[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43714-43715]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12470]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803]


Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit 
for the Final Results of the 14th Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 2, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nicole Bankhead, 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) 482-9068.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 8, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or 
Unfinished, With or Without Handles, from the People's Republic of 
China, covering the period February 1, 2004, through January 31, 2005. 
See Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, From the People's Republic of China: Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Reviews and Preliminary Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 11580 (March 8, 2006).

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), and section 351.213(h)(1) of the Department's 
regulations, the Department shall issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the antidumping duty 
order. The Act further provides that the Department shall issue the 
final results of a review within 120 days after the date on which the 
notice of the preliminary results was published in the Federal 
Register. However, if the Department determines that it is not 
practicable to complete the review within this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations allow the Department to extend the 245-day period to 365 
days and the 120-day period to 180 days.
    On June 9, 2006, the Department extended the deadline for issuing 
the final results by 25 days, from July 6, 2006, to July 31, 2006. See 
Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, from the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit 
for the Final Results of the 14th Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 33438 (June 9, 2006). The Department determines that the 
completion of the final results of this review by the original extended 
deadline is not practicable. As noted in the first extension notice, 
the Department requires additional time to analyze comments regarding 
the four companies involved in the instant review, each of which 
exported subject merchandise in at least one of the four classes or 
kinds of merchandise covered by this order, along with complex 
affiliation and agent sale issues. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time 
period for issuing the final results of this review by 35 days. Since a 
35-day extension would result in the deadline for the final results 
falling on September 4, 2006, which is a federal holiday, the new 
deadline for the final results will be the next business day, September 
5, 2006. 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).
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.


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    Dated: July 26, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-12470 Filed 8-1-06; 8:45 am]
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