Department now finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of the administrative review of folding metal tables and 
chairs from the PRC within the current deadline due to complex issues 
the parties have raised related to revocation, market-economy purchase 
prices, and surrogate financial statements. We find that additional 
time is needed to complete these final results. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is 
extending by 30 days the time period for completion of the final 
results of this review. This extension makes these final results due 
180 days after the date on which the preliminary results were 
published, i.e., January 10, 2009. However, because January 10, 2009, 
falls on a weekend, the actual due date will be the first business day 
following the Search Term Begin weekend, i.e., January 12, 2009.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 11, 2008.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-29946 Filed 12-16-08; 8:45 am]
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