[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 72424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6844]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-570-847)


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the 
Administrative Review of the Antidumping Duty Order on Persulfates From 
the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Riggle at (202) 482-0650 or 
Frances Veith at (202) 482-4295, 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 August 10, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on persulfates from the People's Republic of 
China (``PRC'') covering the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 
2004. See Persulfates from the People's Republic of China: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 
46476 (August 10, 2005). The Department is extending the time limit for 
the final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on persulfates from the PRC. The final results of this 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 issue 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 (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. Completion of the final results within the 
120-day period is not practicable due to several complex issues 
regarding the selection of the appropriate surrogate financial 
statements to use in the calculation of normal value for the final 
results. The parties have submitted extensive arguments regarding the 
use of financial data from producers of comparable products to derive 
surrogate financial ratios.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time period for issuing the final results 
of this review by 60 days until February 6, 2006.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 29, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6844 Filed 12-2-05; 8:45 am]
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