[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 71 (Wednesday, April 15, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17451-17452]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-8652]


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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 the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: April 15, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro at (202) 482-0238, 
David Layton at (202) 482-0371, or Joseph Shuler at (202) 482-1293; 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 7, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain

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cased pencils from the People's Republic of China, covering the period 
December 1, 2006 through November 30, 2007. See Certain Cased Pencils 
from the People's Republic of China; Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 673 
(January 7, 2009) (``Preliminary Results''). The current deadline for 
the final results of this administrative review is May 7, 2009.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days of the publication of the 
preliminary results. 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 180 days.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    The Department requires additional time to complete this review 
because it conducted verifications after the Preliminary Results. The 
Department needs to allow time for parties to brief the issues, provide 
rebuttal comments, conduct a hearing, if requested, and for the 
Department to consider all the issues raised, including possible 
complex issues regarding factors of production and surrogate values. 
Consequently, it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
original 120-day time limit (i.e., by May 7, 2009). Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results to not later than July 6, 2009, which is 180 days from the date 
of publication of the Preliminary Results, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: April 9, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
 [FR Doc. E9-8652 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]
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