[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 172 (Tuesday, September 5, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 53701]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22678]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils 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: September 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz at (202) 482-4474 or Howard 
Smith at (202) 482-5193, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or finding 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 preliminary results of review within this 
time period, 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 results to 180 days (or 300 days if the 
Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary results) 
from the date of publication of the preliminary results.

Background

    On January 26, 2000, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China, covering the 
period December 1, 1998 through November 30, 1999 (65 FR 4228). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than September 1, 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 December 30, 2000. See Decision 
Memorandum from Thomas F. Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated concurrently 
with this notice, 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: August 24, 2000.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 00-22678 Filed 9-1-00; 8:45 am]
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