[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 93 (Friday, May 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27990-27991]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-11845]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-570-942]


Certain Kitchen Shelving and Racks From the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patricia Tran or Jennifer Meek, 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-
1503 and (202) 482-2778, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 28, 2010, and November 29, 2010, the Department of 
Commerce (``the Department'') published notices of initiation of the 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on certain 
kitchen appliance shelving and racks from the People's Republic of 
China, covering the review period January 7, 2009, through December 31, 
2009. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative

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Reviews, 75 FR 66349 (October 28, 2010) and Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 75 FR 73036 (November 
29, 2010).\1\ See also Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews; Correction, 75 FR 69054 (November 10, 
2010). In the October 28, 2010 notice, we initiated on five companies 
requested by Nashville Wire Products Inc. and SSW Holding Company, Inc. 
(collectively ``Petitioners''); after receiving further information 
from Petitioners, we initiated on two additional companies requested by 
Petitioners on November 29, 2010.
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    \1\ The Department notes that only the period of review 
(``POR'') for the antidumping duty administrative review was 
included in the October 28, 2010 notice, see generally 75 FR 69059. 
All notices concerning the countervailing duty review of the order 
apply to the POR referenced in the initiation notices and this 
notice--January 7, 2009 through December 31, 2009.
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    The current deadline for the preliminary results of this 
administrative review is June 2, 2011.

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 issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and the 
final results of review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. 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 these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.
    The full initiation of this review was delayed by one month because 
we required additional information from Petitioners concerning their 
review requests for particular companies. After the case was fully 
initiated, we determined that we needed to obtain quantity and value 
information for respondent selection purposes because we could not rely 
on U.S. Customs and Border Protection data, as is our usual practice. 
In this instance, the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 
categories including subject merchandise are overly broad and contain 
other products. See Memorandum from Joseph Shuler, International Trade 
Compliance Analyst of AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, to Susan H. Kuhbach, 
Director of AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, ``Selection of Respondents for 
the Countervailing Duty Administrative Review of Certain Kitchen 
Appliance Shelving and Racks from the People's Republic of China'' 
dated January 25, 2011. Given these delays, we do not have sufficient 
time to adequately analyze all questionnaire responses by the mandatory 
respondents, in addition to a new subsidy allegation filed by 
Petitioners, before the preliminary results due date. Consequently, we 
have determined that it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the originally anticipated time limit (i.e., by June 2, 2011). 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results by 120 days to not later than September 30, 
2011, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2).
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 9, 2011.
Christian Marsh,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Operations.
[FR Doc. 2011-11845 Filed 5-12-11; 8:45 am]
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