[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 22 (Wednesday, February 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6014-6015]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2240]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-839]


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From the Republic of Korea: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 2007-2008 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 31, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew McAllister or Brandon 
Farlander, AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone 
(202) 482-1174 and (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2008, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
polyester staple fiber from the Republic of Korea, covering the period 
May 1, 2007, through April 30, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 73 FR 37409 (July 1, 2008). The preliminary results for this 
review are currently due no later than January 31, 2009.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce

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(``Department'') to issue the preliminary results of an administrative 
review within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of 
an order for which a review is requested and the final results within 
120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are published. 
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 these 
deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.
    The Department requires additional time to review and analyze the 
respondent's sales and cost information and to issue supplemental 
questionnaires. Thus, it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the previously established time limit (i.e., by January 31, 
2009). Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of these preliminary results by 120 days to no later than 
May 31, 2009, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. As 
May 31, 2009 falls on a Sunday, our preliminary results will be issued 
no later than June 1, 2009, the next business day. The final results 
continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 27, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-2240 Filed 2-3-09; 8:45 am]
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