[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 213 (Thursday, November 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 57289-57290]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-26577]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-960]


Certain Standard Steel Fasteners From the People's Republic of 
China: Amendment to Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation

DATES: Effective Date: November 5, 2009.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``Department'') is currently 
conducting an antidumping duty investigation of certain standard steel 
fasteners from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). The period of 
investigation (``POI'') is January 1, 2009, through June 30, 2009. We 
are limiting the number of quantity and value questionnaires that will 
be sent directly to exporters and extending the deadline for parties to 
submit a response to the quantity and value questionnaire.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pulongbarit or Jerry Huang, AD/
CVD Operations Office 9, (202) 482-4031 or (202) 482-4047, 
respectively; Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    Background: On October 22, 2009, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty 
investigations of certain standard steel fasteners (``fasteners'') from 
the PRC and Taiwan. See Certain Standard Steel Fasteners From the 
People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 74 FR 54537 (October 22, 2009) (``Initiation'').

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the Initiation, the Department stated 
that it intended to release quantity and value questionnaires to those 
PRC companies identified in the petitions by Nucor Fastener 
(``Petitioner''). See Petitions for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duties: Certain Standard Steel Fasteners from the 
People's Republic of China and Taiwan, dated September 23, 2009, at 
Exhibit I-4 (``Petition'') and Letter from Wiley Rein to the Secretary 
of Commerce Regarding Certain Standard Steel Fasteners from the 
People's Republic of China, dated October 14, 2009, at Attachment.
    Given that Petitioner identified more than 400 producers and 
exporters of fasteners from the PRC, the Department has determined to 
limit the number of quantity and value questionnaires it will send out 
to exporters based on U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'')

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data for U.S. imports under the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the 
United States (``HTSUS'') numbers 7318.15.2030, 7318.15.2055, 
7318.15.2065, 7318.15.8065, 7318.15.8085, and 7318.16.0085. These are 
the same HTSUS numbers used by Petitioner to demonstrate that dumping 
occurred during the POI. See Petition at Exhibit I-6.
    Moreover, although the Department is limiting the number of 
quantity and value questionnaires it will send out, exporters of 
fasteners that do not receive quantity and value questionnaires that 
intend to submit a response can obtain a copy from the Import 
Administration Web site at http://ia.ita.doc.gov/ia-highlights-and-news.html. Accordingly, the Department is extending the deadline to 
submit responses to the quantity and value questionnaires from November 
3, 2009, to November 19, 2009.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

    Dated: October 29, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-26577 Filed 11-4-09; 8:45 am]
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