[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27782-27783]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-12768]


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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.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: May 21, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lilit Astvatsatrian, 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-
6412.

Background

    On July 1, 2002, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to 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). On March 24, 
2003, the Department extended the time limit for the preliminary 
results of this administrative review by 90 days. See Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Extension of Time Limits for 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 68 FR 
14195 (March 24, 2003). The preliminary results of review are currently 
due no later than July 1, 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'') 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 section 
751(a)(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 245-day period is impracticable for the following reasons: (1) 
This review requires the Department to analyze YUSCO's complex 
affiliations and corporate relationships; (2) this review requires the 
Department to gather and analyze a significant amount of information 
pertaining to Chia Far's manufacturing costs due to new structural 
plant changes affecting the POR; (3) this review involves a large 
number of transactions and complex adjustments; and (4) this review 
involves examining complex relationships between the producers and 
their customers and suppliers.
    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 an additional 30 days until July 31, 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. 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.

    Dated: May 14, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-12768 Filed 5-20-03; 8:45 am]
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