[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 149 (Monday, August 4, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45793-45794]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-19755]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India: Extension of Time Limit for 
Preliminary Results in Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Extension of time limit for preliminary results of antidumping 
duty administrative review

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EFFECTIVE DATE: August 4, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Strollo at (202) 482-0629, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 2, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department

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of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 
20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 25, 2003, the Department of 
Commerce (the Department) published in the Federal Register a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel bar from India. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 68 FR 14394 (March 25, 2003). The period of review is February 
1, 2002, through March 31, 2003. The review covers seven exporters of 
the subject merchandise to the United States.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tarriff Act of 1930, 
as amended (the Act), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. The Act provides further, however, that 
the Department may extend the 245-day period to 365 days if it 
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
foregoing time period. Due to the large number of respondents and the 
time required to review and analyze multiple supplemental responses, it 
is not practicable to complete this review within the time limit 
mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, we have fully 
extended the deadline until February 28, 2004.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: July 29, 2003.
Laurie Parkhill,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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