[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 7357]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3969]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-814]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 
in Coils from France

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 19, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva, AD/CVD Enforcement 
Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-0408.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Applicable Statute

    Unless otherwise indicated, all citations to the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act) are to the provisions effective January 1, 
1995, the effective date of the amendments made to the Act by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act. In addition, unless otherwise indicated, 
all citations to the Department of Commerce's (the Department's) 
regulations are to 19 CFR part 351 (April 2001).

Background

    On October 1, 2001, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on Stainless 
Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France, covering the period July 1, 
2000, through June 30, 2001 (66 FR 49924). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than April 2, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act states that the administering 
authority shall make a preliminary determination within 245 days after 
the last day of the month in which occurs the anniversary of the date 
of publication of the order, finding, or suspension agreement for which 
the review under paragraph (1) is requested. If it is not practicable 
to complete the review within the foregoing time, the administering 
authority may extend that 245 day period to 365 days. Completion of the 
preliminary results within the 245 day period is impracticable for the 
following reasons: (1) This review involves certain complex issues 
(e.g., home market downstream sales); (2) this review involves certain 
complex U.S. further manufacturing; (3) the corporate structure has 
changed from previous administrative reviews which affects several 
calculations including, but not limited to, warehouse expenses, inland 
freight, and inventory. See also 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time specified, we are extending the time limit of the preliminary 
results of the administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip 
in coils from France by 120 days, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    The deadline for issuing the preliminary results is extended from 
April 2, 2002, to July 31, 2002.

    February 12, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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