[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 45 (Tuesday, March 7, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 11985]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-5513]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-804]


Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Sparklers From the 
People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 7, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paige Rivas or Nithya Nagarajan, Group 
II, Office IV, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-0651, or (202) 482-5253, 
respectively.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary determination is 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination 
to a maximum of 365 days and for the final determination to 180 days 
(or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination) from the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination.

Background

    On July 29, 1999, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Sparklers 
from the People's Republic of China, covering the period June 1, 1998, 
through May 31, 1999 (64 FR 41075). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than February 29, 2000.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than March 31, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Thomas Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated February 29, 
2000, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the 
main Commerce building. We intend to issue the final results no later 
than 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: February 29, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 00-5513 Filed 3-6-00; 8:45 am]
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