[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 139 (Monday, July 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 43087]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-18471]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-601]


Notice of Postponement of Final Results of 2001-2002 
Administrative Review: Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts Thereof, 
Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 21, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anthony Grasso at (202) 482-3853 or 
Andrew Smith at 202-482-1276, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires 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. Further, the Department may extend the 
time for making a final determination without extending the time for 
making a preliminary determination, if such final determination is made 
not later than 300 days after the date on which the preliminary 
determination is published.

Postponement of Final Results

    On July 24, 2002, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on tapered 
roller bearings and parts thereof, finished and unfinished, from the 
People's Republic of China, covering the period June 1, 2001 to May 31, 
2002 (67 FR 48435). On February 14, 2003, the Department published the 
preliminary results and partial rescission of this administrative 
review of TRBs from the PRC. See Tapered Roller Bearings and Parts 
Thereof, Finished and Unfinished, From the People's Republic of China: 
Preliminary Results of 2000-2001 Administrative Review and Partial 
Rescission of Review, 68 FR 7500 (February 14, 2003) (``Preliminary 
Results''). In the Preliminary Results we stated that we would make our 
final determination for the antidumping duty investigation no later 
than 120 days after the date of publication of the preliminary results 
(i.e., June 14, 2003). On June 12, 2003, we extended the time limit for 
completion of the final results to not later than July 16, 2003 in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    Due to the complexity of the issues, the Department concludes that 
these reviews are extraordinarily complicated. See Memorandum from Team 
to Jeffrey May, ``Extension of Time Limit for Final Results,'' dated, 
July 16, 2003. Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit 
for completion of these final results to not later than December 11, 
2003, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 15, 2003.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-18471 Filed 7-18-03; 8:45 am]
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