[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 52 (Monday, March 17, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 14222]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-5297]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-834]


Purified Carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico: Extension of Time 
Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 17, 2008.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 24, 2007, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of an antidumping duty administrative review for, inter alia, purified 
carboxymethylcellulose from Mexico for the July 1, 2006, through June 
30, 2007, period of review (POR). See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 72 FR 48613 (August 24, 2007). The preliminary results for 
this administrative review are currently due no later than April 1, 
2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However, 
if it is not practicable to complete the review within these time 
periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to 
extend the 245 day time period for the preliminary results to 365 days.
    The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the statutory time limit because of significant 
issues that require additional time to evaluate. These include 
extremely complicated issues involving Amtex's use of multiple 
currencies in both markets and certain movement expenses. Accordingly, 
the Department is extending the time limits for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until no later than 
July 30, 2008, which is 365 days from the last day of the anniversary 
month of these orders. We intend to issue the final results of this 
review no later than 120 days after publication of the preliminary 
results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 11, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-5297 Filed 3-14-08; 8:45 am]
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