[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 8 (Thursday, January 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2023-2024]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-239]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-122-838)


Certain Softwood Lumber Products from Canada: Extension of the 
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Constance Handley or David Layton, at 
(202) 482-0631 or (202) 482-0371, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 30, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain softwood lumber products from Canada, 
covering the period May 1, 2004, through April 30, 2005. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 37749. The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than January 31, 2006. 
The review covers over four hundred producers/exporters of subject 
merchandise to the United States, of which eight are being individually 
examined.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to complete 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding for 
which a review is requested. 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 time limit for the 
preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order/finding for which a review is requested.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit due to a number 
of complex issues which must be addressed prior to the issuance of 
those results. For the first time in this proceeding, the Department 
employed a sampling methodology in selecting respondents. In order to 
obtain necessary information and to afford parties opportunities to 
comment on the Department's selection methodology, the Department did 
not conduct its respondent selection sampling procedure until November 
23, 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 used to select exporters, 
producers or types of products''). Consequently, the Department 
requires additional time to analyze the parties' questionnaire 
responses, including the complex corporate structures and affiliations 
of the eight respondents in this review, issue any necessary 
supplemental questionnaires and conduct verifications.
    Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results of this administrative review 
until no later than

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May 31, 2006. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 
days after publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This notice of extension of the time limit is published in 
accordance with 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: January 5, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-239 Filed 1-11-06; 8:45 am]
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