[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 8 (Tuesday, January 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1971-1972]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-700]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-839]


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From Korea: Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for 2002-2003 Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results of the current review of the antidumping duty order 
on certain polyester staple fiber from Korea. The period of review is 
May 1, 2002 through April 30, 2003. This extension is made pursuant to 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 13, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Santoboni or Andrew McAllister, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4194 or (202) 482-1174, 
respectively.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of 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. 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.

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Background

    On July 1, 2003, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
polyester staple fiber (``PSF'') from Korea, covering the period May 1, 
2002, through April 30, 2003 (68 FR 39055). The preliminary results for 
the antidumping duty administrative review of certain PSF from Korea 
are currently due no later than January 31, 2004.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    The respondents in this proceeding have outstanding original and 
supplemental questionnaire responses. Because the Department requires 
time to review and analyze these responses once they are received, it 
is not practicable to complete this review within the originally 
anticipated time limit (i.e., January 31, 2004). Therefore, the 
Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results to not later than June 1, 2004, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 7, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 04-700 Filed 1-12-04; 8:45 am]
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