[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 168 (Wednesday, August 31, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 51753]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4767]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-122-838]


Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Extension of the 
Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 31, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Handley or Shane Subler, at 
(202) 482-0631 or (202) 482-0189, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 30, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, 
covering the period May 1, 2003, through April 30, 2004. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 39409 (June 
30, 2004). The review covers the sales of over four hundred producers/
exporters of subject merchandise to the United States. Eight of these 
producers/exporters are being individually examined. On June 7, 2005, 
the Department published the preliminary results of the antidumping 
duty administrative review. See Notice of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission: Certain 
Softwood Lumber Products from Canada, 70 FR 33063 (June 7, 2005).

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit for the final 
results to 180 days from the date of publication of the preliminary 
results.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit. The Department 
must address a number of significant and complex issues prior to the 
issuance of the final results. For example, to address thoroughly 
comments by interested parties in their case briefs, the Department 
must analyze the overall cost of production calculation methodology 
employed for the preliminary results of the review. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results of this administrative review until no later than December 4, 
2005, which is 180 days from the date of publication of the preliminary 
results. However, December 4 falls on Sunday, and it is the 
Department's long-standing practice to issue a determination the next 
business day when the statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal 
holiday, or any other day when the Department is closed. See Notice of 
Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for 
Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 
1930, As Amended, 70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). Accordingly, the deadline 
for completion of the final results is December 5, 2005.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: August 25, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4767 Filed 8-30-05; 8:45 am]
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