[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 57 (Thursday, March 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14422-14423]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-6639]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-834]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico: Extension of Time 
Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6312 
and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 11, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
issued the antidumping order for purified carboxymethylcellulose (CMC). 
See Notice of Antidumping Duty Orders: Purified Carboxymethylcellulose 
from Finland, Mexico, the Netherlands and Sweden, 70 FR 39734 (July 11, 
2005).
    On August 25, 2009, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of an antidumping duty administrative review for, inter alia, CMC from 
Mexico for the July 1, 2008, through June 30, 2009, period of review 
(POR). See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 74 FR 42873 
(August 25, 2009). The preliminary results for this administrative 
review were due no later than April 2, 2010.
    As explained in the memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary 
for Import Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion 
to toll deadlines as a result of the closure of the Federal Government 
due to snowstorms occurring in February of 2010. Thus, all deadlines in 
this segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven days. See 
Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for Import 
Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As a 
Result of the Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,'' dated 
February 12, 2010 (Tolling Memorandum). The revised deadline for the 
preliminary determination of this administrative review is now April 9, 
2010.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary 
results of an administrative review within 245 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within this 
time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act allows the 
Department to extend the 245 day time period for the preliminary 
results to 365 days.
    The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the statutory time limit because of significant 
issues that require additional time to evaluate. These include 
complicated issues involving Amtex's (the respondent) use of multiple 
currencies in both markets and certain movement expenses. In accordance 
with the Tolling Memorandum, an additional seven days must be factored 
into the deadline. Accordingly, the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the preliminary results of this administrative 
review until no later than Tuesday, June 8, 2010, which is 60 days from 
the April 9, 2010, deadline and less than 365 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month of the order for which this review was 
requested. The final results continue to be due 120 days

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after publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.

    Dated: March 18, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
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