[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 6 (Tuesday, January 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1508-1509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-104]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-580-839
A-583-833


Certain Polyester Staple Fiber From Taiwan and the Republic of 
Korea: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 2004-2005 Administrative 
Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yasmin Bordas or Andrew McAllister, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-3813 
or (202) 482-1174, respectively.

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 (``Department'') to issue 
the preliminary results of an administrative review 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 results are published. If it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time period, 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.

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Background

    On June 30, 2005, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative reviews of the antidumping duty orders on certain 
polyester staple fiber (``PSF'') from Taiwan and the Republic of Korea 
(``Korea''), covering the period May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 70 FR 37749 (June 30, 2005). The preliminary results for the 
antidumping duty administrative reviews of certain PSF from Taiwan and 
Korea are currently due no later than January 31, 2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    The Department requires additional time to review, analyze, and 
verify the sales and cost information and to issue supplemental 
questionnaires. Moreover, the Department requires additional time to 
review and analyze the model match criteria, and it is thus not 
practicable to complete this review within the original time limit 
(i.e., January 31, 2006). Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results to not later than 
May 24, 2006, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 4, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-104 Filed 1-9-06; 8:45 am]
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