[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 129 (Friday, July 6, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36959-36960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-13121]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results and Partial 
Rescission of the 2005-2006 Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of 
Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, from the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 6, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution

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Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-6312 or (202) 
482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the 
preliminary results and partial rescission of the 2005-2006 antidumping 
duty administrative review of heavy forged hand tools, finished or 
unfinished, with or without handles (Hand Tools), from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC) on March 8, 2007. See Heavy Forged Hand Tools, 
Finished or Unfinished, With or Without Handles, From the People's 
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the 
2005-2006 Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 10492 (March 8, 2007). We 
received a case brief from respondent Shandong Machinery Import & 
Export Company (SMC) on April 9, 2007. Separate rebuttal briefs were 
received from both petitioners, Ames True Temper (Ames) and Council 
Tool Company (Council Tools) on April 16, 2007. On April 24, 2007, the 
Customs Unit of the Department forwarded certain U.S. Customs and 
Border Protection (CBP) documents in response to our standard request. 
We placed these on the record of this review on April 24, 2007. See 
Memorandum to the File from Mark Flessner, Case Analyst, entitled 
``Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, From the People's Republic of China (A-580-803): U.S. Entry 
Documents and Opportunity to Comment,'' dated April 24, 2007. SMC, 
Ames, and Council Tools filed comments concerning these CBP documents 
on May 9, 2007. SMC requested and was granted time to file a rebuttal 
to the Ames and Council Tools comments; SMC's rebuttal was received on 
May 16, 2007.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Tariff Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), the Department 
shall issue the preliminary results of an administrative review within 
245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of 
publication of the order. The Tariff Act further provides that the 
Department shall issue the final results of review within 120 days 
after the date on which the notice of the preliminary results was 
published in the Federal Register. However, if the Department 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within 
this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2) allow the Department to extend the 245-day period to 365 
days and the 120-day period to 180 days.
    Due to the addition of important new information to the record, the 
complexity of the issues involved, and the time required to analyze the 
numerous submissions and arguments raised in parties' briefs, the 
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete these 
reviews within the original time period.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) allow 
the Department to extend the deadline for the final results of a review 
to a maximum of 180 days from the date on which the notice of the 
preliminary results was published. The current deadline for the final 
results is July 6, 2007. For the reasons noted above, the Department is 
extending the time limit for the completion of the final results for 
the 2005-2006 antidumping duty administrative review of Hand Tools from 
the PRC until no later than August 6, 2007, which is within 180 days 
from the date on which the notice of the preliminary results was 
published.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.

    Dated: June 28, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-13121 Filed 7-5-07; 8:45 am]
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