[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4488-4489]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-1987]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-867]


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

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 of Certain Automotive 
Replacement Glass Windshields from China.

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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.

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 30, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bolling 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) 482-3434 and (202) 482-4271, respectively.

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). On October 24, 2003, the Department published a notice in the 
Federal Register extending the time limit for the preliminary results 
of review by 60 days. See Certain Automotive Replacement Glass 
Windshields from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 68 FR 60911 (October 24, 2003). The preliminary results of 
review are currently due no later than February 29, 2004.
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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 
statutory time limit of 245 days 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, such as 
affiliation, 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) 
due to the Chinese New Year, the Department has delayed the planned 
verification schedules and, therefore, will not have sufficient time to 
complete its preliminary results by the scheduled deadline of February 
29, 2004.
    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 April 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: January 26, 2004.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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