[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 200 (Thursday, October 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59583-59584]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26212]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Adminstration

[A-570-803]


Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit 
for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 16, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Manning or Jeff Pedersen, 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) 482-5253 
or (202) 482-2769, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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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 March 25, 2003, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on heavy forged 
hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or without handles from the 
People's Republic of China, covering the period February 1, 2002 
through January 31, 2003. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 68 FR 14394. The preliminary results are currently due no 
later than October 31, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit because of the 
time needed to consider certain factual issues in the case. This 
extension results in the due date for the preliminary results falling 
on February 28, 2004, which is a Saturday. Therefore, the preliminary 
results will be due on the next business day, which is March 1, 2004. 
See Decision Memorandum from Thomas F. Futtner, Acting Office Director, 
to Holly A. Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, dated concurrently 
with this notice, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-
099 of the Department's main building. We intend to issue the final 
results no later than 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 9, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 03-26212 Filed 10-15-03; 8:45 am]
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