[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 58 (Tuesday, March 25, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 15724]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6062]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-821]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Polyethylene Retail Carrier 
Bags from Thailand

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 25, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dmitry Vladimirov, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0665.

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an 
antidumping duty order on polyethylene retail carrier bags from 
Thailand on August 9, 2004. See Antidumping Duty Order: Polyethylene 
Retail Carrier Bags From Thailand, 69 FR 48204 (August 9, 2004). On 
August 2, 2007, the Department published a notice of opportunity to 
request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand for the period August 1, 
2006, through July 31, 2007. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 72 FR 42383 (August 2, 2007). On August 31, 
2007, KYD, Inc., a U.S. importer of the subject merchandise, requested 
that the Department conduct an administrative review with respect to 
King Pac Industrial Co., Ltd. On August 31, 2007, The Polyethylene 
Retail Carrier Bag Committee and its individual members, Hilex Poly 
Co., LLC and Superbag Corporation, the petitioner in this proceeding, 
also requested that the Department conduct an administrative review 
with respect to King Pac Industrial Co., Ltd., Kor Ratthanakit Co., 
Ltd., Master Packaging Co., Ltd., Naraipak Co., Ltd., and Polyplast 
(Thailand) Co., Ltd.
    On September 25, 2007, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
polyethylene retail carrier bags from Thailand for the period August 1, 
2006, through July 31, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 72 FR 54428, 54429 (September 25, 2007). On December 6, 2007, 
the Department decided to limit its examination of requested companies 
to King Pac Industrial Co., Ltd., Naraipak Co., Ltd., and Polyplast 
(Thailand) Co., Ltd., pursuant to section 777A(c)(2)(B) of the Tariff 
Act of 1930, as amended. See Memorandum to Laurie Parkhill entitled 
``Polyethylene Retail Carrier Bags from Thailand - Respondent 
Selection,'' dated December 6, 2006. The preliminary results of this 
administrative review are currently due no later than May 2, 2008.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary determination is published 
in the Federal Register. 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 time limit for the preliminary 
determination to a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review by the current deadline of May 2, 2008. We 
received a below-cost allegation and are currently conducting a below-
cost investigation for one of the respondents, which will require us to 
analyze and incorporate the information from recently filed 
submissions. Further, we require additional time to verify information 
submitted by certain respondents in this administrative review.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), we are extending the time period for issuing the 
preliminary results of this review by 60 days to July 1, 2008.
    This notice is published in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) 
and 777 (i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: March 18, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-6062 Filed 3-24-08; 8:45 am]
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