[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 202 (Thursday, October 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 61709-61710]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17380]


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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: Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 19, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
6312 and (202) 482-0649, respectively.

Background

    On February 19, 1991, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register four antidumping duty orders on heavy 
forged hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or without handles 
(heavy forged hand tools) from the People's Republic of China (PRC). 
See Antidumping Duty Orders: Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or 
Unfinished, With or Without Handles From the People's Republic of 
China, 56 FR 6622 (February 19, 1991). Imports covered by these orders 
comprise the following classes or kinds of merchandise: (1) Hammers and 
sledges with heads over 1.5 kg (3.33 pounds) (hammers/sledges); (2) 
bars over 18 inches in length, track tools and wedges (bars/wedges); 
(3) picks/mattocks; and (4) axes/adzes.
    On February 1, 2006, the Department published in the Federal 
Register (71 FR 5239) a notice of ``Opportunity to Request an 
Administrative Review'' of the antidumping duty order on heavy forged 
hand tools from the PRC for the period of review (POR) covering 
February 1, 2005, through January 31, 2006. On February 24, 2006, 
respondents Shandong Machinery Import and Export Corporation and 
Tianjin Machinery Import and Export Corporation requested 
administrative reviews of their companies for this POR. On February 27, 
2006, respondents Shanghai Machinery Import & Export Corp., Shandong 
Huarong Machinery Co., and Shandong Jinma Industrial Group Co., Ltd. 
requested administrative reviews of their

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companies for this POR. On February 28, 2006, petitioner Council Tool 
Company requested administrative reviews of Shandong Huarong Machinery 
Co., Ltd., Shandong Machinery Import and Export Corporation, Tianjin 
Machinery Import and Export Corporation, Shanghai Xinke Trading 
Company, Iron Bull Industrial Co., Ltd., and Jafsam Metal Products for 
this POR. Also on February 28, 2006, petitioner Ames True Temper 
requested administrative reviews of Shandong Huarong Machinery Co., 
Ltd., Shandong Machinery Import and Export Corporation, Tianjin 
Machinery Import and Export Corporation, Iron Bull Industrial Co., 
Ltd., and Truper Herramientas S.A. de C.V. for this POR.
    On April 5, 2006, the Department initiated an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty orders listed below on heavy forged hand tools 
from the PRC covering the POR February 1, 2005, through January 31, 
2006, with respect to the listed companies:

Axes/Adzes A-570-803
Iron Bull Industrial Co., Ltd.
Jafsam Metal Products
Shanghai Machinery Import & Export Corp.
Shanghai Xinke Trading Company
Shandong Huarong Machinery Co., Ltd.
Shandong Jinma Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
Shandong Machinery Import and Export Corporation
Tianjin Machinery Import and Export Corporation
Truper Herramientas S.A. de C.V.

Bars/Wedges A-570-803
Iron Bull Industrial Co., Ltd.
Jafsam Metal Products.
Shanghai Machinery Import & Export Corp.
Shanghai Xinke Trading Company
Shandong Huarong Machinery Co., Ltd.
Shandong Jinma Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
Shandong Machinery Import and Export Corporation
Tianjin Machinery Import and Export Corporation
Truper Herramientas S.A. de C.V.

Hammers/Sledges A-570-803
Iron Bull Industrial Co., Ltd.
Jafsam Metal Products
Shanghai Machinery Import & Export Corp.
Shanghai Xinke Trading Company
Shandong Huarong Machinery Co., Ltd.
Shandong Jinma Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
Shandong Machinery Import and Export Corporation
Tianjin Machinery Import and Export Corporation
Picks/Mattocks A-570-803
Iron Bull Industrial Co., Ltd.
Jafsam Metal Products
Shanghai Machinery Import & Export Corp.
Shanghai Xinke Trading Company
Shandong Huarong Machinery Co., Ltd.
Shandong Jinma Industrial Group Co., Ltd.
Shandong Machinery Import and Export Corporation
    See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Deferral of Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 
17077 (April 5, 2006).
    On September 11, 2006, in accordance with Section 351.213(d)(1) of 
the Department's regulations and upon the requests of the pertinent 
parties, the Department rescinded the administrative reviews as 
follows:
With regard to Shandong Jinma Industrial Group Co., Ltd., in 
all classes or kinds.
With regard to Shanghai Machinery Import & Export Corp., in all 
classes or kinds.
With regard to Truper Herramientas S.A. de C.V., in all classes 
or kinds.
With regard to Tianjin Machinery Import and Export Corporation, 
in the classes or kinds axes/adzes, hammers/sledges, and bars/wedges.
With regard to Shandong Huarong Machinery Co., in the classes 
or kinds axes/adzes and bars/wedges.
With regard to Iron Bull Industrial Co., Ltd., in the class or 
kind bars/wedges.

    See Administrative Review (02/01/2005 01/31/2006) of Heavy Forged 
Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without Handles, from the 
People's Republic of China: Notice of Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews 71 FR 53403 (September 11, 2006).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Tariff Act), the deadlines for preliminary and final 
results of this administrative review are October 31, 2005, and 
February 28, 2006, respectively. The Department, however, may extend 
the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a review if 
it determines it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results 
within the statutory time limit. See section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act and 19 C.F.R. 351.213(h)(2). In this case, the Department has 
determined it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
statutory time limit because of significant issues that require 
additional time to evaluate. These include outstanding questions 
concerning the questionnaire responses that require additional 
supplemental questionnaires.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results for heavy forged hand tools from 
the People's Republic of China until February 28, 2007, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act. The deadline for the final 
results of this review will be 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results in the Federal Register. See section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Tariff Act and 19 C.F.R. 351.213(h)(2).
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A), 751(a)(1), and 777(i)(l) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(d)(4).

    Dated: October 10, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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