Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Recission of Review: Petroleum Wax Candles From the People's Republic of China

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Commerce International Trade Administration [A-570-504] AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ACTION: Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Recission of Review EFFECTIVE DATE: September 7, 2000. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Martin Odenyo or Robert M. James, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW. Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-5254, or (202) 482-0649, respectively. Applicable Statute and Regulations Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Tariff 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 of Commerce's (the Department's) regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (April 1, 2000). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On August 11, 1999, the Department published in the Federal Register at 64 FR 43649 a “Notice of Opportunity to Request an Administrative Review” of the antidumping duty order on petroleum wax candles from the People's Republic of China (PRC) covering the period August 1, 1998, through July 31, 1999. On August 13, 1999, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b) , counsel for three PRC companies requested that we conduc…