[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 102 (Wednesday, May 28, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 31685]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-13262]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-449-804]


Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars from Latvia: Extension of the 
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 28, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Kemp or Constance Handley at (202) 
482-5346 or (202) 482-0631, respectively; Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 
5, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

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 complete 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding for 
which a review is requested and the final results within 120 days after 
the date on which the preliminary results are 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 results to a maximum of 365 days after 
the last day of the anniversary month of an order/finding for which a 
review is requested, and for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days 
if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
results) from the date of publication of the preliminary results.

Background

    On September 3, 2002, Joint Stock Company Liepajas Metalurgs, a 
Latvian producer of subject merchandise, requested an administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars 
from Latvia. On October 24, 2002, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of the administrative review, covering the period January 
30, 2001, through August 31, 2002 (67 FR 65336). 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 for the reasons 
stated in our memorandum from Gary Taverman, Director, Office V, to 
Holly Kuga, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, which is on file in the 
Central Records Unit, Room B-099 of the main Commerce building. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results by two months until no later than August 4, 
2003. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: May 21, 2003.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement II.
[FR Doc. 03-13262 Filed 5-27-03; 8:45 am]
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