[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 25 (Tuesday, February 7, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6060-6061]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-2770]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-929]


Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: February 7, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, 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) 482-0665.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 31, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
small diameter graphite electrodes from the People's Republic of China 
(PRC) for the period February 1, 2010, through January 31, 2011. See 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for 
Revocation in Part, and Deferral of Administrative Review, 76 FR 17825 
(March 31, 2011) (Initiation Notice). We initiated an administrative 
review of 160 companies.\1\ On November 1, 2011, we extended the time 
period for issuing the preliminary results of this review by 95 days 
until February 3, 2012. See Small Diameter Graphite Electrodes from the 
People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 67411 
(November 1, 2011).
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    \1\ In the Initiation Notice, we listed names by which certain 
companies are also known, or were formerly known, as reflected in 
the February 25, 2011, request for an administrative review 
submitted by the petitioners, SGL Carbon LLC and Superior Graphite, 
Co.
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary results 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested and the final results within 120 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results are published. If it is 
not practicable to complete the review within these time periods, 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 
time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after 
the last day of the anniversary month.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the extended time limit because we 
require additional time to analyze the comments submitted by SGL Carbon 
LLC and Superior Graphite, Co., the domestic interested parties in this 
review, in connection with the forthcoming preliminary results.

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Therefore, we are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary 
results of this review by an additional 25 days until February 28, 
2012.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

     Dated: January 31, 2012,
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-2770 Filed 2-6-12; 8:45 am]
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