[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 95 (Friday, May 16, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 26571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12312]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-580-829]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod from South Korea: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 16, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan, Jeffrey Pedersen or 
Crystal Scherr Crittenden, AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 4, Group II, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4081, (202) 482-2747, or 
(202) 482-0989, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

TIME LIMITS:

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 or finding 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 245-day 
time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days 
and the time limit 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 October 24, 2002, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel wire rod from South Korea, covering the period 
September 1, 2001, through August 31, 2002. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 67 FR 65336 
(October 24, 2002). The preliminary results are currently due no later 
than June 2, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results until no later than September 30, 2003. See 
Decision Memorandum from Thomas F. Futtner to Holly A. Kuga, dated 
concurrently with this notice, which is on file in the Central Records 
Unit, Room B-099 of the Department's main building. We intend to issue 
the final results no later than 120 days after the publication of the 
preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: May 9, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group II.
[FR Doc. 03-12312 Filed 5-15-03; 8:45 am]
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