[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 41 (Monday, March 3, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 9977]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-4925]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 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: March 3, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon Freed, 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-
3818.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 5, 2002, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the Antidumping Duty Order on Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe 
Fittings from Taiwan for the period June 1, 2001, through May 31, 2002. 
See Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation, 67 FR 38640 (June 5, 2002). On June 25, 2002, Markovitz 
Enterprises, Inc. (Flowline Division), Shaw Alloy Piping Products Inc., 
Gerlin, Inc., and Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc. (``petitioners'') 
requested an antidumping duty administrative review for the following 
companies: Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (``Ta Chen''), Liang Feng 
Stainless Steel Fitting Co., Ltd. (``Liang Feng''), and Tru-Flow 
Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Tru-Flow'') for the period June 1, 2001, 
through May 31, 2002. On June 28, 2002, Ta Chen requested an 
administrative review of its sales to the United States during the 
period of review (``POR''). On July 24, 2002, the Department published 
in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty 
administrative review for the period June 1, 2001, through May 31, 
2002. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation In Part, 67 FR 48435 
(July 24, 2002). The preliminary results are currently due no later 
than March 2, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), states that the administering authority shall make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
month in which occurs the anniversary of the date of publication of the 
order, finding, or suspension agreement for which the review under 
paragraph (1) is requested. If it is not practicable to complete the 
review within the foregoing time, the administering authority may 
extend that 245 day period to 365 days. Completion of the preliminary 
results within the 245 day period is impracticable for the following 
reasons: (1) this review involves certain complex Constructed Export 
Price (``CEP'') adjustments including, but not limited to CEP profit 
and CEP offset; (2) this review involves complex warehouse expenses in 
the United States including, but not limited to inland freight and 
inventory; (3) this review involves complex cost issues with respect to 
subcontractors' costs of production.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time specified under the Act, we are extending the due date for the 
preliminary results by 90 days until June 2, 2003, in accordance with 
section 751 (a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results continue to be due 
120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: February 24, 2003.
Richard O. Weible,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-4925 Filed 2-28-03; 8:45 am]
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