[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 242 (Wednesday, December 17, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 70227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-31130]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-504]


Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China: Notice 
of Extension of Time Limit of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
final results of the administrative review of petroleum wax candles 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC) until no later than March 8, 
2004. The period of review is August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2002. 
This extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Hoadley, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement VII, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3148.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 28, 1986, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from the 
PRC (51 FR 30686). On August 6, 2002, the Department published an 
opportunity to request an administrative review of the order (67 FR 
50856) for the period August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2002. The 
Department received timely requests from Dongguan Fay Candle Co., Ltd. 
(Fay Candle), a PRC producer and exporter of subject merchandise, and 
its U.S. importers, TIJID, Inc. (TIJID) (d/b/a DIJIT Inc.), and Palm 
Beach Home Accents, Inc.(Palm Beach); Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (Wal-Mart); 
Qingdao Kingking Applied Chemistry Co., Ltd. (Qingdao Kingking); and 
petitioner, the National Candle Association (NCA), to conduct an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax 
candles from the PRC for 108 companies. On September 25, 2002, the 
Department published its Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Requests for Revocation in 
Part and Deferral of Administrative Review, 67 FR 60210. On March 26, 
2003, the Department extended the due date for the preliminary results 
of this review (68 FR 14578). On September 9, 2003, the Department 
published the preliminary results of this review (68 FR 53109).

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the final results of an 
administrative review if it determines that it is not practicable to 
complete the final results within the statutory time limit of 120 days 
from the date on which the preliminary results were published. The 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of this review within the statutory time limit. During 
the course of this review, numerous issues have been raised, including 
a possible affiliation between Fay Candle and its U.S. importers and a 
discrepancy between Qingdao Kingking's reported sales and Customs data, 
among others. Due to the complexity of the issues involved, it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the time limits mandated by 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) of the 
Department's regulations.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for the final 
results by 60 days (180 days from the date of publication of the 
preliminary results pursuant to section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2)), until no 
later than March 8, 2004 (the calculated due date is March 7, 2004; 
however, since March 7, falls on a weekend, the due date will fall on 
the next business day, March 8). This notice is published in accordance 
with section 751(1)(3)(A) of the Act and section 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) 
of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: December 2, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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