[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 63511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2980]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-835]


Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the review of glycine 
from the People's Republic of China. This review covers the period 
March 1, 2003, through February 29, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Hallie Noel Zink, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-6907.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
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 determination is 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within these time periods, Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary determination 
to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month.

Background

    On April 28, 2004, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on glycine 
from the People's Republic of China. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 69 FR 23170 
(April 28, 2004). The preliminary results of this administrative review 
are currently due no later than December 1, 2004.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department needs to gather more information in order to further analyze 
the Respondent's production process, as well as to evaluate what would 
be the most appropriate surrogate values to use during the period of 
review. Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results, 120 days, i.e., until no later 
than March 31, 2005. This extension is in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: October 27, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-2980 Filed 11-1-04; 8:45 am]
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