[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 41 (Wednesday, March 4, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9385-9386]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4631]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-868


Folding Metal Tables and Chairs from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 4, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Giselle Cubillos or Charles Riggle, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1778 or (202) 482-0650, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 30, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the initiation of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on folding metal tables and chairs from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC''). 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). This review covers the period June 1, 2007, through May 31, 
2008. The preliminary results of review are currently due no later than 
March 2, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. The Act further provides, however, that 
the Department may extend that 245-day period to 365 days if it 
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
foregoing time period.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of folding metal 
tables and chairs from the PRC within this time limit. Specifically, 
additional time is needed to analyze information pertaining to factors 
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production, market economy purchases, and to determine the appropriate 
surrogate financial statements to use in establishing financial ratios. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time period for completion of the 
preliminary results of this review by 60 days until May 1, 2009.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 26, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-4631 Filed 3-3-09; 8:45 am]
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