[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 15, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 8808]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-3574]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-909]


Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Second Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: February 15, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alexis Polovina or Javier Barrientos, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3927 
or (202) 482-2243 respectively.

Background

    On September 12, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the Preliminary Results of the 
antidumping duty administrative review on certain steel nails (``steel 
nails'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'').\1\ On December 
12, 2011, the Department extended the deadline for the final results in 
the instant review.\2\ Subsequent to the Preliminary Results, the 
Department issued questionnaires requesting more information from the 
respondents' producers and extended the deadlines for the submission of 
publicly available information to value the factors of production, as 
well as for case and rebuttal briefs. The period of review (``POR'') is 
August 1, 2009, through July 31, 2010. The final results are currently 
due no later than February 9, 2012.
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    \1\ See Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results and Preliminary Rescission, in Part, of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Preliminary Intent To 
Rescind New Shipper Review, 76 FR 56147 (September 12, 2011) 
(``Preliminary Results'').
    \2\ See Certain Steel Nails From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Second 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 76 FR 77205 (December 12, 
2011).
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Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires that the Department issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the deadline for the final results to a 
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published.
    The submission of the post-Preliminary Results questionnaire 
responses, along with the extensions of the deadlines for submitting 
surrogate value data and case/rebuttal briefs, necessitates additional 
time for the Department to consider the additional information and the 
arguments raised by parties, many of which involve complex issues. As a 
result, the Department finds that it is not practicable to issue the 
final results of this review within the current time limits. Therefore, 
in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is 
extending the time for the completion of the final results of this 
review to February 23, 2012.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

     Dated: February 7, 2012.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-3574 Filed 2-14-12; 8:45 am]
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