[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 251 (Wednesday, December 31, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80364-80365]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31174]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

INTERNATIONAL TRADE ADMINISTRATION

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 22, 2008

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro at (202) 482-0238 or 
Shane Subler at (202) 482-0189; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On January 28, 2008, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China, covering the 
period December 1, 2006 through November 30, 2007. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 73 FR 4829 (January 28, 2008). The current 
deadline for the preliminary results of this administrative review is 
December 22, 2008.\1\
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    \1\ On August 25, 2008, we extended the preliminary results 
deadline from September 2, 2008 to December 22, 2008. See Certain 
Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 73 FR 49993 (August 25, 2008).
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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') to 
issue the preliminary results of an administrative

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review within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of 
an order for which a review is requested. If it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act allows the Department to extend this deadline to a maximum of 365 
days.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Department requires additional time to review and analyze the 
responses in this administrative review. Moreover, the Department 
requires additional time to analyze complex issues related to surrogate 
value selections. Because the Department requires additional time to 
analyze the information, it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the anticipated time limit (i.e. December 22, 2008). Therefore, 
the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results by an additional eight days (for a total extension 
of 120 days) to not later than December 30, 2008, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act.

    Dated: December 22, 2008.
Stephen Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E8-31174 Filed 12-30-08; 8:45 am]
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