[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 229 (Tuesday, December 1, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 62745]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-28778]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-806]


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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 1, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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). On October 29, 2009, the Department published a 
notice extending the deadline for the final results of the 2007-2008 
administrative review of silicon metal from the PRC. See 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, 74 FR 
55,811 (October 29, 2009). The final results are currently due no later 
than December 7, 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. On October 29, 2009, the Department extended the deadline of 
the final results by 31 days. Thus, the Department may extend the 
deadline of the final results by an additional 29 days.
    The Department requires additional time to properly consider the 
issues raised by interested parties regarding the treatment of Export 
Tax, Value-Added Tax, surrogate values for factors of production, and 
numerous company-specific issues. Thus, it is not practicable to 
complete this review by December 7, 2009. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the final results of this 
review by an additional 29 days, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results are now due no later than 
January 5, 2010.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 24, 2009.
John M. Andersen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
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