[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 205 (Monday, October 26, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54963-54964]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-24961]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-945]


Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the People's Republic 
of China: Postponement of the Preliminary Determination of the 
Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: October 26, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Ray, 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) 482-5403.

Background

    On June 23, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the initiation of the investigation of prestressed concrete 
steel wire strand (``PC Strand'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''), covering the period of October 1, 2008, through March 31, 
2009.\1\ On July 28, 2009, the Department selected two companies as 
mandatory respondents for this investigation: Tianjin Shengte PC Steel 
Strand Co., (``Tianjin Shengte'') and Silvery Dragon PC Steel Products 
(``Silvery Dragon'').\2\
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    \1\ Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand From the People's 
Republic of China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 74 
FR 29655 (June 23, 2009).
    \2\ Memorandum to James C. Doyle, Office 9 Director, through 
Alex Villanueva, Office 9 Program Manager, from Alexis Polovina, 
Office 9 Case Analyst, dated July 28, 2009, Antidumping Duty 
Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC''): Respondent Selection 
(``Respondent Selection Memo'').
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    On August 7, 2009, the Department received a letter from Silvery 
Dragon stating that the company would no longer be participating in the 
investigation. Tianjin Shengte failed to properly file a response to 
the Department's questionnaire in a timely manner. Since the two 
originally selected mandatory respondents no longer participated, the 
Department determined that it was appropriate in this case to replace 
them with two new additional respondents. On August 14, 2009, the 
Department selected Jiangxi Xinhua Metal Products Co. as a mandatory 
respondent,\3\ and on

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September 11, 2009, the Department selected Wuxi Jingyang Metal 
Products Co. as a voluntary respondent.\4\ The preliminary 
determination of this antidumping duty investigation is currently due 
on November 3, 2009.
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    \3\ Memorandum to the File from Alan Ray, Office 9 Case Analyst, 
through Alex Villanueva, Office 9 Program Manager, dated August 14, 
2009, Antidumping Duty Investigation of Prestressed Concrete Steel 
Wire Strand from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''): 
Replacement of Mandatory Respondent.
    \4\ Memorandum to the File, from Alan Ray, Office 9 Case 
Analyst, dated September 11, 2009, Antidumping Duty Investigation of 
Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire Strand from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC''): Replacement of Mandatory Respondent.
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Statutory Time Limits

    Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department can extend the period for a 
preliminary determination until not later than 190 days after the date 
on which the administrative authority initiates an investigation if the 
Department concludes that the parties concerned are cooperating and 
determines that:

    The case is extraordinarily complicated by the reason of (I) The 
number and complexity of the transactions to be investigated or 
adjustments to be considered, (II) the novelty of the issues 
presented, or (III) the number of firms whose activities must be 
investigated, and (ii) additional time is necessary to make the 
preliminary determination.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Determination

    Because the Department replaced both of the originally selected 
mandatory respondents in this investigation, thereby making it 
extraordinarily complicated to properly prepare a preliminary 
determination within the original statutory timeframe, the Department 
finds it necessary to extend the current preliminary determination 
deadline. Moreover, on October 6, 2009, Petitioners \5\ made a timely 
request pursuant to 733(c)(1)(B)(i) of the Act for a thirty-day 
postponement of the preliminary determination.
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    \5\ American Spring Wire Corp., Insteel Wire Products Company, 
and Sumiden Wire Products Corp.
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    Therefore, for the reasons identified above, we are postponing the 
preliminary determination under section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act by 
thirty days from November 3, 2009, to December 3, 2009.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 733(c)(2) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-24961 Filed 10-23-09; 8:45 am]
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