[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44495-44496]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15478]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-570-803)


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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  August 8, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Enforcement Office 7, Import

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Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution 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, we 
placed on the record certain documents received from the U.S. Customs 
and Border Protection (CBP). 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. On July 6, 2007, the 
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of extension for 
the final results. See 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, 72 FR 36959 (July 6, 2007). This partially extended the time 
limit for the final results until August 6, 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 period of the partial extension indicated by the 
Federal Register notice published on July 6, 2007.
    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 August 6, 2007. For the reasons noted above, the Department 
is fully 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 September 4, 2007, which is 
180 days from the date on which the notice of the preliminary results 
was published.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.

    Dated: August 2, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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