[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 199 (Wednesday, October 15, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 59368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26080]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-489-807]


Certain Steel Concrete Reinforcing Bars From Turkey; Notice of 
Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results in Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 15, 2003.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limits for 
completion of the preliminary results of the administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on certain steel concrete reinforcing bars 
from Turkey. The period of review is April 1, 2002, through March 31, 
2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin or Elizabeth Eastwood at 
(202) 482-0656 or (202) 482-3874, respectively, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    On May 21, 2003, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain steel 
concrete reinforcing bars from Turkey (68 FR 27781). The period of 
review is April 1, 2002, through March 31, 2003, and the preliminary 
results are currently due no later than December 31, 2003. The review 
covers twenty-three producers/exporters of the subject merchandise to 
the United States.

Extension of Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. The Act further provides, 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. We determine that it is not practicable to 
complete this administrative review within the time limits mandated by 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, because this review involves a number 
of complicated issues for certain of the respondents, including the 
reporting of downstream sales for affiliated resellers and high 
inflation in Turkey during the period of review. Analysis of these 
issues requires additional time. Moreover, because one respondent, 
ICDAS Celik Enerji Tersane ve Ulasim Sanayi, A.S., has requested 
revocation in this review, we must verify its submitted data pursuant 
to 782(i)(2) of the Act. However, we will be unable to complete this 
verification before the date of the preliminary results as currently 
scheduled. Therefore, we have extended the deadline for completing the 
preliminary results until April 29, 2004.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act (19 U.S.C. 1675(a)(3)(A)) and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: October 8, 2003.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 03-26080 Filed 10-14-03; 8:45 am]
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