[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 68 (Tuesday, April 9, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21106-21107]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-08233]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-988]


Silica Bricks and Shapes From the People's Republic of China: 
Postponement of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation

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

DATES: April 9, 2013.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca Pandolph, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-3627.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On December 12, 2012, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of an antidumping duty investigation 
of silica bricks and shapes from the People's Republic of China.\1\ The 
period of investigation is April 1, 2012, through September 30, 2012. 
The notice of initiation stated that, unless

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postponed, the Department would issue its preliminary determination for 
this investigation no later than 140 days after the date of the 
initiation in accordance with section 773(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1). The 
preliminary determination of the antidumping duty investigation is 
currently due no later than April 24, 2013.
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    \1\ See Silica Bricks and Shapes From the People's Republic of 
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 77 FR 73982 
(December 12, 2012).
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    On March 27, 2013, Utah Refractories Corporation (``Petitioner'') 
made a timely request pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e) for postponement of the preliminary 
determination in this investigation.\2\ Petitioner requested a 50-day 
postponement of the preliminary determination in order to provide 
sufficient time for review of the questionnaire responses, comment on 
the responses, issuance of appropriate requests for clarification and/
or additional information, and consideration of the surrogate value 
information for properly valuing the critical factors of production of 
subject merchandise.
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    \2\ See Letter from Petitioner to the Honorable Rebecca Blank, 
Secretary of Commerce, regarding ``Petition for the Imposition of 
Antidumping Duties: Silica Bricks and Shapes from the People's 
Republic of China,'' dated March 27, 2013.
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    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department, in accordance with section 
733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(e), is postponing the 
deadline for the preliminary determination to no later than 190 days 
after the date on which the Department initiated this investigation. 
Therefore, the new deadline for issuing the preliminary determination 
is June 13, 2013.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: April 2, 2013.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2013-08233 Filed 4-8-13; 8:45 am]
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