[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44018-44019]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12551]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-891]


Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic 
of China; Notice of Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results in 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and New Shipper Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
    Effective Date: August 3, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elizabeth Eastwood or Nichole Zink, 
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-
3874 and (202) 482-0049, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On February 1 and February 3, 2006, respectively, the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) published notices of initiation of 
administrative and new shipper reviews of the antidumping duty order on 
hand trucks and certain parts thereof (hand trucks) from the People's 
Republic of China (PRC). See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative

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Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 5241 (Feb. 1, 2006); 
and Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof From the People's Republic of 
China; Initiation of New Shipper Review, 71 FR 5810 (Feb. 3, 2006).
    On May 31, 2006, the Department published a notice aligning the 
time limits for the new shipper review with those for the 
administrative review. See Hand Trucks and Certain Parts Thereof from 
the People's Republic of China: Notice of Postponement of Time Limits 
for New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review in Conjunction with 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 30867 (May 31, 2006). Consequently, the 
preliminary results for both proceedings are currently due no later 
than September 5, 2006.
    The period of review for both proceedings is December 1, 2004, 
through November 30, 2005. The new shipper review covers one producer/
exporter of the subject merchandise to the United States. The 
administrative review covers five producers/exporters of the subject 
merchandise to the United States.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(1), the Department shall make 
a preliminary determination in an administrative review of an 
antidumping order within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary 
month of the date of publication of the order. The Act further 
provides, however, that the Department may extend the 245-day period to 
365 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the foregoing time period. See also, 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2). We 
determine that it is not practicable to complete this administrative 
review within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act because the Department's selection of mandatory respondents in this 
administrative review was not completed until May 2006, due to the 
withdrawal of the request for review of the company originally 
designated as the sole mandatory respondent. As a result, the 
Department was required to select additional mandatory respondents from 
the firms named in the notice of initiation and issue questionnaires to 
them. Because additional time is required to analyze these parties' 
responses, we have fully extended the deadline for completing the 
preliminary results until January 2, 2007, which is the next business 
day after 365 days from the last day of the anniversary month of the 
date of publication of the order. The deadline for the final results of 
the review continues to be 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: July 26, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-12551 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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