[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 62 (Friday, March 30, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19190-19191]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-7743]


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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 Preliminary Results of the Third 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: March 30, 2012.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Blair-Walker, Office 9, AD/CVD 
Operations, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2615.

Background

    On August 1, 2011, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published in the Federal Register a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of the antidumping order on certain steel nails 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period of review 
August 1, 2010, through July 31, 2011.\1\ Based upon requests for 
review from various parties, on October 3, 2011, the Department 
initiated the third antidumping duty administrative review on certain 
steel nails from the PRC, covering 383 companies.\2\ The preliminary 
results of review are currently due May 2, 2012.
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    \1\ See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity To Request Administrative 
Review, 76 FR 45773 (August 1, 2011).
    \2\ See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocations in Part, 76 FR 
61076 (October 3, 2011) (``Initiation Notice'').
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Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary results are published. 
However, 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 determination to a maximum of 
365 days after the last day of the anniversary month.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the current time limits. The Department 
requires additional time to analyze recently submitted supplemental 
questionnaire responses, which contained a significant amount of new 
sales and factors of production data. The additional time is needed to 
consider these data and their incorporation into the margin 
calculations for the individually-reviewed respondents. Additionally, 
at parties' request, the Department extended the deadline for 
submitting surrogate country and surrogate value data and comments. 
Therefore, the Department is hereby fully extending the time limits for 
completion of the preliminary results by 120 days. The preliminary 
results will now be due no later than August 30, 2012. The final 
results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 777(i)(1) of 
the Act.


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     Dated: March 26, 2012.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. 2012-7743 Filed 3-29-12; 8:45 am]
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