[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 57 (Friday, March 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 15293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1306]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-847]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
the 2003-2004 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Persulfates From 
the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tisha Loeper-Viti at (202) 482-7425 or 
Erol Yesin at (202) 482-4037, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 17, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Republic of 
China, covering the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004 (69 FR 
56745). The preliminary results for this review are currently due no 
later than April 2, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act) requires the Department to complete the preliminary results within 
245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order/
finding for which a review is requested and the final results within 
120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 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 results to a maximum of 365 
days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding 
for which a review is requested and for the final results to 180 days 
(or 300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the 
preliminary results) from the date of publication of the preliminary 
results.
    We have determined that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the time limit mandated by 
the Act due to a complex issue regarding affiliation, the resolution of 
which will determine the sales subject to review. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is 
fully extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of 
review from April 2, 2005, until not later than August 1, 2005, which 
is the next business day after 365 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: March 18, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-1306 Filed 3-24-05; 8:45 am]
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