[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 131 (Tuesday, July 9, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 45481]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-17197]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod from India: Extension of Time Limit of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit of the preliminary results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limits of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of stainless steel wire rod (``SSWR'') from 
India. This review covers the period December 1, 2000 through November 
30, 2001.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 9, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey, 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) 
482-1102.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Applicable Statute and Regulations

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

Background

    On January 29, 2002, we published a notice of initiation of a 
review of SSWR from India covering the period December 1, 2000 through 
November 30, 2001. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews, January, 22, 2002 (67 FR 4236). The 
Department's preliminary results are currently due on September 2, 
2002.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act states that if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time specified, the 
administering authority may extend the 245-day period to issue its 
preliminary results by 120 days. Completion of the preliminary results 
of this review within the 245-day period is not practicable for the 
following reasons:
 The review involves four companies, a large number of 
transactions and complex adjustments.
 All companies include sales and cost investigations which 
require the Department to gather and analyze a significant amount of 
information pertaining to each company's sales practices, manufacturing 
costs and corporate relationships.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we 
are extending the time period for issuing the preliminary results of 
review by 60 days until November 1, 2002. The final results continue to 
be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: July 1, 2002
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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