[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 10988]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-4288]



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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 Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 21, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen at (202) 482-4195 or Ron 
Trentham at (202) 482-6320, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, 
Group II, 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 
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 this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
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 November 7, 2000, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of the 1999-2000 administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on heavy forged hand tools from 
the People's Republic of China. See Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished 
or Unfinished, With or Without Handles, From the People's Republic of 
China; Preliminary Results and Preliminary Partial Recision of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Notice of Intent Not to 
Revoke in Part (65, FR 66691). The Department did not extend the time 
limit for the preliminary results of these reviews.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Reviews

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of these reviews within the original time limit. Therefore the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results until no later than September 3, 2001. 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.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: February 8, 2001.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-4288 Filed 2-20-01; 8:45 am]
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