[Federal Register: November 3, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 212)]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration
[A-570-501]

 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Administrative Review: Natural Bristle Paint Brushes and 
Brush Heads From the People's Republic of China

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
antidumping administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 3, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Nulman or Maureen Flannery, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4052 and (202) 482-3020, 
respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (``the Act'') are references to the provisions 
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to 
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Background

    On February 23, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a request from Hebei Animal By-Products Import and Export 
Corporation (HACO) to conduct an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on natural bristle paint brushes and brush heads 
from the People's Republic of China (PRC). On February 26, 1999, the 
Department received a request from petitioner, the Paint Applicator 
Division of the American Brush Manufacturers Association, to conduct an 
administrative review of Hunan Provincial Native Produce and Animal By-
Products Import and Export Corporation. On March 19, 1999, the 
Department initiated an antidumping administrative review of these 
firms covering the period February 1, 1998 through January 31, 1999 (64 
FR 14860, published March 29, 1999).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Under Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may extend 
the deadline for completion of an administrative review if it 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
statutory time limit. Due to the complexity of certain issues in this 
case, the Department has determined that it is not practicable to 
complete this review within the time limits mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. See Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini to 
Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Natural Bristle Paint 
Brushes and Brush Heads from the PRC, dated October 27, 1999, on file 
in Room B-099 of the main Commerce building. Therefore, the Department 
is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of this review 
to February 28, 2000. This extension of the time limit is in accordance 
with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: October 27, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 99-28764 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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