[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 187 (Monday, September 28, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51563-51564]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-25868]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-803]


Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, From the People's Republic of China; Extension of Time Limit 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary results 
of antidumping duty administrative reviews.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the sixth antidumping 
duty administrative review of the antidumping orders on heavy forged 
hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or without handles 
(``HFHTs''), from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This review 
covers five producers/exporters of four classes or kinds of HFHTs from 
the PRC. The period of review is February 1, 1997 through January 31, 
1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Blaskovich or Alexander Amdur, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II, Office IV, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-4697 or (202) 482-5346, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930 
(``the Act'') are references to the provisions effective January 1, 
1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``URAA''). In addition, unless otherwise 
indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are references 
to the provisions codified at 19 CFR 351 (1998).

Extension of Preliminary Results

    The Department initiated this administrative review on March 23, 
1998 (63 FR 13837). Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department may extend the deadline for completion of an administrative 
review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
review within the statutory time limit of 365 days. The Department 
finds that it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
statutory time limit of 365 days. The Department, therefore, is 
extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the 
aforementioned review by 90 days to January 29, 1999. See memorandum 
from Holly A. Kuga to Robert S. LaRussa, September 21, 1998, on file in 
Room B-099. The deadline for the final results of these reviews will 
continue to be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.
    This extension of time limit is in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations.

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    Dated: September 22, 1998.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 98-25868 Filed 9-25-98; 8:45 am]
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