Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without Handles, From the People's Republic of China; Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-570-803]

Heavy Forged Hand Tools, Finished or Unfinished, With or Without

Handles, From the People's Republic of China; Extension of Time Limit

for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration,

Department of Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary results

of antidumping duty administrative reviews.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending

the time limit for the preliminary results of the sixth antidumping

duty administrative review of the antidumping orders on heavy forged

hand tools, finished or unfinished, with or without handles

(``HFHTs''), from the People's Republic of China (``PRC''). This review

covers five producers/exporters of four classes or kinds of HFHTs from

the PRC. The period of review is February 1, 1997 through January 31,

1998.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 28, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Blaskovich or Alexander Amdur,

AD/CVD Enforcement, Group II, Office IV, Import Administration,

International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th

Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone:

(202) 482-4697 or (202) 482-5346, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930

(``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 (``URAA''). In addition, unless otherwise

indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are references

to the provisions codified at 19 CFR 351 (1998).

Extension of Preliminary Results

The Department initiated this administrative review on March 23,

1998 (63 FR 13837). 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 of 365 days. The Department

finds that it is not practicable to complete this review within the

statutory time limit of 365 days. The Department, therefore, is

extending the time limit for the preliminary results of the

aforementioned review by 90 days to January 29, 1999. See memorandum

from Holly A. Kuga to Robert S. LaRussa, September 21, 1998, on file in

Room B-099. The deadline for the final results of these reviews will

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

This extension of time limit is in accordance with section

751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's

regulations.

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Dated: September 22, 1998.

Holly A. Kuga,

Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration.

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