[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 5 (Thursday, January 8, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 796]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-69]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-801, A-428-801, A-475-801, A-588-804, A-412-801]


Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from France, Germany, Italy, 
Japan, and the United Kingdom: Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yang Jin Chun or Richard Rimlinger, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5760 or (202) 482-4477, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    At the request of interested parties, the Department of Commerce 
(the Department) initiated administrative reviews of the antidumping 
duty orders on ball bearings and parts thereof from France, Germany, 
Italy, Japan, and the United Kingdom for the period May 1, 2007, 
through April 30, 2008. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 73 FR 37409 (July 1, 2008). The preliminary results of the 
reviews are currently due no later than February 2, 2009.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
for which a review is requested and a final determination within 120 
days after the date on which the preliminary determination is 
published. If it is not practicable to complete the review within these 
time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to 
extend the time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 
365 days after the last day of the anniversary month.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of these reviews within the original time limit because several 
respondents we had selected for individual examination under section 
777A(c)(2)(B) of the Act withdrew their requests for reviews on or 
before October 15, 2008. As a result, we identified additional 
respondents to examine on October 21, 2008. See the October 21, 2008, 
memoranda from Richard Rimlinger to Laurie Parkhill entitled ``Ball 
Bearings and Parts Thereof from Japan Identification of Respondents'' 
and ``Ball Bearings and Parts Thereof from the United Kingdom 
Identification of Respondents.'' Therefore, we are extending the time 
period for issuing the preliminary results of these reviews by 80 days 
until April 21, 2009.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: December 31, 2008.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Operations.
[FR Doc. E9-69 Filed 1-7-09; 8:45 am]
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