[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 25, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42857-42858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20501]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-821]


Hot-Rolled Carbon Steel Products from India: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gayle Longest, AD/CVD Operations,

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Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, Room 4014, 14th Street and Constitution 
Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-3338.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 2, 2009, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the countervailing duty order on hot-rolled carbon steel 
products from India covering the period January 1, 2008, through 
December 31, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 
5821 (February 2, 2009). The preliminary results are currently due no 
later than September 2, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    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. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
further states that if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period specified, the administering authority may 
extend the 245-day period to issue its preliminary results to up to 365 
days.
    Due to the complexity of the issues in this administrative review, 
such as the number of programs under review during the POR, we have 
determined that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results within the 245-day period. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are extending the time period for 
issuing the preliminary results of the review by 120 days. The 
preliminary results are now due no later than December 31, 2009. The 
final results continue to be due 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: August 19, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-20501 Filed 8-24-09; 8:45 am]
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