[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 61 (Thursday, March 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 16120]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-4658]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-504]


Petroleum Wax Candles from the People's Republic of China: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the review of petroleum 
wax candles (``candles'') from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). This review covers the period August 1, 2004, through July 
31, 2005.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 30, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Cindy Lai Robinson, 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) 482-3797.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
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 determination is 
published. 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 determination 
to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month.

Background

    On September 28, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of a review of candles from the PRC covering the period 
August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005. See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for 
Revocation in Part, 70 FR 56631 (September 28, 2005).

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    The Department determines that this review is extraordinarily 
complicated and that completion of the preliminary results of this 
review within the 245-day period is not practicable. Specifically, the 
Department requires additional time to examine whether the respondent, 
Qingdao Youngson Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Youngson''), is affiliated 
with other PRC producers and to conduct verification of Youngson's 
questionnaire responses.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the completion of the 
preliminary results of the review by 45 days to June 17, 2006. However, 
June 17, 2006, falls on Saturday, and it is the Department's long-
standing practice to issue a determination the next business day when 
the statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal holiday, or any 
other day when the Department is closed. See Notice of Clarification: 
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative 
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 
70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). Accordingly, the deadline for completion of 
the preliminary results is June 19, 2006. The final results continue to 
be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(2) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 23, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-4658 Filed 3-29-03; 8:45 am]
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