[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 4 (Wednesday, January 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 683]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-31466]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-849]


Commodity Matchbooks From India: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determination in the Countervailing Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: January 7, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean Carey or Dana Mermelstein, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1391 and (202) 482-3964, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 18, 2008, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated a countervailing duty investigation on commodity matchbooks 
from India. See Commodity Matchbooks From India: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 73 FR 70968 (November 24, 2008). The 
preliminary determination is currently due no later than January 22, 
2009. On December 22, 2008, D.D. Bean & Sons Co. (Petitioner), 
requested that the Department postpone the preliminary determination in 
the countervailing duty investigation on commodity matchbooks from 
India.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    Under section 703(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the Act) and 19 CFR 351.205(e), the Department may extend the deadline 
for reaching a preliminary determination in a countervailing duty 
investigation until no later than the 130th day after the date on which 
the administering authority initiates an investigation, if the 
petitioner makes a timely request for an extension of the period within 
which the determination must be made under section 703(b) of the Act. 
Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e), Petitioner's request for postponement of 
the preliminary determination was timely made 25 days or more before 
the scheduled date of the preliminary determination. Because the 
Department finds no compelling reason to deny Petitioner's request, we 
are postponing the due date for the preliminary determination to no 
later than March 30, 2009.\1\
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    \1\ Because the 130th day after the date of initiation is 
Saturday, March 28, 2009, we will issue the preliminary 
determination no later than the next business day (i.e., Monday, 
March 30, 2009).
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    This determination is issued and published pursuant to sections 
703(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

    Dated: December 30, 2008.
David M. Spooner,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-31466 Filed 1-6-09; 8:45 am]
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