[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 162 (Tuesday, August 20, 1996)] [Notices] [Page 43042] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-21206] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE [A-533-810] Stainless Steel Bar From India; Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, Department of Commerce. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending the time limit for the preliminary results in the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India, covering the period August 4, 1994, through January 31, 1996, since it is not practicable to complete the review within the time limits mandated by the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, section 751(a)(3)(A). EFFECTIVE DATE: August 20, 1996. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Yeske or Vince Kane, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone (202) 482-0189 or 482-2815, respectively. Applicable Statute and Regulations 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. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's regulations are to the current regulations, as amended by the interim regulations published in the Federal Register on May 11, 1995 (60 FR 25130). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background On February 29, 1996, the Department received a request to conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India. On March 19, 1996, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an administrative review of Isibars, an exporter of stainless steel bar to the United States, covering the period August 4, 1994, through January 31, 1996 (61 FR 11184). In our notice of initiation, we stated that we intended to issue the final results of this review no later than February 28, 1997. Postponement of Preliminary Results of Review Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to make a preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However, if it is not practicable to issue the preliminary results in 245 days, section 751(a)(3)(A) allows the Department to extend this time period to 365 days. Because this review was recently transferred between offices, and it is the first review of this antidumping duty order under the new law, we determine that it is not practicable to issue the preliminary results within 245 days. Accordingly, the deadline for issuing the preliminary results of this review is now no later than February 28, 1997. The deadline for issuing the final results of this review will be 120 days from the publication of the preliminary results. This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Dated: August 14, 1996. Susan H. Kuhbach, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration. [FR Doc. 96-21206 Filed 8-19-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P