[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 112 (Monday, June 11, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 31211]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-14646]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-828]


Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe From Mexico: Postponement of 
Preliminary Determination of Antidumping Duty Investigation

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of preliminary determination of 
antidumping duty investigation.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 25, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Johnson at (202) 482-3818; Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 
20230.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 733(b)(1)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to issue the 
preliminary determination of an antidumping duty investigation within 
140 days after the date of initiation. However, if the case is 
extraordinarily complicated and additional time is necessary to make 
the preliminary determination, and the parties concerned are 
cooperating in the investigation, section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act 
allows the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary 
determination until not later than 190 days after the date of 
initiation.

Background

    On January 30, 2001, the Department initiated the above-referenced 
investigation. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Welded Large Diameter Line Pipe from Mexico and Japan, 
66 FR 11266 (February 23, 2001). The preliminary determinations are 
currently due no later than June 19, 2001.

Extension of Preliminary Determination

    The Department has now concluded, consistent with section 
733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, that this investigation is extraordinarily 
complicated, and that additional time is necessary to issue the 
preliminary determination due to the complexity of certain issues 
raised in these cases, including the complexity of the transactions to 
be investigated and adjustments to be considered and the novelty of the 
issues presented. Specifically, the Department must investigate 
complicated matters of affiliation between the respondent and another 
producer. Simultaneously, it must analyze and respond to petitioners' 
recent allegation of sales-below-cost.
    Therefore, in light of the fact that the parties to this proceeding 
have been cooperating, pursuant to section 733(c)(1) of the Act, and 
that additional time is necessary to make this preliminary 
determination in accordance with section 733(c)(1)(B)(ii) of the Act, 
the Department is postponing the deadline for issuing this 
determination until August 8, 2001.

    Dated: June 4, 2001.
Faryar Shirzad,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-14646 Filed 6-8-01; 8:45 am]
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