[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9959-9960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5205]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-825]


Sebacic Acid from the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results in Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Strollo at (202) 482-0629, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230.
Applicable Statute and Regulations
    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), are references to the provisions effective 
January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 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 (2001).

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 20, 2001, the Department published 
a notice of initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on sebacic acid from the People's Republic of China. See Notice 
of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 43570. The period of 
review is July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001. The review covers three 
exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States.
    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department shall 
make a preliminary determination in an administrative review of an 
antidumping duty order within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order. The Act 
further provides, however, that the Department may extend the 245-day 
period to 365 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the foregoing time period. Due to the difficulty in 
selecting surrogate values to value factors of production, and the 
requirement that we conduct verification in this proceeding, it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the time limit mandated by 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Consequently, we have extended the 
deadline until July 31, 2002.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)(2001)).

    February 22, 2002
Susan Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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