[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 141 (Monday, July 23, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 38257]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-18341]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod From India: Extension of Time Limit for 
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand or Rick Johnson, 
AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-3207 or (202) 482-3818, 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 (2001).

Background

    On December 27, 2000, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a request from the Viraj Group, Limited, (``Viraj'') for an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
wire rod from India. On January 31, 2001, the Department published a 
notice of initiation of this administrative review, covering the period 
of December 1, 1999 through November 30, 2000 (66 FR 8378). The 
preliminary results are currently due no later than September 2, 2001.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    There are several complex issues in this case with respect to 
respondent's reported cost of manufacturing. Therefore, it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the initial time limits 
mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, we are fully 
extending the due date for the preliminary results by 120 days until 
December 31, 2001. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: July 17, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary Enforcement, Group III.
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