[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-792]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-938]


Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Salts From People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: January 14, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Seth Isenberg or Patricia Tran, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-0588 and (202) 482-1503, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 30, 2010, the U.S. Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain citrate salts from 
the People's Republic of China, covering the period September 19, 2008, 
through December 31, 2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 75 FR 37759 (June 30, 2010). The preliminary results of this 
administrative review are currently due no later than January 31, 2011.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of a countervailing duty order for which a review is 
requested and issue the final results within 120 days after the date on 
which the preliminary results are published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend these deadlines 
to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Due to the complexity of the issues in this case, such as new 
subsidy allegations and comments on those allegations, the Department 
requires additional time to review and analyze the respondents' 
submitted information and to issue supplemental questionnaires. Thus, 
it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of this 
review within the original time limit (i.e., January 31, 2011). 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results by 120 days to no later than May 31, 2011, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 10, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-792 Filed 1-13-11; 8:45 am]
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