[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 39 (Tuesday, February 28, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10010-10011]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-2791]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-890]


Wooden Bedroom Furniture From the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
New Shipper Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 28, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan or Robert Bolling, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade

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Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
0414 or (202) 482-3434, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 8, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
of antidumping duty new shipper reviews of wooden bedroom furniture 
from the People's Republic of China for the period June 24, 2004, 
through June 30, 2005. See Wooden Bedroom Furniture from the People's 
Republic of China; Initiation of New Shipper Reviews, 70 FR 53344 
(September 8, 2005). The preliminary results of the new shipper reviews 
are currently due no later than February 26, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), requires the Department to issue preliminary results 
within 180 days after the date on which the new shipper reviews were 
initiated. However, if the Department concludes that the case is 
extraordinarily complicated, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act allows 
the Department to extend the 180-day period to a maximum of 300 days.
    The Department finds that the complicated nature of this review 
necessitates an extension of time beyond the 180-day period to complete 
the preliminary results. There are four distinct new shipper reviews 
underway for the following entities: Shenyang Kunyu Wood Industry Co., 
Ltd. (``Kunyu''); Dongguan Landmark Furniture Products Ltd.; Meikangchi 
(Nantong) Furniture Company Ltd. (``Meikangchi''); and WBE Industries 
(Hui-Yang) Co., Ltd. Two of the respondents, Kunyu and Meikangchi, are 
participating pro se, and may require additional assistance pursuant to 
section 782(c)(2) of the Act. Further, there are significant and 
complicated issues surrounding the Department's normal value 
calculation for wooden bedroom furniture, particularly with respect to 
the valuation of the many factors of production associated with wooden 
bedroom furniture production. Accordingly, the Department requires 
additional time to properly analyze the respondents' questionnaire 
responses, issue multiple supplemental questionnaires, and conduct any 
appropriate verifications in these new shipper reviews. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, the Department is 
extending the time limit for the preliminary results to these reviews 
by 120 days, until no later than June 26, 2006.

    Dated: February 21, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-2791 Filed 2-27-06; 8:45 am]
(Billing Code: 3510-DS-S)