[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 215 (Monday, November 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66523-66524]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-28428]


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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.

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: November 6, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jarrod Goldfeder at (202) 482-0189, 
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.

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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 11, 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 (July 18, 2000). On October 2, 2000, we extended the time 
limit for completion of the preliminary results by an additional 28 
days, or until no later than November 3, 2000. See Circular Welded Non-
Alloy Steel Pipe From the Republic of Korea: Notice of Extension of 
Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Administrative Review, 65 FR 
59823 (October 6, 2000).

Extension of Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that due to limited administrative resources and the 
need for further analysis of the 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 fully 
extending the time limits for completion of the preliminary results 
until no later than November 29, 2000.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: October 31, 2000.
Richard W. Moreland,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Import Administration, Group I.
[FR Doc. 00-28428 Filed 11-3-00; 8:45 am]
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