Silicon Metal From the People's Republic of China (PRC): Postponement of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of New Shipper Antidumping Review in Conjunction with Administrative Review

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On October 2, 2002, the Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request from China Shanxi Province Lin Fen Prefecture Foreign Trade Import and Export Corp. (Lin Fen) for an expansion of the normal period of review (POR) of the new shipper review. In the same letter, Lin Fen agreed to waive the time limits of section 351.214(i) of the Department's regulations so that the Department may conduct the new shipper review concurrently with the administrative review of silicon metal from the PRC for the period June 1, 2001, through May 31, 2002 (67 FR 48435). Therefore, pursuant to Lin Fen's request and in accordance with the Department's regulations, we will expand the normal POR of the new shipper review by 45 days, from June 1, 2001 through November 30, 2001 to June 1, 2001 through January 14, 2002, and conduct this new shipper review concurrently with the administrative review.