[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 154 (Wednesday, August 10, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 49443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-20306]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-972, A-583-848]


Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents From the People's 
Republic of China, and Taiwan: Postponement of Preliminary 
Determinations of Antidumping Duty Investigations

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

DATES: Effective Date: August 10, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sandra Stewart at (202) 482-0768 or 
Hermes Pinilla at (202) 482-3477 (Taiwan), AD/CVD Operations, Office 5; 
Maisha Cryor at (202) 482-5831 or Shaun Higgins at (202) 482-0679 
(People's Republic of China), AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Postponement of Preliminary Determinations

    On April 20, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated the antidumping duty investigations on certain stilbenic 
optical brightening agents from the People's Republic of China and 
Taiwan. See Certain Stilbenic Optical Brightening Agents From the 
People's Republic of China and Taiwan: Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations, 76 FR 23554 (April 27, 2011). The notice of initiation 
stated that the Department would issue its preliminary determinations 
for these investigations no later than 140 days after the issuance of 
the initiation in accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1) unless 
postponed.
    On July 29, 2011, Clariant Corporation (the petitioner) made a 
timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) for 
postponement of the preliminary determinations in these investigations. 
The petitioner requested a 50-day postponement of the preliminary 
determinations in order to allow the Department additional time to 
resolve a number of complex issues in these investigations.
    The petitioner submitted a request for postponement of the 
preliminary determinations more than 25 days before the scheduled date 
of the preliminary determinations. Therefore, because the petitioner 
provided reasons for its request and the Department finds no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department is postponing the deadline 
for the preliminary determinations in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) by 50 days to 
October 27, 2011. The deadline for the final determinations will 
continue to be 75 days after the date of the preliminary determinations 
unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: August 4, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-20306 Filed 8-9-11; 8:45 am]
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