[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 207 (Friday, October 25, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 65538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27260]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: October 25, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer at (202) 482-0405 
(Snowdrop Trading, Pvt. Ltd.), Michael Ferrier at (202) 482-1394 
(Isibars, Ltd.) Shireen Pasha at (202) 482-0193 (Echjay Forgings Ltd./
Pushpaman Exports), or Dena Aliadinov at (202) 482-3362 (Viraj 
Forgings, Ltd.), Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') to 
make a preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of 
the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested, and 
a final determination within120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within these time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days and for the 
final determination to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not 
extend the time limit for the preliminary determination) from the date 
of publication of the preliminary determination.

Background

    On March 27, 2002, the Department initiated an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on forged stainless steel flanges 
from India for the following companies: Metal Forging Rings & Bearings; 
Snowdrop Trading, Pvt. Ltd.; Viraj Group; Bhansali Ferromet Pvt. Ltd.; 
Echjay Forgings Ltd./Pushpaman Exports; Isibars, Ltd.; Panchmahal 
Steel, Ltd.; Patheja Forgings & Auto Parts, Ltd.; and Viraj Forgings, 
Ltd. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocations in Part, 67 FR 
14696 (March 27, 2002). The Department received timely responses from 
Snowdrop Trading, Pvt. Ltd. (``Snowdrop''); Echjay Forgings Ltd./
Pushpaman Exports (``Echjay''); Isibars, Ltd. (``Isibars''); and Viraj 
Forgings, Ltd. (``Viraj'') (Viraj is part of the Viraj Group). The 
period of review (POR) is February 1, 2001, through January 31, 2002. 
The preliminary results are currently due on October 31, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    The instant review involves procedural difficulties that 
necessitate a greater amount of time in order to preliminarily complete 
this review, including the number of companies under review; the 
inability of one of the companies to meet the Department's deadlines 
for responses to the questionnaire due to a natural disaster; the delay 
in obtaining financial statements because the companies' fiscal years 
ends in March; the lack of legal representation for two companies; and 
the involvement of two of the companies under review in simultaneous 
antidumping proceedings. Because of these issues, we find it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the initial time limits 
mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, we are fully 
extending the due date for the preliminary results to 365 days after 
the last day of the anniversary month of the antidumping order, which 
is February 28, 2003. The final results will continue to be 120 days 
after the date the preliminary results are issued.
    This extension of the time limit is in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: October 18, 2002.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-27260 Filed 10-24-02; 8:45 am]
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