[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 77 (Monday, April 21, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Page 21311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-8571]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-412-801


Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, and the United Kingdom: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun or Richard Rimlinger, 
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-
5760 or (202) 482-4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    At the request of interested parties, the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) initiated administrative reviews of the antidumping 
duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for the period May 1, 2006, 
through April 30, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, Request for Revocation in 
Part and Deferral of Administrative Review, 72 FR 35690 (June 29, 
2007). On November 16, 2007, we rescinded in part the administrative 
reviews of the antidumping duty orders on ball bearings and parts 
thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom. See 
Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and 
the United Kingdom: Notice of Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 64577 (November 16, 2007). On January 16, 
2008, we extended the due date for the completion of the preliminary 
results of reviews by 75 days. See Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from 
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom: Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 73 FR 2887 (January 16, 2008). The preliminary results of the 
reviews still underway are currently due no later than April 15, 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. 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 these reviews within the current time limit because of the 
number of respondents covered by these reviews and complex issues 
involving, inter alia, several respondents' recent changes in corporate 
structure. Therefore, we are extending the time period for issuing the 
preliminary results of these reviews by 15 days until April 30, 2008.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: April 15, 2008.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E8-8571 Filed 4-18-08; 8:45 am]
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