[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 213 (Friday, November 2, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 55640]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-27619]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-814]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From France: Extension 
of Time Limit for the Final 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 final results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the final results of the review of stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils from France. This review covers the period 
January 4, 1999 through June 30, 2000.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bolling at (202) 482-3434; 
Office of 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.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') to 
issue the final results of an antidumping duty investigation within 120 
days of the date on which the preliminary results are published. 
However, if the Department concludes that it is not practicable to 
issue the results by the original deadline, it may extend the 120-day 
period to 180 days.

Background

    On September 6, 2000, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of the administrative review of stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils from France, covering the period January 4, 1999 through 
June 30, 2000 (65 FR 53980). See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for 
Revocation in Part, 65 FR 53980 (September 6, 2000). The preliminary 
results were published in the Federal Register on August 8, 2001. See 
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France: Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
(``Preliminary Results''), 66 FR 41538 (August 8, 2001). The current 
due date for the final results is December 6, 2001.

Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results

    Due to the complexity of issues, such as home market affiliated 
downstream sales, U.S. further manufacturing sales of five entities, 
and complicated cost accounting issues present in this administrative 
review, it is not practicable to complete this review with the original 
time limit. See Memorandum from Edward C. Yang to Joseph A. Spetrini, 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Administrative 
Review of Certain Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France, 
on file in the Central Records Unit (CRU) of the Main Commerce 
Building, Room B-099. Therefore, the Department has postponed the 
deadline for issuing the final results until February 4, 2002, which is 
180 days after publication of the Preliminary Results.

    Dated: October 25, 2001.
Edward C. Yang,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 01-27619 Filed 11-1-01; 8:45 am]
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