[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 239 (Thursday, December 12, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 76382-76383]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-31372]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-814]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France: Extension 
of Time Limit for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

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

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the final results of the review of stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils from France. This review covers the period 
July 1, 2000, through June 30, 2001.

DATES: EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alex Villanueva at (202) 482-3208; 
Office of 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.

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 
issue the final results of an antidumping duty investigation within 120 
days of the date on which the preliminary results are published.
    However, if the Department concludes that it is not practicable to 
issue the results by the original deadline, it may extend the 120-day 
period to 180 days.

Background

    On October 1, 2001, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip in 
coils from France, covering the period July 1, 2000 through June 30, 
2001 (64 FR 49924). See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 64 FR 49924 (October 1, 2001). The preliminary results were 
published in the Federal Register on August 7, 2002. See Notice of 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: 
Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from France (``Preliminary

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Results''), 67 FR 51210 (August 7, 2002). The current due date for the 
final results is December 5, 2002.

Extension of Time Limits for the Final Results

    Due to the complexity of issues, such as home-market affiliated 
downstream sales, U.S. further manufacturing sales and complicated cost 
accounting issues present in this administrative review, it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the original time limit. 
Therefore, the Department has postponed the deadline for issuing the 
final results until December 18, 2002, which is 133 days after 
publication of the Preliminary Results.

    Dated: December 4, 2002.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 02-31372 Filed 12-11-02; 8:45 am]
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