[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 81 (Friday, April 27, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 20994]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-8130]


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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 Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 27, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor and Maisha Cryor, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
4114 and (202) 482-5831, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 29, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on polyethylene retail carrier bags from the 
People's Republic of China (``PRC''). See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 57465 (September 29, 
2006). The period of review is August 1, 2005, through July 31, 2006. 
The preliminary results of this administrative review are currently due 
no later than May 3, 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 sales 
information and to factors of production. 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 August 31, 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: April 23, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-8130 Filed 4-26-07; 8:45 am]
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