[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 208 (Thursday, October 29, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55811-55812]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26106]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-806]


Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the 2007-2008 
Administrative Review

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

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DATES: Effective Date: October 29, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jerry Huang, Susan Pulongbarit, or 
Bobby Wong, 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) 482-4047, (202) 482-4031, or (202) 482-0409, respectively.

Background

    On July 9, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 2007-
2008 administrative review of the antidumping duty order on silicon 
metal from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the 
period June 1, 2007, through May 31, 2008. See Silicon Metal from the 
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Preliminary 
Rescission, in Part, of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 74 FR 
32,885 (July 9, 2009). The final results are currently due no later 
than November 6, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires that the Department issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the deadline for the final results to a 
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published.
    The Department requires additional time to properly consider the 
issues raised by interested parties regarding the treatment of Value-
Added Tax, surrogate values for factors of production, and numerous 
company-specific issues. Thus, it is not practicable to complete this 
review by November 6, 2009. Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the final results of this review by 31 
days, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final 
results are now due no later than December 7, 2009.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 23, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-26106 Filed 10-28-09; 8:45 am]
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