[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 13091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3630]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-867]


Notice of Postponement of Final Antidumping Duty Determination 
and Extension of Provisional Measures: Metal Calendar Slides from Japan

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 14, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Lindsay or Dara Iserson, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone: (202) 482-0780 or (202) 482-4052, respectively.

Postponement of Final Determination

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the final 
determination in the antidumping duty investigation of metal calendar 
slides from Japan.
    On July 26, 2005, the Department published the initiation of the 
antidumping duty investigation on imports of metal calendar slides from 
Japan. See Initiation of Antidumping Duty Investigation: Metal Calendar 
Slides from Japan, 70 FR 43122 (July 26, 2005). On February 1, 2006, 
the Department published its affirmative preliminary determination in 
this investigation. See Notice of Preliminary Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value: Metal Calendar Slides from Japan, 71 FR 5244 
(February 1, 2006). This notice stated that the Department would issue 
its final determination no later than 75 days after the date on which 
the Department issued its preliminary determination.
    Section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (the 
Act) and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii) provide that a final determination 
may be postponed until no later than 135 days after the date of the 
publication of the preliminary determination if, in the event of an 
affirmative preliminary determination, a request for such postponement 
is made by exporters who account for a significant proportion of 
exports of the subject merchandise. Additionally, the Department's 
regulations, at 19 CFR 351.210(e)(2)(ii), require that requests by a 
respondent for postponement of a final determination be accompanied by 
a request for an extension of the provisional measures from a four-
month period to not more than six months.
    On February 13, 2006, in accordance with section 735(a)(2)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), the only known exporter, 
Nishiyama Kinzoku Co. Ltd. (Nishiyama), requested that the Department: 
(1) Postpone the final determination; and (2) extend the provisional 
measures period from four months to a period not longer than six 
months. Accordingly, pursuant to section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 
CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) The preliminary determination is 
affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter accounts for a significant 
proportion of exports of the subject merchandise in this investigation; 
and (3) no compelling reasons for denial exist, we are postponing the 
final determination until no later than 135 days after the publication 
of the preliminary determination in the Federal Register (i.e., until 
no later than June 16, 2006). Suspension of liquidation will be 
extended accordingly.
    This notice of postponement is published pursuant to section 735(a) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.210(g).

    Dated: March 8, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-3630 Filed 3-13-06; 8:45 am]
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