[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15793-15794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-8070]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-813]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of New 
Shipper Review: Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Korea

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

ACTION: Notice of Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results of New 
Shipper Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 3, 2002.

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

    On February 23, 1993, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Korea. See 
Antidumping Duty Order: Certain Welded Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
Fittings from Korea, 58 FR 11029 (February 23, 1993). On August 31, 
2001, TK Corporation, a

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producer and exporter of the subject merchandise during the period of 
review (POR), requested that the Department conduct an antidumping duty 
new shipper review of the antidumping duty order. On October 5, 2001, 
the Department initiated the requested review. See Stainless Steel 
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Korea: Notice of Initiation of New Shipper 
Antidumping Duty Review, 66 FR 51017 (October 5, 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 the Department has determined, 
through consultation with the U.S. Customs Service, that there is an 
issue as to whether TK Corporation's U.S. sales fall within the period 
of investigation. Due to the need to analyze this question, it is not 
practicable to complete this review by the current deadline of March 
27, 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 July 25, 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.

    Dated: March 27, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-8070 Filed 4-2-02; 8:45 am]
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