[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 75 (Thursday, April 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19159-19160]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-9508]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-504]


Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China (PRC): 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 18, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley at (202) 482-0666 or 
Brett L. Royce at (202) 482-4106, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), as amended. In 
addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    On August 28, 1986, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from the 
PRC (51 FR 30686). On August 1, 2001, the Department published an 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the order (66 FR 
39729). On August 31, 2001, the Department received a request from 
Dongguan Fay Candle Co., Ltd. to conduct an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from the PRC. On 
October 1, 2001, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
this administrative review covering the period of August 1, 2000 
through July 31, 2001 (66 FR 49924).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    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 that 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 complexities involved with this particular case, 
including the extensive number of products, the possible inclusion in 
reported sales of both in-scope and out-of-scope candles, and the fact 
that the respondent has not been reviewed before, we find that it is 
not practicable to issue preliminary results of review by the current 
deadline of May 3, 2002. Therefore, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time limit for 
the preliminary results by 120 days.
    This extension results in the due date for the preliminary results 
falling on August 31, 2002, which is a Saturday. Therefore, the 
preliminary results will be due on the next business day, which is 
September 3, 2002, since September 2, 2002 is an official holiday. The 
final results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.

    Dated: April 12, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-9508 Filed 4-17-02; 8:45 am]
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