[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 54 (Wednesday, March 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 12969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-6740]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-847]


Persulfates 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.

ACTION: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 20, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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).

Background

    On August 20, 2001, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on persulfates 
from the People's Republic of China. The period of review is July 1, 
2000 through June 30, 2001. The review covers one exporter 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 complexity of 
selecting surrogate values to value factors of production, the large 
numbers of the surrogate values, and the fact that the Department shall 
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. Therefore, in accordance with section 751 
(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we have fully extended the deadline until July 
31, 2002.

    Dated: March 13, 2002.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 02-6740 Filed 3-19-02; 8:45 am]
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