[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72295-72296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-23562]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-570-875


Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Non-Malleable Cast Iron Pipe 
Fittings from the People's Republic of China

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Holton or Will Dickerson, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1324, or 482-1778, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 1, 2005, the Department published in the Federal Register 
a notice for an opportunity to request an administrative review of non-
malleable cast iron pipe fittings from the People's Republic of China 
(``PRC''). See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 
70 FR 16799 (April 1, 2005). As a result of a request for a review 
filed by Myland Industrial Co., Ltd. and Buxin Myland (Foundry) Ltd. 
(collectively ``Myland'') on April 25, 2005, the Department published 
in the Federal Register a notice of the initiation of the antidumping 
duty administrative review of non-malleable cast iron pipe fittings 
from the PRC for the period April 1, 2004, through March 31, 2005. See 
Initiation of Antidumping

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and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for 
Revocation in Part, 70 FR 30694 (May 27, 2005). The preliminary results 
of review are currently due no later than December 31, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue preliminary results within 245 
days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order. 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 period to a maximum of 365 days. Completion of the preliminary 
results of this review within the 245-day period is not practicable 
because the Department needs additional time to analyze information 
pertaining to the respondent's sales practices, factors of production, 
and corporate relationships, to evaluate certain issues raised by the 
petitioners, and to issue and review responses to supplemental 
questionnaires.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time specified under the Act, we are fully extending the time period 
for issuing the preliminary results of review by 120 days until April 
30, 2006, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Further, 
because April 30, 2006, falls on a Sunday, the preliminary results will 
be due on May 1, 2006, the next business day. The final results 
continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results. This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a) and 
777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: November 28, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 05-23562 Filed 12-1-05; 8:45 am]
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