[Federal Register: August 8, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 152)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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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 Final Results of the 2005-2006 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
EFFECTIVE DATE: August 8, 2007.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mark Flessner or Robert James, AD/CVD
Enforcement Office 7, Import
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Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC
20230; telephone: (202) 482-6312 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Department of Commerce (the Department) published the
preliminary results and partial rescission of the 2005-2006 antidumping
duty administrative review of heavy forged hand tools, finished or
unfinished, with or without handles (Hand Tools), from the People's
Republic of China (PRC) on March 8, 2007. See Heavy Forged Hand Tools,
Finished or Unfinished, With or Without Handles, From the People's
Republic of China: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of the
2005-2006 Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 10492 (March 8, 2007). We
received a case brief from respondent Shandong Machinery Import &
Export Company (SMC) on April 9, 2007. Separate rebuttal briefs were
received from both petitioners, Ames True Temper (Ames) and Council
Tool Company (Council Tools) on April 16, 2007. On April 24, 2007, we
placed on the record certain documents received from the U.S. Customs
and Border Protection (CBP). See Memorandum to the File from Mark
Flessner, Case Analyst, entitled ``Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or
Unfinished, With or Without Handles, From the People's Republic of
China (A-580-803): U.S. Entry Documents and Opportunity to Comment,''
dated April 24, 2007. SMC, Ames, and Council Tools filed comments
concerning these CBP documents on May 9, 2007. SMC requested and was
granted time to file a rebuttal to the Ames and Council Tools comments;
SMC's rebuttal was received on May 16, 2007. On July 6, 2007, the
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of extension for
the final results. See Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final
Results and Partial Rescission of the 2005-2006 Antidumping Duty
Administrative Review of Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or
Unfinished, With or Without Handles, from the People's Republic of
China, 72 FR 36959 (July 6, 2007). This partially extended the time
limit for the final results until August 6, 2007.
Extension of Time Limits for Final Results
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as
amended (the Tariff Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), the Department
shall issue the preliminary results of an administrative review within
245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of
publication of the order. The Tariff Act further provides that the
Department shall issue the final results of review within 120 days
after the date on which the notice of the preliminary results was
published in the Federal Register. However, if the Department
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within
this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR
351.213(h)(2) allow the Department to extend the 245-day period to 365
days and the 120-day period to 180 days.
Due to the addition of important new information to the record, the
complexity of the issues involved, and the time required to analyze the
numerous submissions and arguments raised in parties' briefs, the
Department has determined that it is not practicable to complete these
reviews within the period of the partial extension indicated by the
Federal Register notice published on July 6, 2007.
Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h) allow
the Department to extend the deadline for the final results of a review
to a maximum of 180 days from the date on which the notice of the
preliminary results was published. The current deadline for the final
results is August 6, 2007. For the reasons noted above, the Department
is fully extending the time limit for the completion of the final
results for the 2005-2006 antidumping duty administrative review of
Hand Tools from the PRC until no later than September 4, 2007, which is
180 days from the date on which the notice of the preliminary results
was published.
This notice is issued and published in accordance with section
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.
Dated: August 2, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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