[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 208 (Friday, October 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62095-62096]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-5985]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803]


Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit 
for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the review of Heavy 
Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without Handles 
(``HFHTs'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This review 
covers the period February 1, 2004 through January 31, 2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 28, 2005.

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, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3208.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``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 March 23, 2005, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of a review of HFHTs from the PRC covering the period February 1, 2004 
through January 31, 2005. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 70 FR 14643 (March 23, 2005).

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The Department determines that completion of the preliminary 
results of this review within the 245-day period is not practicable. 
This review covers four companies, and to conduct the sales and factor 
analyses for each requires the Department to gather and analyze a 
significant amount of information pertaining to each company's sales 
practices, manufacturing methods and corporate relationships. The 
Department also requires additional time in order to analyze 
complicated potential affiliation issues between some of the companies 
participating in this review.
    Therefore, given the number and complexity of issues in this case, 
and in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are 
extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of review 
by 120 days until February 28, 2006. The final results continue to be 
due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.


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    Dated: October 21, 2005.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-5985 Filed 10-27-05; 8:45 am]
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