[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 175 (Monday, September 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46994-46995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-22655]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-867]


Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields From the People's 
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

[[Page 46995]]


ACTION: Notice of postponement of preliminary determination of 
antidumping duty investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: September 10, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Johnson at (202) 482-3818; Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to issue the 
preliminary determination of an antidumping duty investigation within 
140 days after the date of initiation. However, if petitioner makes a 
timely request for an extension of the period within which the 
determination must be made, section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination 
until not later than 190 days after the date of initiation.

Background

    On March 20, 2001, the Department initiated the above-referenced 
investigation. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigation: Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from the 
People's Republic of China, 66 FR 16651 (March 27, 2001). On July 17, 
2001, the Department postponed the deadline for the preliminary 
determination to August 31, 2001, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of 
the Act. See Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from the People's 
Republic of China: Postponement of Preliminary Determination of 
Antidumping Duty Investigation, 66 FR 38256 (July 23, 2001) 
(``Postponement Notice'').

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    On August 29, 2001, petitioners made a timely request for a 10-day 
extension of the period within which the determination must be made in 
accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act. Petitioners noted that 
the parties in this investigation have made a number of submissions 
concerning issues which could have a significant impact on the results 
of the preliminary determination. Further, petitioners noted that the 
Department's original extension indicated that this investigation 
involves a ``novel product with complex issues related to the * * * 
appropriate criteria used to define individual models for margin 
comparison purposes'', among other factors. See Postponement Notice at 
38257. Furthermore, petitioners note that since the original extension 
of the preliminary determination, petitioners have made an allegation 
of critical circumstances that it must address in the preliminary 
determination. Therefore, based on petitioners' timely request for an 
extension in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is postponing the deadline for issuing this determination 
until September 10, 2001.

    Dated: August 31, 2001.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-22655 Filed 9-7-01; 8:45 am]
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