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1The Sansico Group claimed it had no shipments 

of subject merchandise during the POR in a 

submission dated May 22, 2006. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection 

will continue to collect antidumping 

duty cash deposits at the rates in effect 

at the time of entry for all imports of 

subject merchandise. 

The effective date of continuation of 

these orders will be the date of 

publication in the Federal Register of 

this Notice of Continuation. Pursuant to 

section 751(c) of the Act, the 

Department intends to initiate the next 

five–year reviews of these orders not 

later than January 2012. 

This notice is in accordance with 

sections 751(c) and 777(i)(1) of the Act. 

Dated: January 16, 2007. 

David M. Spooner, 

Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–862 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

A–580–844 

Notice of Extension of Time Limit for 

Final Results of Antidumping Duty 

Administrative Review: Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bars from the Republic of 

Korea 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 23, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Terre Keaton Stefanova or Katherine 

Johnson, AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, 

Import Administration, International 

Trade Administration, U.S. Department 

of Commerce, 14th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–1280 or 

202–482–4929, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

On October 10, 2006, the Department 

of Commerce (the Department) 

published in the Federal Register the 

preliminary results of the 2004 - 2005 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty order on steel 

concrete reinforcing bars from the 

Republic of Korea. See Steel Concrete 

Reinforcing Bar From The Republic of 

Korea: Notice of Preliminary Results 

and Preliminary Rescission, in Part, of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review, 71 FR 59440 (October 10, 2006). 

The final results for this administrative 

review are currently due no later than 

February 7, 2007. 

Extension of Time Limits for Final 

Results of Review 

Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act 

of 1930, as amended (‘‘the Act’’), 

requires the Department to issue the 

final results of the review of an 

antidumping duty order within 120 

days after the date on which the 

preliminary results are published in the 

Federal Register. However, if it is not 

practicable to complete the review 

within this time period, section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 

Department to extend the time limit for 

the final results to 180 days from the 

date of publication of the preliminary 

results. 

The Department finds that it is not 

practicable to complete the final results 

of this review within the original time 

limit. Due to the complexity of the issue 

raised by the petitioners in its case brief 

regarding the respondents’ reporting of 

yield strength, a model–match 

characteristic, the Department requires 

additional time to properly analyze this 

issue. Therefore, we are fully extending 

the deadline for the final results of this 

review until no later than April 9, 2007, 

the next business day after 180 days 

from publication of the preliminary 

results, in accordance with section 

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 

We are issuing and publishing this 

notice in accordance with sections 

751(a)(1), 751(a)(3)(A), and 777(i)(1) of 

the Act. 

Dated: January 17, 2007. 

Stephen J. Claeys, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. E7–930 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

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. 

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] 

BILLING CODE 3510–DS–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

Textile and Apparel Products from 

Vietnam: Import Monitoring Program; 

Request for Comments 

AGENCY: Import Administration, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

ACTION: Request for Public Comment –

Import Monitoring of Textile and 

Apparel Products from Vietnam. 

SUMMARY: As a follow–up to its 

December 4, 2006 request for public 

comment, the Department of Commerce 

(the Department) is providing an 

additional opportunity for the public to 

comment on the development and 

implementation of a monitoring 

program covering imports of textile and 

apparel products from Vietnam. This 

monitoring program will remain in 

place for the duration of this 

Administration. To help the Department 

implement the program and, at the same 

time, be advised of the concerns of all 

interested stakeholders, the Department 

is inviting the public to provide further 

input on the monitoring program and 

identify issues or considerations that 

submitters believe are deserving of the 

Department’s attention as the program 

proceeds. Responses to comments 

already received by the Department as 

part of its December 4, 2006 request are 

also welcome. 

DATES: To be most useful, the 

Department requests that comments be 

submitted by close of business, January 

31, 2007. However, the Department will 

continue to welcome and solicit 

additional views and input from all 

parties on an ongoing basis. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted in writing or electronically. 

Persons wishing to comment in writing 

should file, by the date specified above, 

a signed original and four copies of each 

set of comments. Written comments 

should be addressed to David M. 

Spooner, Assistant Secretary for Import 

Administration, Room 1870, 

Department of Commerce, 14th Street 

and Constitution Ave., NW, 

Washington, DC 20230. Electronic 

comments should be submitted to 

vietnam–texapp-monitor–

FRcomments@mail.doc.gov. Comments 

should be limited to 25 pages or less. 

All comments will be available for 

public inspection at Import 

Administration’s Central Records Unit, 

Room B–099, between the hours of 8:30 

a.m. and 5 p.m. on business days. The 

Department will not accept nor consider 

comments accompanied by a request 

that a part or all of the material be 

treated confidentially because of its 

business proprietary nature or for any 

other reason. In addition, all comments 

will be made available to the public in 

Portable Document Format (PDF) on the 

Internet at the Import Administration 

Web site at the following address: 

http://ia.ita.doc.gov. To the extent 

possible, all comments will be posted 

within 48 hours. Any questions 

concerning file formatting, document 

conversion, access on the Internet, or 

other electronic filing issues should be 

addressed to Andrew Lee Beller, Import 

Administration Webmaster, at (202) 

482–0866, e–mail address: webmaster–

support@ita.doc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Parkhill at (202) 482–3791. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department is instituting an import 

monitoring program for textile and 

apparel products from Vietnam. The 

Department currently monitors imports 

of textile and apparel products from 

Vietnam and all other textile and 

apparel producing countries as part of 

the regular monitoring and reporting 

conducted by Import Administration’s 

Office of Textiles and Apparel. This 

program, which is not meant to inhibit 

legitimate trade, will supplement those 

monitoring activities already 

undertaken by that office and help 

ensure compliance with the trade 

remedy laws. 

Implementation of the program began 

on January 11, 2007 when Vietnam 

became a Member of the World Trade 

Organization (WTO) and will cease at 

the end of the current Administration. 

Five product groups – trousers, shirts, 

underwear, swimwear and sweaters –

have been identified as being of special 

sensitivity for monitoring purposes and 

specific products from these broad 

categories will constitute the initial 

focus of Import Administration’s 

monitoring efforts. Outreach to 

interested parties, including domestic 

textile and apparel producers, workers, 

retailers, importers and the Government 

of Vietnam, will continue throughout 

the monitoring process and products 

may be added or removed from 

monitoring as appropriate. 

OUTREACH PROCESS: As noted, the 

outreach process will be ongoing and 

continue throughout the life of the 

program. All parties are welcome to 

meet with or otherwise provide input to 

the Department There will be no 

restrictions on access to the Department 

or preconditions for comment on the 

monitoring program. In addition, the 

Department will establish an electronic 

hotline – vietnam–texapp-monitor–

hotline@mail.doc.gov – to make it easier 

for parties to provide input, raise 

questions or submit suggestions to the 

Department about the program. The 

Department fully anticipates that input 

from this outreach process will lead to 

improvements in the monitoring 

program, as the need arises. 

The Department intends to hold a 

public hearing on the program in 

Washington, D.C. within the next three 

months. A separate notice in the 

Federal Register announcing the 

hearing and providing guidance on 

participation will be issued no later 

than 30 days in advance of the hearing. 

The Department is also considering the 

possibility of holding a series of field 

hearings. If held, the Department 

intends to ensure that the locations of 

these hearings will be convenient to the 

broad array of parties that have 

expressed interest in the monitoring 

program including domestic textile and 

apparel producers, workers, retailers 

and importers. The Department is also 

examining ways in which access to the 

hearing(s) may be extended to those 

unable to attend in person. 

The Department also intends to 

develop an email notification system to 

provide parties notice of upcoming 

developments. Those interested in being 

included in the email notification 

system should provide the Department 

with their email address. Email 

addresses may be submitted in writing 

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