[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 193 (Thursday, October 4, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 50607-50608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-24924]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-867]


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

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 4, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or Stephen Bailey, 
Office IX, DAS Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0182 
and (202) 482-1102, respectively.

The Applicable Statute and Regulations

    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 Department of Commerce (the Department) regulations 
refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2000).

Background

    This investigation was initiated on March 20, 2001. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Certain Automotive 
Replacement Glass Windshields from the People's Republic of China, 66 
FR 16651 (March 27, 2001) (``Notice of Initiation''). The period of 
investigation (POI) is July 1, 2000 through December 31, 2000. On 
September 19, 2001, the Department published the notice of preliminary 
determination. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value: Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields From 
the People's Republic of China, 66 FR 48233 (September 19, 2001).

Postponement of Final Determination and Extension of Provisional 
Measures

    Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides that a final determination 
may be postponed until not later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative determination, a request for such postponement is made by 
exporters who account for a significant proportion of exports of the 
subject merchandise, or in the event of a negative preliminary 
determination, a request for such postponement is made by petitioner. 
The Department's regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2), require that 
requests by exporters for postponement of a final determination be 
accompanied by a request for extension of provisional measures from a 
four-month period to not more than six months.
    On September 14, 2001, exporters Shenzhen Benxum Auto-Glass Co., 
Ltd. (``Benxun''), Xinyi Automotive Glass (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. 
(``Xinyi'') and TCG International Inc. (``TCGI'') requested a 60-day 
extension from the date of the publication of the preliminary 
determination in the Federal Register for the Department's final 
determination, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii). On September 20, 
2001, exporter Fuyao Glass Industry Group Co., Ltd. (``FYG'') also 
requested that the Department postpone its final determination for 60 
days, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), and agreed to an extension 
of provisional measures.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(b), because (1) our preliminary 
determination is affirmative, (2) the exporters above account for a 
significant proportion of exports of the subject

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merchandise, and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are 
granting the postponement requests and are postponing the final 
determination until no later than 135 days after the publication of 
preliminary determination in the Federal Register. We are also 
extending the provisional measures, from four months to six months, in 
accordance with 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2). Therefore, the final 
determination would now be due on February 1, 2002. Suspension of 
liquidation will be extended accordingly.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 735(a)(2) of 
the Act.

    Dated: September 26, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-24924 Filed 10-3-01; 8:45 am]
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