[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 24, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 20636]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-10153]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-009]


Industrial Nitrocellulose From France: Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on industrial nitrocellulose from France. The review covers 
one manufacturer/exporter, Bergerac, N.C. The period of review is 
August 1, 1999, through July 31, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 24, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Dirstine, AD/CVD Enforcement, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4033.

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 Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
regulations are to 19 CFR Part 351 (1999).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request to 
conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
industrial nitrocellulose from France. On October 2, 2000, the 
Department initiated this administrative review covering the period 
August 1, 1999, through July 31, 2000. However, due to complexity of 
the issues in this case, such as the initiation of a cost 
investigation, how U.S. sales are to be compared to home-market sales, 
how difference-in-merchandise adjustments are calculated, and a 
statutorily required verification of information submitted in the 
instant review, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, 
in accordance with that section, the Department is extending the time 
limit for the preliminary results fully to August 31, 2001. The 
Department intends to issue the final results of review 120 days after 
the publication of the preliminary results. This extension of the time 
limit is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: April 12, 2001.
Louis Apple,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement I.
[FR Doc. 01-10153 Filed 4-23-01; 8:45 am]
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