[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 249 (Monday, December 29, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 79442]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-30854]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-886]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Retail Carrier 
Bags From the People's Republic of China

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 29, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Case, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3174.

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is conducting an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on polyethylene 
retail carrier bags from the People's Republic of China. On September 
9, 2008, the Department published the preliminary results of review. 
See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
73 FR 52282 (September 9, 2008). The period of review is August 1, 
2006, through July 31, 2007.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to 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 in the 
Federal Register. If it is not practicable to complete the review 
within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the final determination to 180 
days after the preliminary determination.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review by the current deadline of January 7, 2009. We 
require additional time to evaluate complex issues the parties have 
raised concerning the calculation of surrogate financial ratios. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.213(h)(2), we are extending the time period for issuing the 
final results of this review by 28 days to February 4, 2009.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 18, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
 [FR Doc. E8-30854 Filed 12-24-08; 8:45 am]
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