[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76146-76147]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-31288]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-867]


Large Power Transformers From the Republic of Korea: Postponement 
of Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

DATES: Effective Date: December 6, 2011.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Angelica Mendoza, David Cordell or 
Brian Davis, Office 7, AD/CVD Operations, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230, telephone: 
(202) 482-3019, (202) 482-0408 or (202) 482-7924, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 10, 2011, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register the initiation of the antidumping 
duty investigation of large power transformers from the Republic of 
Korea (Korea). See Large Power Transformers from the Republic of Korea: 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation, 76 FR 49439 (August 10, 
2011). The current deadline for the preliminary determinations of this 
investigation is December 21, 2011.

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Period of Investigation

    The period of investigation is July 1, 2010, through June 30, 2011.

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination no 
later than 140 days after the initiation of the investigation.
    On November 23, 2011, petitioners ABB Inc., Delta Star, Inc., and 
Pennsylvania Transformer Technology Inc. (collectively, petitioners) 
made a timely request pursuant to 19 CFR 351.205(e) for a postponement 
of the preliminary determination because of the extraordinarily 
complicated nature of the proceeding and its required analysis, and 
because the Department is still gathering questionnaire responses from 
the respondents. See Letter from petitioners to the Department, 
entitled ``Large Power Transformers from the Republic of Korea--
Petitioners' Request for Extension of Preliminary Determination,'' 
dated November 23, 2011.
    For the reasons stated above and because there are no compelling 
reasons to deny the request, the Department is postponing by 50 days to 
February 9, 2012, the deadline for its preliminary determination of 
this investigation pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.205(e) and (f). In accordance with section 735(a)(1) of the 
Act, the deadline for the final determination of this antidumping duty 
investigation will continue to be 75 days after the date of the 
preliminary determination, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
733(c)(2) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).

    Dated: November 30, 2011.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2011-31288 Filed 12-5-11; 8:45 am]
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