[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 5 (Monday, January 8, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1309-1310]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-453]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-817]


Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico: Extension of Time Limit 
for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 8, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Hall at (202) 482-1398 or Dena 
Aliadinov at (202) 482-2667, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``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, and 
a final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not

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practicable to complete the review within these time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days and for the 
final determination to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not 
extend the time limit for the preliminary determination) from the date 
of publication of the preliminary determination.

Background

    On August 31,1999, Tubos de Acero de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 
(``TAMSA'') and Hylsa S.A. de C.V. (``Hylsa'') requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on oil country tubular goods (``OCTG'') from Mexico. The 
Department initiated this review on September 24, 1999. See 64 FR 53318 
(October 1, 1999). On September 12, 2000, the Department published the 
preliminary results of the review in the Federal Register (65 FR 
54998). The final results are due no later than January 10, 2001.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limits mandated by 
section 751 (a)(3)(A) of the Act. The Department is therefore extending 
the time limit for completion of the final results until no later than 
March 12, 2001. See Decision Memorandum from Richard Weible to Joseph 
A. Spetrini, dated December 29, 2000, which is on file in the Central 
Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce building.
    This extension of the time limit is in accordance with section 751 
(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: December 29, 2000.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Enforcement Group III.
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