[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 32 (Thursday, February 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 7660]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-3539]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-905]


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 19, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Emeka Chukwudebe, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0219.

Background

    On July 30, 2008, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of an administrative review of certain polyester staple fiber from the 
People's Republic of China covering the period December 26, 2006, 
through May 31, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part, and 
Deferral of Administrative Review, 73 FR 44220 (July 30, 2008). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than March 2, 2009.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary results are published. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within these 
time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to 
extend the time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 
365 days after the last day of the anniversary month.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department requires additional time to analyze the supplemental 
questionnaire responses, possibly issue additional supplemental 
questionnaires, and evaluate the most appropriate surrogate values on 
the administrative record to use in this segment of the proceeding. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results by 120 days. The preliminary results will now 
be due no later than June 30, 2009. 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) of the Act.

    Dated: February 11, 2009.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-3539 Filed 2-18-09; 8:45 am]
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