[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 195 (Friday, October 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59823-59824]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-25793]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-809]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.

[[Page 59824]]


ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for preliminary results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder or Greg Campbell at 
(202) 482-0189 and (202) 482-2239, respectively, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement I, Group I, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order/finding for which a review is requested and a final determination 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary determination 
is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 
days, respectively.

Background

    On December 28, 1999, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
circular welded non-alloy steel pipe from the Republic of Korea, 
covering the period November 1, 1998, through October 31, 1999 (64 FR 
72644). On July 18, 2000, the Department extended the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results by 66 days, or until no later 
than October 6, 2000. See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe From the 
Republic of Korea; Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary 
Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Administrative Review, 
(65 FR 44521).

Extension of Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that due to limited administrative resources and 
complex issues present in this review (e.g., date of sale, level of 
trade, and CEP offset), it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the previously extended time 
limit. Therefore, the Department is further extending the time limits 
for completion of the preliminary results by an additional 28 days, or 
until no later than November 3, 2000.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 2, 2000.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group I.
[FR Doc. 00-25793 Filed 10-5-00; 8:45 am]
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