[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 196 (Wednesday, October 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 51639]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-25406]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Certain Stainless Steel Flanges From India; Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 10, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Office 8, Group III, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
5222, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act) requires the Department of Commerce (the Department) to 
make a preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of 
the month in which occurs the anniversary of the date of the order, or, 
if it is not practicable to complete the review within this time 
period, within 365 days.

Background

    On March 22, 2001, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the notice of initiation of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel flanges from India, 
covering the period February 1, 2000 through January 31, 2001 
(Initiation of Antidumping Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for 
Revocation in Part, 66 FR 16037, March 22, 2001). The preliminary 
results are currently due no later than October 31, 2001. The 
respondents are Echjay Forgings Ltd. (with affiliate Pushpaman), 
Isibars, Ltd., Panchmahal Steel Ltd., Patheja Forgings & Auto Parts, 
Ltd., and Viraj Forgings, Ltd.

Extension of Time Limit

    The Department has determined that because this review involves 
complex issues, such as comparison market selection and model 
definition, it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results 
of review within the original 245 day time limit mandated by section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act and section 351.213(h)(1) of the 
Department's regulations. Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results until February 28, 
2002 in accordance with section 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: October 2, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, AD/CVD Enforcement Group III.
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