[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 43 (Tuesday, March 5, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 9960]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-5206]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-822]


 Notice of Extension of Time Limits of the Preliminary Results of 
AntidumpingDuty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 
from Italy

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 5, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Bolling or Stephen Shin, 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; telephone: (202) 482-
3434 or (202) 482-0413.

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'') 
regulations are to the current regulations as codified at 19 CFR Part 
351 (2001).

Background

    On May 31, 2001, Acciai Speciali Terni S.p.A. and its affiliated 
company, requested that the Department conduct an administrative 
review. On June 19, 2001, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order 
on Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Italy, covering the period May 
1, 2000 through April 30, 2001. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Review and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 66 FR 32934 (June 19, 2001). On December 3, 2001, the 
Department extended the preliminary results of the review by 60 days. 
See Notice of Extension of the Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils 
From Italy, 66 FR 60196 (December 3, 2001). The preliminary results of 
this review are currently due no later than April 1, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within the statutory time limit of 245 days from 
the date on which the review was initiated. On October 22, 2001, the 
Department initiated a sales-below-the-cost-of-production investigation 
with respect to home market sales made by AST. On November 23, 2001, 
AST submitted the company-specific cost data. In order to properly 
analyze and consider the cost data in the Department's preliminary 
results, the Department has determined that it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results of this review for Acciai Speciali 
Terni S.p.A. and its affiliates within the initial time limits provided 
in section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 351.213(h)(2) of the 
Department's regulations.
    Therefore, we are extending the due date for the preliminary 
results by 60 days, until no later than May 31, 2002. The final results 
continue to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary 
results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    February 26, 2002
Joseph Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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