[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 208 (Friday, October 26, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 65361]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-26409]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-433-811, A-570-985]
Xanthan Gum From Austria and the People's Republic of China:
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations of Antidumping Duty
Investigations
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
DATES: October 26, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan (Austria) or Brandon
Farlander (People's Republic of China), 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) 482-4081 or (202) 482-0182,
respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Postponement of Preliminary Determinations
On July 2, 2012, the Department of Commerce (the ``Department'')
published a notice of initiation of antidumping duty investigations of
xanthan gum from Austria and the People's Republic of China.\1\ The
notice of initiation stated that the Department, in accordance with
section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
``Act''), and 19 CFR 351.205(b)(1), would issue its preliminary
determinations for these investigations, unless postponed, no later
than 140 days after the date of the initiation. The preliminary
determinations of these antidumping duty investigations are currently
due no later than November 12, 2012.
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\1\ See Xanthan Gum From Austria and the People's Republic of
China: Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigations, 77 FR 39210
(July 2, 2012).
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On October 12, 2012, CP Kelco U.S. (``Petitioner''), pursuant to 19
CFR 351.205(b)(2) and (e), made a timely request for postponement of
the preliminary determinations in these investigations.\2\ Petitioner
requested a 50-day postponement of the preliminary determinations in
order to provide the Department with sufficient time to review the
questionnaire responses and issue appropriate requests for
clarification and additional information.
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\2\ See Letter from Petitioner to the Secretary of Commerce,
``Xanthan Gum From Austria: Request to Fully Extend Preliminary
Determination'' (October 12, 2012) and Letter from Petitioner to the
Secretary of Commerce, ``Xanthan Gum From the People's Republic of
China: Request to Fully Extend Preliminary Determination'' (October
12, 2012).
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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, is postponing the deadline for the preliminary
determinations to no later than 190 days after the date on which the
Department initiated these investigations. Therefore, the new deadline
for issuing these preliminary determinations is January 2, 2013.\3\
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\3\ Because the deadline, January 1, 2013, falls on a national
holiday the deadline is postponed until the next business day. See
Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule
for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff
Act of 1930, as Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).
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This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2)
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(1).
Dated: October 19, 2012.
Paul Piquado,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 2012-26409 Filed 10-25-12; 8:45 am]
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