[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 153 (Thursday, August 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51535-51536]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-20080]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-007]


Barium Chloride From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  August 8, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff or Howard Smith, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
1009 or (202) 482-5193, respectively.

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 of Commerce (the Department) to make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or 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 245-day 
time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days 
and the time limit 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 November 21, 2001, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
barium chloride from the People's Republic of China, covering the 
period October 1, 2000, through September 30, 2001. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 58432. On July 3, 2002, the Department 
published a notice extending the time limits for completing the 
preliminary results of its review until August 3, 2002. See Barium

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Chloride From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 67 FR 
45088 (July 3, 2002).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the current time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than October 31, 2002. See Decision 
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 Department's main building. We intend to issue the final 
results no later than 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: August 2, 2002.
Bernard T. Carreau,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 02-20080 Filed 8-7-02; 8:45 am]
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