[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 232 (Tuesday, December 3, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 71935]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-30623]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-807]


Certain Carbon Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Thailand: 
Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: December 3, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Zev Primor at (202) 482-4114 or Tom 
Futtner at (202) 482-3814, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 4, Group II, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave., NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

TIME LIMITS:

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 within 120 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 October 1, 2001, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
carbon steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Thailand, covering the period 
July 1, 2000 through June 30, 2001 (66 FR 49924). On August 7, 2002 (67 
FR 51178), we published the preliminary results of review. In our 
notice of preliminary results, we stated our intention to issue the 
final results of this review no later than 120 days after the date of 
publication of the preliminary results, December 5, 2002.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Due to the complexity of the issues raised in this segment of the 
review, we determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results until no later than February 3, 2003. For details, see Decision 
Memorandum from Holly Kuga to Bernard Carreau, dated concurrently with 
this notice, which is on file in the Central Records Unit, Room B-099 
of the main Commerce building.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: November 26, 2002.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 02-30623 Filed 12-2-02; 8:45 am]
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