[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 13, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6681-6682]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3539]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-357-810]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods, 
Other Than Drill Pipe, From Argentina

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of 
Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: (Insert date of publication in Federal Register)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker at (202) 482-2924 or Robert 
James at (202) 482-0649; Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Enforcement Group III, Office Eight, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue N.W., Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The 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 Tariff Act) 
by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act (URAA). In addition, unless 
otherwise indicated, all citations to the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) regulations refer to the regulations codified at 19 CFR 
Part 351 (April 2001).

Background

    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), on August 31, 2001, the 
Department received a timely and properly filed request from United 
States Steel LLC, petitioner in the original investigation, for a 
review of the imports by producer Acindar Industria Argentina de 
Aceros, S.A. Also on August 31, 2001, the Department received a request 
from North Star Steel Ohio, a domestic producer of oil country tubular 
goods, for a review of the imports by producer Siderca S.A.I.C. On 
October 1, 2001, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
this

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administrative review covering the period August 1, 2000 through July 
31, 2001. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 66 FR 49924 
(October 1, 2001).

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act, the Department 
shall issue preliminary results 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 Tariff 
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 the course of this proceeding interested parties have raised 
questions regarding submitted financial statement reconciliations, cost 
calculations, and the accuracy of the no-shipment claim by Siderca 
S.A.I.C. Due to the need to analyze these questions, it is not 
practicable to complete this review by the current deadline of May 3, 
2002.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff 
Act, the Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary 
results by 120 days, until no later than August 31, 2002. The final 
results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This notice is published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Tariff Act.

    February 7, 2002
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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