[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 232 (Monday, December 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72424-72425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6845]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-878]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Administrative Review: Saccharin From the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 5, 2005.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Blanche Ziv, AD/CVD Operations, Office 
8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 8, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on saccharin from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC'') covering the period December 27, 2002, through June 30, 2004. 
See Saccharin from the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results 
and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 
45657 (August 8, 2005). The final results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of saccharin from the PRC are currently due no 
later than December 6, 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 the time specified, the administering 
authority may extend the 120-day period to 180 days. Completion of the 
final results within the 120-day period is not practicable due to a 
potential issue arising in a concurrent scope proceeding of the 
antidumping duty order on saccharin from the PRC regarding acid 
saccharin being shipped from the PRC to a third country where it is 
processed into sodium saccharin and then shipped to the United States.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is fully extending the time period for issuing the final 
results. Because the extended date, February 4, 2006, falls on a 
Saturday, we will issue the final results no later than February 6, 
2006.
    On September 2, 2005, the Department extended the deadline of 
September 7, 2005, until further notice for interested parties to 
submit case briefs and/or written comments on the preliminary results 
of review. Interested parties may submit case briefs and/or written 
comments no later than December 13, 2005. Rebuttal briefs and rebuttals 
to written comments, limited to issues raised in such briefs or 
comments, may be filed no later than December 20, 2005. The Department 
will also notify parties regarding the schedule for a public hearing to 
be held at a future date pursuant to a request submitted by Shanghai 
Fortune Chemical Co., Ltd. The public hearing will be held at the U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.
    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. E5-6845 Filed 12-2-05; 8:45 am]
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