[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 90 (Friday, May 9, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 24920]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-11617]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-817]


Administrative Review of Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  May 9, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phyllis Hall at (202) 482-1398, or 
Abdelali Elouaradia at (202) 482-1374, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Ave, NW, Washington, DC 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 make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested, and a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within these time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days and for the 
final determination to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not 
extend the time limit for the preliminary determination) from the date 
of publication of the preliminary determination.

Background

    On September 25, 2002, the Department published in the Federal 
Register a notice announcing the initiation of an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from 
Mexico. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 67 FR 
60210. The period of review is August 1, 2001 through July 31, 2002. 
The preliminary results are currently due no later than May 5, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    The instant administrative review involves several complex issues 
that necessitate a greater amount of time, including discrepancies 
between the public version and proprietary version of U.S. Bureau of 
Customs and Border Protection import statistics. Therefore, it is not 
practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within 
the original time limits mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. 
The Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results by 120 days, until not later than September 2, 
2003.
    This extension of the time limit is in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: May 5, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-11617 Filed 5-8-03; 8:45 am]
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