[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 212 (Wednesday, November 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 59741]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28764]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
International Trade Administration
[A-570-501]
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of
Antidumping Administrative Review: Natural Bristle Paint Brushes and
Brush Heads From the People's Republic of China
AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of
antidumping administrative review.
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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 3, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Nulman or Maureen Flannery,
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S.
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-4052 and (202) 482-3020,
respectively.
The Applicable Statute
Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of
1930, as amended (``the Act'') are references to the provisions
effective January 1, 1995, the effective date of the amendments made to
the Act by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act.
Background
On February 23, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department)
received a request from Hebei Animal By-Products Import and Export
Corporation (HACO) to conduct an administrative review of the
antidumping duty order on natural bristle paint brushes and brush heads
from the People's Republic of China (PRC). On February 26, 1999, the
Department received a request from petitioner, the Paint Applicator
Division of the American Brush Manufacturers Association, to conduct an
administrative review of Hunan Provincial Native Produce and Animal By-
Products Import and Export Corporation. On March 19, 1999, the
Department initiated an antidumping administrative review of these
firms covering the period February 1, 1998 through January 31, 1999 (64
FR 14860, published March 29, 1999).
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results
Under Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may extend
the deadline for completion of an administrative review if it
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the
statutory time limit. Due to the complexity of certain issues in this
case, the Department has determined that it is not practicable to
complete this review within the time limits mandated by section
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. See Memorandum from Joseph A. Spetrini to
Robert S. LaRussa, Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review of Natural Bristle Paint
Brushes and Brush Heads from the PRC, dated October 27, 1999, on file
in Room B-099 of the main Commerce building. Therefore, the Department
is extending the time limit for the preliminary results of this review
to February 28, 2000. This extension of the time limit is in accordance
with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
Dated: October 27, 1999.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.
[FR Doc. 99-28764 Filed 11-2-99; 8:45 am]
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