Natural Bristle Paintbrushes and Brush Heads From the People's Republic of China: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Administrative Review

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-501]

Natural Bristle Paintbrushes and Brush Heads From the People's

Republic of China: Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limits For Preliminary Results of

Antidumping Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 11, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Scheier or Maureen Flannery, AD/

CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade

Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and

Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202)

482-4052 or (202)482-3020, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are

references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective

date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the

Uruguay Round Agreements Act.

Background

The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request from

petitioner and a respondent to conduct an administrative review of the

antidumping duty order on natural bristle paintbrushes and brush heads

from the People's Republic of China. On March 23, 1998 (63 FR 13837),

the Department published its initiation of this administrative review

covering the period February 1, 1997 through January 31, 1998.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

By law, the Department is required to verify the Hebei Animal By-

Products I/E Corp. See 19 CFR 351.307(b)(5)(A) and (B). At this time,

it is not practicable to schedule a verification within the time limits

set for the completion of an administrative review 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 Administrative

Review of Natural Bristle Paintbrushes and Brush Heads from The PRC.,

dated July 24, 1998.

Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the

Department is extending the time limits for the preliminary results an

additional sixty days to December 31, 1998. The final results continues

to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.

Dated: July 24, 1998.

Joseph A. Spetrini,

Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement III.

[FR Doc. 98-21530 Filed 8-10-98; 8:45 am]

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