[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 224 (Wednesday, November 20, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70055-70056]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-29495]


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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 Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 20, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley or Brett Royce, Office of 
AD/CVD Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230;

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telephone: (202) 482-3148 or (202) 482-4106, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act). 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. (Fay Candle) 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). On April 18, 2002, the 
Department extended the due date for the preliminary results of this 
review (67 FR 19159). On September 10, 2002, the Department published 
the preliminary results of this review (67 FR 57384). On October 4, 
2002, Fay Candle, requested an extension of the due date for the case 
and rebuttal briefs and any hearing requests. On October 17, 2002, the 
Department extended the case brief and hearing request due date to 
November 25, 2002, and the rebuttal brief due date to December 9, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the final results of an 
administrative review if it determines that it is not practicable to 
complete the final results within the statutory time limit of 120 days 
from the date on which the preliminary results were published. The 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of this review within the statutory time limit. During 
the course of this review, numerous issues have been raised concerning 
the applicability of facts available. Due to the complexity of the 
issues involved, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) of the Department's regulations.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limits for the 
final results by an additional 60 days (180 days from the date of 
publication of the preliminary results pursuant to section 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2)), until no later than March 10, 2003 (the calculated due 
date is March 9, 2003; however, since March 9, falls on a weekend, the 
due date will fall on the next business day, March 10). This notice is 
published in accordance with section 751(1)(3)(A) of the Act and 
section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: November 13, 2002.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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