[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 208 (Friday, October 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62995-62996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18049]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-836


Glycine From the People's Republic of China: Extension of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the preliminary results of the review of glycine 
from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This review covers the 
period March 1, 2005, through February 28, 2006.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 27, 2006.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., 
Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 482-3207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    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 and a final determination within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary results are published. 
However, 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 determination to a maximum of 
365 days after the last day of the anniversary month.

Background

    On March 29, 1995, the Department published in the Federal Register 
an antidumping duty order on glycine from the PRC. See Antidumping Duty 
Order: Glycine from the People's Republic of China, 60 FR 16116, (March 
29, 1995). On April 28, 2006, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on glycine from the People's Republic of China. See Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 71 FR 25145 (April 28, 2006). The preliminary results of this 
administrative review are currently due no later than December 1, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
Department requires additional time to analyze the supplemental 
questionnaire responses, issue additional supplemental questionnaires, 
as well as to evaluate what would be the most appropriate surrogate 
values to use during the period of review. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results by 
120 days. The preliminary results will now be due no later than April 
2, 2007, which is the first business day after the 120-day extension 
(the 120\th\ day falls on the weekend). The final results continue to 
be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: October 23, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-18049 Filed 10-26-06; 8:45 am]
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