[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 243 (Tuesday, December 20, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75448-75449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-7561]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-846


Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review and New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 20, 2005.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin C. Begnal or Tom Killiam, 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-
1442 or (202) 482-5222, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 27, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
brake rotors from the People's Republic of China. The review was 
initiated for 27 individually named firms. The period of review (POR) 
is April 1, 2004, through March 31, 2005. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 30694 (May 27, 2005). Of the 27 named 
firms for which the Department initiated an administrative review, 18 
firms had shipments of subject merchandise during the POR that are 
subject to review. Two of the 18 firms are also participating in the 
proceeding as new shippers. After consulting with the two new shippers, 
they agreed to have the Department rescind their administrative reviews 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(j). See Memorandum to the File from 
Carrie Blozy Regarding the 8th Administrative Review of Brake Rotors 
from the People's Republic of China, dated July 28, 2005. As a result, 
this administrative review will cover 16 firms.
    However, due to the large number of firms subject to this 
administrative review, and the Department's experience regarding the 
resulting administrative burden to review each company for which a 
request has been made, the Department exercised its authority to limit 
the number of respondents selected for individual review by sampling, 
and conducted the sampling on November 16, 2005. See Section 777A(c) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''); see also November 16, 
2005, Memorandum to the File from Erin Begnal, Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Brake Rotors from the People's Republic of China 
(November 16, 2005, Sampling Memorandum).
    The following respondents were selected for individual review 
pursuant to the sampling procedure: Qingdao Meita Automotive Industry 
Co., Ltd., Yantai Winhere Auto-Part Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Xiangfen 
Hengtai Brake Systems Co., Ltd., Hongfa Machinery (Dalian) Group Co., 
Ltd., and Longkou Haimeng Machinery Co., Ltd. See November 16, 2005, 
Sampling Memorandum.
    The preliminary results of this administrative review are currently 
due by December 31, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department shall 
issue preliminary results in an administrative review of an antidumping 
duty order within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month 
of the date of publication of the order for which a review is requested 
and the final results 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 specified time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend these deadlines 
to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.
    The Department has determined that completion of the preliminary 
results within the originally anticipated time limit, December 31, 
2005, is impracticable. For the first time in this proceeding, the 
Department employed a sampling methodology to select respondents. In 
order to obtain necessary information and to afford parties 
opportunities to comment on the Department's respondent selection 
methodology, the Department did not conduct its respondent selection 
sampling procedure until November 16, 2005. See section 777A(b) of the 
Act (where the Department determines to limit the selection of 
respondents by sampling, the Department ``shall, to the greatest extent 
possible, consult with the exporters and producers regarding the method 
to be used to select exporters, producers or types of products''). The 
Department requires additional time to analyze the parties' responses 
to the questionnaires issued on November 16, 2005, as well as to issue 
any necessary supplemental questionnaires and to conduct verifications. 
Consequently, it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
time specified under the Act. Therefore, the Department is extending 
the time limit for completion of these preliminary results by 120 days 
to April 30, 2006, in accordance with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    Additionally, on April 29, 2005, Shanxi Zhongding Auto Parts Co., 
Ltd. agreed to waive the time limits of its new shipper review, on 
April 29, 2005, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.214(j)(3), and agreed to have 
its review conducted concurrently with the eighth administrative review 
of this order for the period April 1, 2004, through March 31, 2005. 
Therefore, the preliminary results of this new shipper review will also 
be extended by 120 days to April 30, 2006. The deadline for the final 
results of these reviews continues to be 120 days after the publication 
of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 13, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
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