[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 98 (Tuesday, May 21, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 35790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-12724]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-827]


Certain Cased Pencils from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul Stolz at (202) 482-4474, 
Michele Mire at (202) 482-4711, or Crystal Crittenden at (202) 
482-0989, AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import 
Administration, Room 1870, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Time Limits:

Statutory Time Limits
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order/finding for which a review is requested and a final determination 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary determination 
is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination 
to a maximum of 365 days and for the final determination to 180 days 
(or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the 
preliminary determination) from the date of publication of the 
preliminary determination.

Background

    On January 31, 2001, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain cased pencils from the People's Republic of China (PRC), 
covering the period December 1, 1999 through November 30, 2000 (66 FR 
8378). On December 4, 2001, the Department published an extension of 
time limit for the preliminary results. On January 17, 2002, we 
published the preliminary results of review (67 FR 2402). In our notice 
of preliminary results, we stated our intention to issue the final 
results of this review no later than 120 days from the date of 
publication of the preliminary results.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results until no later than July 16, 2002. See Memorandum from Holly A. 
Kuga to Bernard T. Carreau, dated concurrently with this notice, which 
is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main 
Commerce building.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: May 8, 2002.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 02-12724 Filed 5-20-02; 8:45 am]
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