[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 49288]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-19234]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-806]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of New 
Shipper Review: Silicon Metal from the People's Republic of China

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit of the 
preliminary results of the new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on silicon metal from the People's Republic of China (PRC) until 
no later than November 20, 2002. The period of review is June 1, 2001 
through November 30, 2001. This extension is made pursuant to section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christian Hughes or Maureen Flannery, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
0648 or (202) 482-3020, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statutes and Regulations

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

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act requires the Department to 
issue the preliminary results of a new shipper review within 180 days 
from the date of initiation of the review. However, if the Department 
determines that the case is extraordinarily complicated, section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act allows the Department to extend this 
deadline to a maximum of 300 days.

Background

    On December 31, 2001, the Department received a timely request from 
China Shanxi Province Lin Fen Prefecture Foreign Trade Import and 
Export Corp. (Lin Fen), in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(ii) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.214(c), for a new shipper review of the antidumping 
duty order on silicon metal from the PRC. See Antidumping Duty Order: 
Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China, 56 FR 26649 (June 
10, 1991). Because the request met all of the requirements set forth in 
section 751(a)(2)(ii) of the Act and section 351.214(d) of the 
regulations, we initiated a new shipper review of the antidumping duty 
order on silicon metal from the PRC for the period June 1, 2001 to 
November 30, 2001. On January 31, 2002, the Department initiated this 
new shipper review (67 FR 5966).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Due to the extraordinarily complicated nature of this case, we are 
unable to complete this review within the time limits mandated by 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214 (i). In 
particular, the Department needs additional time in which to address 
the issues of Lin Fen's relationship with other companies, and whether 
Lin Fen should be given a separate rate. Furthermore, the Department 
requires additional time to gather surrogate value information. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.214 (i) (2), the Department is extending the time limit for 
the completion of preliminary results. These preliminary results will 
now be due no later than November 20, 2002.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) 
and 777 (i) (1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 23, 2002
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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