[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 81 (Thursday, April 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24839-24840]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-886


Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 2006.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Quigley, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4243 
or (202) 482-4551, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 28, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
of the antidumping duty administrative review of Polyethylene Retail 
Carrier Bags (``PRCBs'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') 
for the period January 24, 2004, through July 31, 2005. See Initiation 
of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and 
Request for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 56631 (September 28, 2005). The 
preliminary results of review are currently due no later than May 3, 
2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    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. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
further states that, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time specified, the administering authority may extend the 
245-day period to issue its preliminary results by up to 120 days. 
Completion of the preliminary results of this review within the 245-day 
period is not practicable because the Department needs additional time 
to analyze a significant amount of information pertaining to each 
company's sales practices, factors of production, corporate 
relationships, and to review responses to supplemental questionnaires.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time specified under the Act, we are extending the time period for 
issuing the preliminary results of review by 110 days until August 21, 
2006, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final 
results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results of review.

    Dated: April 21, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-6368 Filed 4-26-06; 8:45 am]
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