Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce.
June 23, 2005.
Lilit Astvatsatrian, AD/CVD Operations, Office 8, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–6412.
The Department of Commerce (“the Department”) published an antidumping duty order on polyvinyl alcohol (“PVA”) from the People's Republic of China (“PRC”) on October 1, 2003 (
On November 19, 2004, the Department published in the
Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (“the Act”), the Department shall issue preliminary results in an antidumping administrative review of an antidumping duty 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 deadline for completion of the preliminary results if review from 245 days to 365 days if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results within the 245–day period. Completion of the preliminary results of this review within the 245–day period is not practicable because the Department needs additional time to analyze a significant amount of information pertaining to the respondent company's sales practices, factors of production involved in the four stages of the
PVA production process, and corporate relationships, to send supplemental questionnaires and to review responses to these questionnaires.
Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the time specified under the Act, we are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of review by 30 days
until August 2, 2005, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.