[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 55 (Friday, March 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 13897]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6844]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-830]


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

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 of stainless steel plate in 
coils from Taiwan.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit of the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of stainless steel plate in coils from Taiwan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 21, 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 May 31, 2002, petitioners, Allegheny Ludlum, AK 
Steel Corporation, Butler Armco Independent Union, United Steel Workers 
of American, AFL-CIO/CLC, and Zanesville Armco Independent 
Organization, requested that the Department conduct an administrative 
review. 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). On 
February 5, 2003, the Department extended the preliminary results of 
this administrative review by 60 days. See Stainless Steel Plate in 
Coils from Taiwan: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results 
of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 68 FR 5869 (February 5, 
2003). The preliminary results are currently due no later than April 1, 
2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within the statutory time limit of 245 days from 
the date on which the review was initiated. After the development of 
the record in this case, the Department finds it necessary to collect 
more information and data. 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 
additional time to gather information from the respondent and the U.S. 
Customs Service. For these reasons, the Department has determined that 
it is not practicable to complete this review within the original time 
period provided in section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations. Therefore, we are 
extending the due date for the preliminary results by 60 days, until no 
later than June 2, 2003. The final results continue to be due 120 days 
after the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated March 13, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-6844 Filed 3-20-02; 8:45 am]
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