[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 69 (Wednesday, April 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 19193]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7469]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-475-703


Granular Polytetrafluoroethylene Resin From Italy: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 9, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alicia Winston or Salim Bhabhrawala, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1785 
or (202) 482-1784, respectively.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``Department'') to issue 
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 and a final determination within 120 days after the 
date on which the preliminary results are published. If it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend these deadlines 
to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.

Background

    On September 25, 2007, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice of initiation of administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on granular polytetrafluoroethylene resin from 
Italy, covering 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 (September 25, 
2007). The preliminary results for this administrative review are 
currently due no later than May 2, 2008.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    The Department requires additional time to review and analyze the 
sales and cost information submitted by the respondent in this 
administrative review because this review involves complex sales and 
cost accounting issues. Thus, it is not practicable to complete this 
review within the original time limit (i.e., May 2, 2008). Therefore, 
the Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results by 120 days to August 30, 2008, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the 
Department's regulations. However, August 30, 2008, falls on a Saturday 
and September 1, 2008, is a holiday, and it is the Department's long-
standing practice to issue a determination the next business day when 
the statutory deadline falls on a weekend, federal holiday, or any 
other day when the Department is closed. See Notice of Clarification: 
Application of ``Next Business Day'' Rule for Administrative 
Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Tariff Act of 1930, As Amended, 
70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005). Accordingly, the deadline for completion of 
the preliminary results is now no later than September 2, 2008.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 3, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-7469 Filed 4-8-04; 8:45 am]
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