[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 61656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-27247]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-886, A-557-813, A-549-821]


Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Determinations in 
Antidumping Duty Investigations: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From 
the People's Republic of China, Malaysia, and Thailand

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of preliminary determinations in 
antidumping duty investigations.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 29, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hermes Pinilla (People's Republic of 
China), David Dirstine (Malaysia) or Lyn Johnson (Thailand), Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-3477, (202) 482-4033 and (202) 482-5287, 
respectively.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is postponing the preliminary 
determinations in the antidumping duty investigations of polyethylene 
retail carrier bags from the People's Republic of China, Malaysia, and 
Thailand from November 27, 2003, until January 16, 2004. These 
postponements are made pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Postponements of Due Dates for Preliminary Determinations

    On July 10, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
initiated the antidumping duty investigations of imports of 
polyethylene retail carrier bags from the People's Republic of China, 
Malaysia, and Thailand. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags From The People's 
Republic of China, Malaysia, and Thailand, 68 FR 42002 (July 16, 2003). 
In accordance with section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the notice of initiation stated that the 
Department would issue its preliminary determinations no later than 140 
days after the date of initiation, or November 27, 2003. See id.
    On October 16, 2003, the petitioners, the Polyethylene Retail 
Carrier Bag Committee and its individual members, PCL Packaging, Inc., 
Sonoco Products Company, Superbag Corp., Vanguard Plastics, Inc., and 
Inteplast Group, Ltd., made a request for a 50-day postponement of the 
preliminary determinations, pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act 
and 19 CFR 351.205(e). Under section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, if the 
petitioners make a timely request for an extension of the period within 
which the preliminary determination must be made under subsection 
733(b)(1), the Department may postpone making its preliminary 
determination by no more than 50 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is normally due. Petitioner's request for 
postponement was timely, and the Department finds no compelling reason 
to deny the request. Therefore, in accordance with section 733(c)(1) of 
the Act, the Department is postponing the deadlines for issuing the 
preliminary determinations.
    January 16, 2004, is 50 days from November 27, 2003, and therefore, 
in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(A) of the Act, the Department is 
postponing the preliminary determinations in these investigations until 
January 16, 2004.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f).

    Dated: October 23, 2003.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-27247 Filed 10-28-03; 8:45 am]
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