[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 7 (Wednesday, January 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1952-1953]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-779]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-815]


Sulfanilic Acid From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

[[Page 1953]]


ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for final results of 
administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Denenberg or Sean Carey, AD/
CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1386 or (202) 482-3964, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreement Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

Background

    On August 31, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a request from petitioner, Nation Ford Chemical Company (NFC), 
to conduct an administrative review on Zhenxing Chemical Company. The 
Department also received a request for an administrative review on the 
same day from respondents Zhenxing Chemical Company, Yude Chemical 
Company, and PHT International, the U.S. importer. On October 1, 1999, 
the Department published a notice of initiation of an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on sulfanilic acid from the 
People's Republic of china, covering the period August 1, 1998 through 
July 31, 1999 (64 FR 53318). On September 14, 2000, the Department 
published its preliminary results of this administrative review (65 FR 
55508).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Because of the complexities enumerated in the Memorandum from 
Barbara E. Tillman to Joseph A. Spetrini, Extension of Time Limit for 
the Administrative Review of Sulfanilic Acid from the People's Republic 
of China, dated January 4, 2001, it is not practical to complete this 
review within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the final results of review 
from January 12, 2001 to March 13, 2001.

    Dated: January 3, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 01-779 Filed 1-9-01; 8:45 am]
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