[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 76 (Wednesday, April 21, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20815-20816]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-9176]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexander Montoro or Joseph Shuler, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0238 
and (202) 482-1293, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On December 22, 2009, the Department of Commerce

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(``Department'') published the preliminary results of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain cased 
pencils from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''), covering the 
period December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2008. See Certain Cased 
Pencils from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 74 FR 68047 (December 22, 
2009). The final results of this administrative review were originally 
due no later than April 21, 2010. As explained in the memorandum from 
the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, the 
Department has exercised its discretion to toll deadlines for the 
duration of the closure of the Federal Government from February 5, 
through February 12, 2010. Thus, all deadlines in this segment of the 
proceeding have been extended by seven days. The revised deadline for 
the final results of this review is currently April 28, 2010. 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.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
``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.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of this review by April 28, 2010, because the Department 
needs additional time to consider complex issues the parties have 
raised related to surrogate valuation. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the final results by 30 days to May 28, 2010.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: April 15, 2010.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2010-9176 Filed 4-20-10; 8:45 am]
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