[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 9 (Friday, January 12, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 2880]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-976]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-835]


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

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for final results of 
administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: January 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Samantha Denenberg or Mark Hoadley, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1386 or (202) 482-0666, respectively.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the provisions effective January 1, 1995, the effective 
date of the amendments made to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act) by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Departments's regulations are to the current 
regulations, codified at 19 CFR part 351 (1999).

Background

    On August 26, 1999, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a request from Dril-Quip Inc. (Dril-Quip) for an 
administrative review of the following parties: Hallmark Tubulars Ltd. 
(Hallmark), Itochu Corp. (Itochu), Itochu Project Management Corp. 
(IPM), and Nippon Steel Corp. (Nippon) regarding the antidumping duty 
order on oil country tubular goods from Japan. On August 31, 1999, 
petitioner and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. (SMI) requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of SMI. On October 1, 1999, 
the Department published a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review, covering the period of August 1, 1998 through July 31, 1999 (64 
FR 53318). On September 11, 2000, the Department published its 
preliminary results of this administrative review (65 FR 54838).

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Because of the complexities enumerated in the Memorandum from 
Barbara E. Tillman to Joseph A. Spetrini, Extension of Time Limit for 
the Administrative Review of Oil Country Tubular Goods from Japan, 
dated January 3, 2001, it is not practical to complete this review 
within the time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the final results of review 
from January 9, 2001 to February 8, 2001.

    Dated: January 3, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
[FR Doc. 01-976 Filed 1-11-01; 8:45 am]
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