[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 1 (Monday, January 3, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 92]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-33133]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-971]


Multilayered Wood Flooring From the People's Republic of China: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination in the Countervailing Duty 
Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: January 3, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth Isenberg and Joshua Morris, AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0588 and (202) 482-1779, respectively.

Background

    On November 10, 2010, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') initiated an investigation of multilayered wood flooring 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Multilayered Wood 
Flooring From the People's Republic of China: Initiation of 
Countervailing Duty Investigation, 75 FR 70719 (November 18, 2010) 
(``Initiation Notice''). Currently, the preliminary determination is 
due no later than January 14, 2011.

Postponement of Due Date for Preliminary Determination

    Under section 703(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(the ``Act''), the Department may extend the period for reaching a 
preliminary determination in a countervailing duty investigation until 
no later than the 130th day after the date on which the administering 
authority initiates an investigation, if the Department determines that 
the parties are cooperating and additional time is necessary to make 
the preliminary determination because the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. The Department solicited and received comments from 
parties, and concludes that concerned parties are cooperating. The 
Department further finds that additional time is required because the 
number of alleged manufacturers, producers, and exporters listed in the 
Petition \1\ has complicated the Department's selection of the firms to 
individually investigate. See section 703(c)(1)(B)(i)(IV) of the Act.
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    \1\ See Petition for the Imposition of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duties: Multilayered Wood Flooring from the People's 
Republic of China, dated October 21, 2010 (``Petition'').
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    Moreover, since the Initiation Notice, the Department has concluded 
it cannot use U.S. Customs and Border Protection data for respondent 
selection. Rather, it is appropriate to solicit information about the 
quantity and value of subject merchandise sales from the firms named in 
the Petition. Therefore, respondent selection is extraordinarily 
complicated due to the large number of companies from which the 
Department is gathering quantity and value information. Thus, the 
Department is extending the due date for the preliminary determination 
to no later than 130 days after the day on which the investigation was 
initiated (i.e., March 20, 2011). However, March 20, 2011, falls on a 
Sunday, and it is the Department's long-standing practice to issue a 
determination the next business day when the statutory deadline falls 
on a weekend, Federal holiday, or any other day when the Department is 
closed. See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business 
Day'' Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the 
Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). 
Accordingly, the deadline for completion of the preliminary 
determination is now no later than Monday, March 21, 2011.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 703(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

    Dated: December 27, 2010.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2010-33133 Filed 12-30-10; 8:45 am]
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