[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 203 (Thursday, October 22, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54535-54536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-25444]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-947]


Certain Steel Grating from the People's Republic of China: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 22, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Martin or Zhulieta Willbrand, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3936 or (202) 482-3147, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On June 25, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated an antidumping duty investigation on certain steel grating 
from the People's Republic of China.\1\ The notice of initiation stated 
that, unless postponed, the Department would issue its preliminary 
determination no later than 140 days after the date of issuance of the 
initiation, in accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act 
of 1930, as amended (``the Act''). The preliminary determination is 
currently due no later than November 5, 2009.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Grating from the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 74 FR 30273 
(June 25, 2009)
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    As discussed below, we have determined that this investigation is 
extraordinarily complicated within the meaning of section 
733(c)(1)(B)(i)(II) of the Act. Furthermore, we have determined that 
the parties concerned are cooperating, as required by section 
733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, and that additional time is necessary to make 
this preliminary determination in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act.
    In the investigation of certain steel grating, one of the 
respondents has submitted a novel reporting methodology for its U.S. 
sales, and the Department may require additional information from the 
respondent in order to obtain complete and appropriate data on the 
record to calculate an accurate dumping margin with respect to the 
respondent's U.S. sales. The Department can only complete its analysis 
and gather all of the necessary information by postponing the 
preliminary determination. Therefore, it is the Department's decision 
to postpone the current preliminary determination so that all of the 
issues currently under investigation at this time can be

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addressed in the most complete manner possible.
    For the reasons identified above, we are postponing the preliminary 
determination under section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, by 50 days to no 
later than December 28, 2009. The deadline for the final determination 
will continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary 
determination, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 733(c)(2), 
733(f) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 16, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-25444 Filed 10-21-09; 8:45 am]
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