[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 144 (Thursday, July 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 42630]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-11971]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-821]


Notice of Extension of Deadline for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Retail Carrier 
Bags from Thailand

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyn Johnson or Richard Rimlinger, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5287 and (202) 482-4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Extension of Deadline

    At the request of various parties, the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand for the period 
January 26, 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). Section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), requires 
the Department to issue preliminary results of review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested and final results within 120 days after the date on 
which the preliminary results were published. 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 results to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month.
    On April 26, 2006, the Department published a notice extending the 
preliminary results for this review by 90 days until August 1, 2006. 
See Notice of Extension of Deadline for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Retail Carrier 
Bags from Thailand, 71 FR 24641 (April 26, 2006). Since the publication 
of the extension notice, the Department conducted home-market sales and 
cost verifications of two of the seven respondents involved in this 
review and has a number of issues to address as a result of these 
verifications. In addition, the Department must also address several 
complex issues raised in recent filings by interested parties 
involving, among others, costs of production, affiliated-party inputs, 
direct material expenses, and sales reporting.
    Due to the complexity of the issues in this review, the Department 
needs additional time to conduct its analysis. Therefore, we are 
extending the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this 
review by an additional 30 days until August 31, 2006.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: July 21, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-11971 Filed 7-26-06; 8:45 am]
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