[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 249 (Wednesday, December 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 69068]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-31024]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration


Clarification of the 2009 Calculation of Expected Non-Market 
Economy Wages

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

ACTION: Clarification of the effective date of 2009 expected non-market 
economy wage calculation.

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SUMMARY: On December 8, 2009, the Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published the final calculation of the 2009 expected 
non-market economy (``NME'') wages. See 2009 Calculation of Expected 
Non-Market Economy Wages, 74 FR 65092 (December 9, 2009) (``Final 2009 
Notice''). In the Final 2009 Notice, the Department stated that the 
final wage rate would be applied to all antidumping proceedings for 
which the Department's final decision is due after the publication of 
the notice. The Department hereby clarifies that it will apply this 
wage rate to final determinations subsequent to the publication of the 
Final 2009 Notice in antidumping proceedings for which the Department 
has not yet reached the preliminary results. The Final 2009 Notice 
remains in effect in all other respects.

DATES: These expected NME wage rates have been finalized in the Final 
2009 Notice and will be applied to all antidumping proceeding final 
determinations subsequent to December 8, 2009, for which the Department 
has not yet reached the preliminary results.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Bobby Wong, International Trade 
Analyst, Operations Office IX, Import Administration, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0409.

RESULTS: The final results and underlying data for the 2009 calculation 
have been posted on the Import Administration Web site at (http://ia.ita.doc.gov).

    Dated: December 22, 2009.
Ronald K. Lorentzen,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E9-31024 Filed 12-29-09; 8:45 am]
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