[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 14 (Tuesday, January 23, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2859-2860]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-869]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-894


Certain Tissue Paper Products from the People's Republic of 
China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of the First 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristina Horgan or Bobby Wong, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
8173, or (202) 482-0409, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 28, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain tissue paper from the People's Republic of China (PRC) for the 
period September 21, 2004, to February 28, 2006. Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 25145 
(April 28, 2006).
    On October 24, 2006, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the 
Department extended the deadline for the preliminary results of review 
until February 16, 2007. See Certain Tissue Paper Products from the 
People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of the First Administrative Review, 71 FR 62249 (October 24, 
2006).
    On November 6, 2006, the Department reopened the record of the 
instant review to allow interested parties to submit new factual 
information. See ``Letter To All Interested Parties from James C. Doyle 
RE: First Administrative Review of Certain Tissue Paper Products from 
the People's Republic of China,'' dated November 6, 2006. On December 
22, 2006, the petitioner submitted a revised, final bracketed version 
of its timely filed November 13, 2006 submission, which contained 
comments regarding the Sansico Group's claim of no shipments.\1\ On 
January 3, 2007, the Sansico Group timely filed comments addressing the 
petitioner's December 22, 2006, submission.
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    \1\ The Sansico Group claimed it had no shipments of subject 
merchandise during the POR in a submission dated May 22, 2006.
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Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1) require 
the Department to issue the preliminary results of an administrative 
review within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of 
the order for which the administrative review was requested, and the 
final results of the 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 Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) allow the Department 
to extend the 245-day

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period to 365 days and the 120-day period to 180 days.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete this 
administrative review by February 16, 2007. The Department requires 
additional time to review the recent comments regarding the Sansico 
Group's claim of no shipments in the instant review. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2), the Department is extending the time limit for the 
completion of these preliminary results by an additional 43 days to 
April 2, 2007, which is the first business day after the additional 43-
day extension. The final results, in turn, will be due 120 days after 
the date of issuance of the preliminary results, unless extended.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 12, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-869 Filed 1-22-07; 8:45 am]
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