[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 112 (Wednesday, June 11, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 34907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14780]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-001]


Potassium Permanganate from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  June 11, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Conniff or Drew Jackson, 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) 482-4406, respectively.

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 February 26, 2002, the Department published a notice of 
initiation for the administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on potassium permanganate from the People's Republic of China, covering 
the period January 1, 2001, through December 31, 2001. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 67 FR 
8780. On February 18, 2003, the Department published the preliminary 
results of its review. See Potassium Permanganate from the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 7768. In our notice of preliminary 
results, we stated our intention to issue the final results of this 
review no later than 120 days after publication of the preliminary 
results. The final results are currently due on June 18, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    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 August 17, 2003. See Decision Memorandum 
from Thomas F. Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated concurrently with this 
notice, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the 
Department's main building.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: June 5, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 03-14780 Filed 6-10-03; 8:45 am]
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