[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 158 (Wednesday, August 15, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42840-42841]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20553]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Welded Carbon Steel 
Pipes and Tubes From Thailand

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 15, 2001.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final results of the 1999-2000 antidumping duty 
administrative review of the antidumping order on certain welded carbon 
steel pipes and tubes from Thailand until no later than October 9, 
2001. This review covers the period March 1, 1999, through February 29, 
2000. The extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
(hereinafter, ``the Act'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW.,

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Washington, DC 20230, telephone (202) 482-2243.

Applicable Statute and Regulations: 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 
(URAA). In addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the 
Department's regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 
351 (2000).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 11, 1986, the Department published, in the Federal 
Register, an antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel 
pipes and tubes from Thailand (51 FR 8341). On March 16, 2000, the 
Department published a notice of opportunity to request an 
administrative review of this order covering the period March 1, 1999, 
through February 29, 2000 (65 FR 14242). Timely requests for an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order with respect to 
sales by Saha Thai Steel Company, Ltd. (Saha Thai) during the POR were 
filed by Saha Thai; two importers, Ferro Union Inc. and ASOMA Corp.; 
and three domestic producers, Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation, 
Sawhill Tubular Division--AK Steel Inc., and Wheatland Tube Company 
(collectively, the petitioners). The Department published a notice of 
initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review on May 1, 
2000 (65 FR 25303).
    Because the Department determined that it was not practicable to 
complete this review within the statutory time limits, on November 20, 
2000, we published, in the Federal Register, a notice of extension of 
the time limit for the preliminary results of this review (65 FR 
69734). As a result, we extended the deadline for the preliminary 
results to March 31, 2001; however, because this date fell on a non-
business day, the preliminary results were issued on April 2, 2001. On 
April 12, 2001, the preliminary results of review were published in the 
Federal Register (66 FR 18901). From June 4 through 13, 2001, the 
Department verified the sales and cost questionnaire responses of Saha 
Thai in Thailand.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may extend 
the deadline for completion of an administrative review if it 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
statutory time limit of 365 days. In the instant case, the Department 
has determined that it is not practicable to complete the review within 
the statutory time limit due to the need for analysis of certain 
complex issues, including the date of sale.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time limits mandated by the Act (245 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month for preliminary results, 120 additional days for 
final results), in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the final results an 
additional 60 days to no later than October 9, 2001.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: August 7, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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