[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60911-60912]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26938]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-867]


Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from the People's 
Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary results 
of antidumping duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2003.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
review of automotive replacement glass windshields from the People's 
Republic of China. This review covers the period September 19, 2001 
through March 31, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Jonathan Herzog, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-4243 and (202) 482-4271, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 7, 2003, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
automotive replacement glass windshields (``ARG'') from the People's 
Republic of China (``PRC'') for the period September 19, 2001 through 
March 31, 2003. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, 
or Suspended Investigation: Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review, 68 FR 16761 (April 7, 2003). On April 15, 2003, Dongguan 
Kongwan Automobile Glass Limited and Peaceful City Limited, requested 
an administrative review of their sales to the United States during the 
period of review (``POR''). On April 21, 2003, an importer, Pilkington 
North America requested an administrative review of the sales of 
Changchun Pilkington Safety Glass Company Limited, Guilin Pilkington 
Safety Glass Company Limited, Shanghai Yaohua Pilkington Autoglass 
Company Limited, and Wuhan Yaohua Pilkington Safety Glass Company 
Limited to the United States during the POR. On April 22, 2003, TCG 
International Inc. (``TCGI''), requested an administrative review of 
its sales to the United States during the POR. On April 30, 2003, Xinyi 
Automotive Glass (Shenzhen) Company, Limited (``Xinyi''), Shenzhen CSG 
Automotive Glass Company, Limited (reported to be the former company 
Shenzhen Benxun Auto Glass Company, Limited) (``Benxun''), and Fuyao 
Glass Industry Group Company, Limited requested an administrative 
review of their sales to the United States during the POR. On May 21, 
2003, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of the 
initiation of the antidumping duty administrative review of ARG from 
the PRC for the period September 19, 2001 through March 31, 2003. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 68 FR 27781 (May 21, 2003). 
On September 8, 2003, the Department published a notice in the Federal 
Register rescinding the administrative reviews of TCGI, Xinyi, and 
Benxun.\1\ See Certain Automotive Replacement Glass Windshields from 
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Partial Rescission of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 68 FR 52893 (September 8, 
2003). The preliminary results of review are currently due no later 
than December 31, 2003.
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    \1\ Because Bexun withdrew its request for review, the 
Department did not have the information necessary to make a 
successor-in-interest determination. Therefore the Department did 
not determine that Shenzhen CSG Automotive Glass Company, Limited is 
entitled to receive the same antidumping cash deposit rate accorded 
Benxun.
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Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), states that if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time specified, the administering authority may extend the 
245-day period to issue its preliminary results by up to 120 days. 
Completion of the preliminary results of this review within the 245-day 
period is not practicable for the following reasons: (1) The review 
involves several complicated issues which require the Department to 
gather and analyze a significant amount of information pertaining to 
each company's sales practices, factors of production, and corporate 
relationships; and (2) responses from the participating companies 
required the Department to issue multiple supplemental

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questionnaires which delayed the planned verification schedules and, 
therefore, will not allow sufficient time to complete the preliminary 
results by the scheduled deadline of December 31, 2003.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time specified under the Act, we are extending the time period for 
issuing the preliminary results of review by 60 days until February 29, 
2004, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final 
results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.

    Dated: October 17, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-26938 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]
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