[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 245 (Friday, December 21, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 72670]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24852]


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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: December 21, 2007.

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

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). On September 10, 2007, 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 and Partial Rescission of Review, 72 FR 51588 
(September 10, 2007). This review covers the period August 1, 2005, 
through July 31, 2006. The final results are currently due by January 
8, 2008.

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 results were published. 
The Act further provides, however, that the Department may extend that 
120-day period to 180 days after publication of the preliminary results 
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 polyethylene retail 
carrier bags from the PRC within the 120-day period due to complex 
issues the parties have raised regarding the factors of production 
allocation methodology of Rally Plastics Co., Ltd., a mandatory 
respondent in this administrative review. In accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is fully extending the time 
period for completion of the final results of this review by 60 days to 
180 days after the date on which the preliminary results were 
published. Therefore, the final results are now due no later than March 
8, 2008. However, as that date falls on a Saturday, the final results 
will be due no later than the next business day, Monday, March 10, 
2008.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777(i) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: November 29, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-24852 Filed 12-20-07; 8:45 am]
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