[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 19481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5601]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-703]


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy: 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: April 14, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Saliha Loucif or Salim Bhabhrawala, at 
(202) 482-1779 or (202) 482-1784, 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 September 28, 2005, the Department of Commerce (Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin (PTFE) 
From Italy, covering the period August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 56631. The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than May 3, 2006.

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 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 this 
time period, 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 (e.g., recent changes in Solvay Solexis, Inc. and 
Solvay Solexis S.p.A's corporate structure and affiliations, further-
manufacturing of wet raw polymer into granular PTFE resin), which must 
be addressed prior to the issuance of those results. The Department 
requires additional time to analyze the respondent's questionnaire 
response and issue any necessary supplemental questionnaires.
    Accordingly, the Department is extending, by 90 days, the time 
limit for completion of the preliminary results of this administrative 
review until no later than August 1, 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: April 10, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-5601 Filed 4-13-06; 8:45 am]
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