[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 107 (Wednesday, June 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 33472]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14038]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-822]


Certain Helical Spring Lock Washers from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
the Ninth Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the ninth administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain helical spring lock washers from the 
People's Republic of China. The period of review is October 1, 2001 
through September 30, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 4, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally Hastings or Geoffrey Craig, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement I, Import Administration, U.S. Department 
of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-3464 or (202) 482-5256, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The petitioner, Shakeproof Assembly Components Division of Illinois 
Tool Works, and the respondent, Hang Zhou Spring Washer Co., Ltd., also 
known as Zhejiang Wanxin Group Co., Ltd., (Hangzhou), requested an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain helical 
spring lock washers for the period from October 1, 2001 to September 
30, 2002, on October 21, 2002 and October 31, 2002, respectively. 
Hangzhou also requested revocation of the order with respect to itself. 
The Department initiated the ninth antidumping duty administrative 
review of certain helical spring lock washers from the People's 
Republic of China, covering the period from October 1, 2001 to 
September 30, 2002, and on the request for revocation of the 
antidumping duty order in part on November 22, 2002. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 70402 (November 22, 2002). The 
preliminary results are currently due on July 3, 2002.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
the preliminary results within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the order for which a review is requested. 
However, if it is not practicable to issue the preliminary results 
within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend this deadline to a maximum of 365 days.
    We are currently developing factor value information. In addition, 
we plan to verify Hangzhou's response, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.307(b)(1)(iii). Accordingly, the Department has determined that it 
is not practicable to issue the preliminary results within the 245-day 
time period. Therefore, we are extending the time limit for completion 
of the preliminary results of this administrative review for 120 days, 
until no later than October 31, 2003.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: May 29, 2003.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-14038 Filed 6-3-02; 8:45 am]
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