[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 49 (Friday, March 12, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11833-11834]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5656]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-847]


Persulfates From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results in Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

ACTION: Extension of time limit for preliminary results of antidumping 
duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: March 12, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Greg Kalbaugh at (202) 482-3693, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 22, 2003, the Department published 
in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Republic 
of China. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 68 FR 50750 
(Aug. 22, 2003). The period of review is July 1, 2002 through June 30, 
2003. The review covers one exporter of the subject merchandise to the 
United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. The Act further provides, however, that 
the Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it 
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
foregoing time period. On February 12, 2004, the Department issued a 
revised surrogate country selection memorandum to interested parties in 
this proceeding, in which: (1) Pakistan had been eliminated as an 
acceptable surrogate country selection; (2) Egypt and Morocco had been 
added as acceptable surrogate country selections; and (3) economic 
indicators had been updated for all countries. We requested comments 
from interested parties for consideration in the preliminary results by 
April 1, 2004. In order to allow sufficient time for interested parties 
to

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comment and provide surrogate value information based on the revised 
surrogate country selection memorandum, it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the time limit mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we have fully extended the deadline until July 
30, 2004.

    Dated: March 8, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-5656 Filed 3-11-04; 8:45 am]
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