[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 133 (Thursday, July 10, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39655-39656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-15731]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803]


Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without 
Handles, From the People's Republic of China: Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: July 10, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW.,

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Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-2243.

Background

    On March 5, 2008, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice for the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on heavy forged hand tools from 
the People's Republic of China, covering the period February 1, 2006, 
through January 31, 2007. See Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or 
Unfinished, With or Without Handles, From the People's Republic of 
China: Preliminary Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 73 FR 11867 (March 5, 2008). The final results for this 
administrative review are currently due no later than July 3, 2008.

Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. If it is not practicable to complete 
the review within that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the deadline for the final results to a 
maximum of 180 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published.
    The Department requires additional time to properly consider the 
issues raised in case briefs from interested parties such as the proper 
labeling of certain products as noted in the verification findings of 
the third-country reseller.
    Thus, it is not practicable to complete these reviews within the 
original time limit. Therefore, the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the final results of this review by 60 days, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results are 
now due no later than September 2, 2008.\1\ We are issuing and 
publishing this notice in accordance with sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.
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    \1\ Sixty days from July 3, 2008, is September 1, 2008. However, 
Department practice dictates that where a deadline falls on a 
federal holiday, the appropriate deadline is the next business day. 
See Notice of Clarification: Application of ``Next Business Day'' 
Rule for Administrative Determination Deadlines Pursuant to the Act, 
70 FR 24533 (May 10, 2005).

    Dated: July 2, 2008.
Gary S. Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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