[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 219 (Tuesday, November 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 69320]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6301]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[C-533-825]


Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip from India: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 15, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeff Pedersen or Drew Jackson, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
2769 or (202) 482-4406, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 30, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the countervailing duty order on polyethylene 
terephthalate film, sheet and strip from India, covering the period 
January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 52857 (August 30, 2004).
    On August 10, 2005, the Department published in the Federal 
Register the preliminary results of review. See Notice of Preliminary 
Results and Rescission in Part of Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Review: Polyethylene Terephthalate Film, Sheet and Strip From India, 70 
FR 46483 (August 10, 2005). The final results of review are currently 
due no later than December 8, 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 make a preliminary determination in an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or finding 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 245-day 
time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days 
and the time limit for the final determination to 180 days (or 300 days 
if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
determination) from the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination.
    We have determined that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department has required additional time to consider a number of complex 
issues involving certain sales tax incentive programs. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results of review by 60 days. We intend to issue the final results of 
review no later than February 6, 2006.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: November 8, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6301 Filed 11-14-05; 8:45 am]
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