[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 242 (Monday, December 17, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 64950]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-31019]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 17, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sally C. Gannon at (202) 482-0162, 
Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482-1374, or Julio Fernandez at (202) 482-
0190, AD/CVD Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230.

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the statute are 
references to the Tariff Act of 1930 (the Act), as amended. In 
addition, unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department's 
regulations are to the regulations codified at 19 CFR part 351 (2001).

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) received a request from 
ALZ N.V. (ALZ) and TrefilARBED, Inc., and from petitioners, on May 16, 
2001, and May 31, 2001, respectively, for an administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on stainless steel plate in coils from 
Belgium. On June 19, 2001, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of this administrative review covering the period of May 1, 
2000 through April 30, 2001 (66 FR 32934).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department shall 
make a preliminary determination in an administrative review of an 
antidumping duty order within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order. The Act 
further provides, however, that the Department may extend that 245-day 
period to 365 days if it determines it is not practicable to complete 
the review within the foregoing time period.
    In light of the complexity of analyzing ALZ's cost reconciliation, 
it is not practicable to complete this review by the current deadline 
of January 31, 2002.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 
120 days, until no later than May 31, 2002. The final results continue 
to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: December 10, 2001.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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