[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 6 (Wednesday, January 10, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 1216]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-192]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-570-886)


Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic of 
China: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 10, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurel LaCivita or Matthew Quigley, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4243 or (202) 482-4551, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 28, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
of the antidumping duty administrative review of Polyethylene Retail 
Carrier Bags (``PRCBs'') from the People's Republic of China (``PRC'') 
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). On 
September 13, 2006, the Department published the preliminary results. 
See Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
71 FR 54021 (September 13, 2006). The final results are currently due 
by January 11, 2007.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), the Department shall make a final determination 
in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary determination is 
published. The Act further provides, however, that the Department may 
extend that 120-day period to 180 days if it determines it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the foregoing time period.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
final results of the administrative review of PRCBs from the PRC within 
the 120-day period due to complex issues the parties have raised 
regarding the selection of appropriate financial statements for the 
calculation of surrogate financial ratios. Therefore, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the 
time period for completion of the final results of this review to 152 
days until February 12, 2007.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: December 29, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-192 Filed 1-9-07; 8:45 am]
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