[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 220 (Tuesday, November 17, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 59132]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-27576]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-570-894)


Certain Tissue Paper Products From the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 2008-2009 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Smith or Gemal Brangman, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 2, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1766 
or (202) 482-3773, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 27, 2009, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain tissue 
products from the People's Republic of China (PRC), covering the period 
March 1, 2008, through February 28, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for 
Revocation in Part, 74 FR 19042 (April 27, 2009). The preliminary 
results for this administrative review are currently due no later than 
December 1, 2009.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of an order for which a 
review is requested. If it is not practicable to complete the review 
within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend this deadline to a maximum of 365 days.
    In this administrative review, the petitioner placed on the record 
in a timely manner a large amount of information alleging that the 
respondent, Max Fortune Industrial Limited and Max Fortune (FETDE) 
Paper Products Co., Ltd. (collectively referred to as ``Max Fortune''), 
has not reported (1) multiple affiliates involved in the production 
and/or sale of the subject merchandise exported to the United States 
during the POR; and (2) multiple unaffiliated suppliers of raw 
materials and converting services involved in the production of the 
subject merchandise exported to the United States during the POR.\1\ 
Max Fortune subsequently placed a lengthy response submission on the 
record denying those allegations.\2\ The Department requires additional 
time to review and analyze the data the petitioner and Max Fortune have 
placed on the record with regard to this issue. Furthermore, the 
Department requires additional time to obtain additional information 
from, and conduct verification of the questionnaire responses submitted 
by the other respondent in this case, Seaman Paper Asia Company 
Limited. Thus, it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
original time limit. Therefore, the Department is fully extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results by 120 days to 365 
days, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The 
preliminary results are now due no later than March 31, 2010. The final 
results continue to be due 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results.
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    \1\ See the petitioner's submission dated September 15, 2009.
    \2\ See the respondent's October 19, 2009, submission.
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    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: November 10, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-27576 Filed 11-16-09; 8:45 am]
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