[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 235 (Thursday, December 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 63364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-30287]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-845]


Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils 
From Japan

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the final results of the 
antidumping duty administrative review of stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils from Japan.

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 6, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Juanita H. Chen or James C. Doyle, 
Enforcement Group III, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 Constitution Avenue, 
NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: 202-482-0409, or 202-482-0159, 
respectively.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``Department'') to 
issue the final results of an antidumping duty administrative review 
within 120 days of the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, if the Department concludes that it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time period, the 
Department 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 Japan, covering the period January 4, 1999 through 
June 30, 2000. 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 of 
this administrative review were published in the Federal Register on 
August 8, 2001. See Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from 
Japan, 66 FR 41543 (August 8, 2001) (``Preliminary Results''). 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 present in this administrative 
review, such as home market affiliated downstream sales and complicated 
cost accounting issues, it is not practicable to complete this review 
within the original time period. 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 in 
this administrative review.

    Dated: November 30, 2001.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 01-30287 Filed 12-5-01; 8:45 am]
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