[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 176 (Monday, September 12, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 56158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-23281]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-938]


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

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dave Layton at (202) 482-0371 or 
Austin Redington at (202) 482-1664; AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 8, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
countervailing duty order on citric acid and certain citrate sales from 
People's Republic of China, covering the period September 19, 2008, 
through December 31, 2009. See Citric Acid and Certain Citrate Sales 
from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 33219 (June 8, 2011) 
(``Preliminary Results''). In the Preliminary Results we stated that we 
would issue our final results for the countervailing duty 
administrative review no later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of the Preliminary Results.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days of the publication of the 
Preliminary Results. 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 this deadline to a maximum of 180 days.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    The Department has determined that completion of the final results 
of this review within the original time period (i.e., by October 6, 
2011) is not practicable. We are currently verifying the responses of 
the respondents, and will require time to write verification reports 
and allow interested parties adequate time to comment. Also, in the 
instant review, the Department needs additional time to conduct a post-
preliminary analysis of lending programs, the respondents' 
creditworthiness, and inputs supplied for less than adequate 
remuneration. See Preliminary Results, 76 FR at 33238. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results to not later than December 5, 2011, which is 180 days from the 
date of publication of the Preliminary Results, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 6, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-23281 Filed 9-9-11; 8:45 am]
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