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

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.

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