[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2792]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-830]


Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from Taiwan: Extension of Time 
Limit for the Preliminary 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 Preliminary Results 
of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand, AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3207.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 6, 2002, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from 
Taiwan for the period May 1, 2001 through April 30, 2002. See Notice of 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation, 67 FR 
30356 (May 6, 2002). On June 25, 2002, in accordance with section 
751(a) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the Act''), the 
Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of 
this antidumping duty administrative review of sales by Yieh United 
Steel Corporation (``YUSCO'') and Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Company, Ltd. 
(``Ta Chen'') for the period May 1, 2001 through April 30, 2002. See 
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation In Part, 67 FR 42753 
(June 25, 2002). The preliminary results are currently due no later 
than January 31, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Department conducted a customs inquiry in this case. As a 
result of this preliminary communication with the Customs Service, the 
Department was recently made aware of certain information that was not 
previously on the record. The Department needs time to analyze this 
information and solicit additional information from the parties. See 
Department's January 15, 2003 letter to YUSCO. Therefore, it is not 
practicable to complete this review within the initial time limits 
mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and we are extending the 
due date for the preliminary results by 60 days until April 1, 2003. 
The final results continue to be due 120 days after the publication of 
the preliminary results.

    Dated: January 30, 2003.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-2792 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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