[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 56 (Monday, March 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14195-14196]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-6934]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Extension 
of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Extension of time limits for the preliminary results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limits for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip (``SSSS'') 
from Taiwan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Mueller, 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; telephone: (202) 
482-5811.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 1, 2002, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to

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request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on SSSS 
from Taiwan. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 
67 FR 44172 (July 1, 2002). On July 30, 2002, Yieh United Steel 
Corporation (``YUSCO'') and Chia Far Industrial Factory Co. Ltd.(``Chia 
Far''), Taiwanese producers of subject merchandise, requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of their sales of subject 
merchandise during the period of review (``POR''). On July 31, 2002, 
petitioners \1\ requested that the Department conduct an administrative 
review of Chia Far, YUSCO, Tung Mung Development Co., Ltd. (``Tung 
Mung'') and Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (``Ta Chen''). On August 
27, 2002, the Department published a notice of initiation of a review 
of SSSS from Taiwan covering the period July 1, 2001 through June 30, 
2002. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 55000 
(August 27, 2002). The preliminary results of review are currently due 
on April 2, 2003.
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    \1\ Petitioners are Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, AK Steel 
Corporation, Butler Armco Independent Union, J&L Specialty Steel, 
Inc., United States Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, and 
Zanesville Armco Independent Organization.
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Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, 
state that if it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
time specified, the administering authority may extend the 245-day 
period to issue its preliminary results by 120 days. Completion of the 
preliminary results of this review within the 245-day period is 
impracticable for the following reasons:
[sbull] The review involves a large number of transactions and complex 
adjustments;
[sbull] All companies include sales and cost investigations which 
require the Department to gather and analyze a significant amount of 
information pertaining to each company's sales practices, manufacturing 
costs and corporate relationships; and
[sbull] The review involves examining complex relationships between the 
producers and their customers and suppliers.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, we are extending 
the time period for issuing the preliminary results of review by 90 
days until July 1, 2003. The final results continue to be due 120 days 
after the publication of the preliminary results. This notice is issued 
and published in accordance with Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations.

    March 14, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-6934 Filed 3-21-03; 8:45 am]
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