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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A–570–890]
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the
People’s Republic of China: Extension
of Time Limit for the Final Results of
the Antidumping Duty Administrative
Review
AGENCY: Import Administration,
International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 25, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff
Pedersen or David Edmiston, 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) 482–2769, and (202)
482–0989 respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 5, 2010, the Department
of Commerce (the Department)
published the preliminary results of the
administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wooden
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bedroom furniture (WBF) from the
People’s Republic of China (PRC),
covering the period January 1, 2009
through December 31, 2009. See
Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People’s Republic of China: Preliminary
Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Intent To
Rescind Review in Part, 75 FR 5952
(February 5, 2010). The final results of
this administrative review were
originally due no later than June 5,
2010. As explained in the memorandum
from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Import Administration, the Department
has exercised its discretion to toll
deadlines for the duration of the closure
of the Federal Government from
February 5, through February 12, 2010.
Thus, all deadlines in this segment of
the proceeding have been extended by
seven days. The revised deadline for the
final results of this review is currently
June 12, 2010. See Memorandum to the
Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for
Import Administration, regarding
‘‘Tolling of Administrative Deadlines As
a Result of the Government Closure
During the Recent Snowstorm,’’ dated
February 12, 2010.
Extension of Time Limit of Final
Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act
of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires
that the Department issue the final
results of an administrative review
within 120 days after the date on which
the preliminary results are published. If
it is not practicable to complete the
review within that time period, section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the
Department to extend the deadline for
the final results to a maximum of 180
days after the date on which the
preliminary results are published.
The Department finds that it is not
practicable to complete the final results
of this review by June 12, 2010, because
the Department needs additional time to
consider over 30 complex issues the
parties have raised. Therefore, in
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of
the Act, the Department is extending the
time limit for completion of the final
results by 60 days to August 11, 2010.
This notice is published in
accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: May 19, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty
Operations.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-890]
Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's Republic of China:
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: May 25, 2010.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen or David Edmiston, 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-
2769, and (202) 482-0989 respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On February 5, 2010, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on wooden bedroom furniture (WBF) from the
People's Republic of China (PRC), covering the period January 1, 2009
through December 31, 2009. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the
People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review and Intent To Rescind Review in Part, 75 FR 5952
(February 5, 2010). The final results of this administrative review
were originally due no later than June 5, 2010. As explained in the
memorandum from the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import
Administration, the Department has exercised its discretion to toll
deadlines for the duration of the closure of the Federal Government
from February 5, through February 12, 2010. Thus, all deadlines in this
segment of the proceeding have been extended by seven days. The revised
deadline for the final results of this review is currently June 12,
2010. See Memorandum to the Record from Ronald Lorentzen, DAS for
Import Administration, regarding ``Tolling of Administrative Deadlines
As a Result of the Government Closure During the Recent Snowstorm,''
dated February 12, 2010.
Extension of Time Limit of Final Results
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the
Act), requires that the Department issue the final results of an
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete
the review within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act
allows the Department to extend the deadline for the final results to a
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are
published.
The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the
final results of this review by June 12, 2010, because the Department
needs additional time to consider over 30 complex issues the parties
have raised. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the
Act, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the
final results by 60 days to August 11, 2010.
This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A)
and 777(i) of the Act.
Dated: May 19, 2010.
John M. Andersen,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing
Duty Operations.
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