[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 39 (Wednesday, February 27, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 8937]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-4534]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, Finished and 
Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China; Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for New Shipper Reviews

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit.

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EFFECTIVE DATE:  February 27, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder or S. Anthony Grasso, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or (202) 482-3853, 
respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Statutory Time Limits
    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results 
of a new shipper review within 180 days after the date on which the new 
shipper review was initiated and the final results within 90 days after 
the date on which the preliminary results were issued. However, if the 
Department concludes that the case is extraordinarily complicated, 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act allows the Department to extend 
these deadlines to a maximum of 300 days and 150 days, respectively.
Background
    On January 24, 2001, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of new shipper antidumping duty reviews of TRBs from the 
PRC, covering the period June 1, 2000 through November 30, 2000 (66 FR 
8385) for Yantai Timken Company Limited and Peer Bearing Company - 
Changshan (``CPZ''). On May 9, 2001, the Department expanded CPZ's 
period of review to January 31, 2001. On November 29, 2001, the 
Department published its preliminary results. See 66 FR 59569 (November 
29, 2001). In our notice of preliminary results, we stated our 
intention to issue the final results of these reviews by no later than 
90 days from the issuance of the preliminary results.
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results
    Due to the complexity of certain issues, such as market-economy 
inputs and a request for a changed circumstances review, the Department 
concludes that these reviews are extraordinarily complicated. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
these final results to not later than March 5, 2002, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B) of the 
Act.

    February 19, 2002.
Susan Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 02-4534 Filed 2-26-02; 8:45 am]
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