[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 237 (Tuesday, December 10, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75844-75845]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31152]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-853]


Bulk Aspirin From the People's Republic of China; Extension of 
Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on bulk aspirin from the People's Republic of China. The period 
of review is July 6, 2000, through June 30, 2001. This extension is 
made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act'').

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Santoboni or Cole Kyle, Office 
1, Import Administration, International Trade

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Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; at telephone (202) 482-
4194 and 482-1503, respectively.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department of Commerce 
(``the Department'') to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act allows the Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 
days and 180 days, respectively.

Background

    On August 20, 2001, we published a notice of initiation of the 
administrative review of bulk acetylsalicylic acid, commonly referred 
to as bulk aspirin, from the People's Republic of China. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Requests for Revocations in Part, 66 FR 43570 (August 20, 2001). The 
period of this review is July 6, 2000, through June 30, 2001. On August 
7, 2002, we published the preliminary results of our review. In our 
notice of preliminary results, we stated our intention to issue the 
final results of this review no later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of the preliminary results, December 5, 2002.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Due to the complexity of the surrogate value issues raised in the 
petitioner's case brief, 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 February 3, 2003. 
This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: December 4, 2002.
Susan Kuhbach,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement I.
[FR Doc. 02-31152 Filed 12-9-02; 8:45 am]
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