[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 235 (Thursday, December 7, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70957-70958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20692]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-875]


Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe Fittings from the Peoples' 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: December 7, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan or Mark Manning, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade

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Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4081 or (202) 482-5253, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 31, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings from 
the Peoples' Republic of China (``PRC''). See Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for 
Revocation in Part, 71 FR 30864 (May 31, 2006). The period of review is 
April 1, 2005, through March 31, 2006. The preliminary results of this 
administrative review are currently due no later than January 2, 2007.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``Act''), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act further 
provides, however, that the Department may extend the 245-day period to 
365 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the foregoing time period. The Department determines that it is 
not practicable to complete this administrative review within the time 
limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act because this review 
involves examining a number of complex issues related to factors of 
production and surrogate values. The Department requires additional 
time to issue and analyze supplemental questionnaires regarding these 
issues. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, 
the Department is extending the time period for completing the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until April 30, 2007, 
which is 365 days from the last day of the anniversary month of the 
date of publication of the order. The deadline for the final results of 
the review continues to be 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This extension notice is issued and published in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 30, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-20692 Filed 12-6-06; 8:45 am]
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