[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 251 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80366-80367]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31139]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-901]


Certain Lined Paper Products from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limits for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Robinson, 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) 482-3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 31, 2007, the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain lined paper products 
from the People's Republic of China, covering the period April 17, 2006 
to August 31, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 61621 (October 31, 2007). On October 
7, 2008, the Department published the preliminary results of this 
review. See Certain Lined Paper Products from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 73 FR 58540 (October 7, 2008). The final results 
of this review are currently due no later than February 4, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit of Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results of a 
review within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results 
are published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the final results to a maximum 
of 180 days. See also 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit because several 
technical issues have arisen. The mandatory respondent and its 
suppliers have complex cost allocation issues, which require the 
Department to further clarify and analyze a significant amount of 
information associated with the factors of production and manufacturing 
costs. Thus, additional time is necessary to complete the final 
results. Therefore, the Department is fully extending the final results 
by 60 days. The final results are now due not later than April 5, 2009. 
As this date falls on a Sunday, the final results are due April 6, 
2009. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' 
Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).


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    Dated: December 18, 2008.
Stephan J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-31139 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]
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