[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 206 (Friday, October 24, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 60915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-26936]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: 
Extension of Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for final results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the final results of the review of stainless steel 
butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. This review covers the period June 
1, 2001 through May 31, 2002.

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 24, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jon Freed, 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) 482-3818.

Background

    On July 8, 2003, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless 
steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. See Certain Stainless Steel 
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part, 68 
FR 40637 (July 8, 2003). The final results of this administrative 
review are currently due no later than November 5, 2003.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act states that if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time specified, the 
administering authority may extend the 120-day period, following the 
date of publication of the preliminary results, to issue its final 
results by an additional 60 days. Completion of the final results 
within the 120-day period is not practicable for the following reasons: 
(1) this review involves certain complex Constructed Export Price 
(``CEP'') adjustments including, but not limited to CEP profit and CEP 
offset; and (2) this review involves a complex affiliation issue.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time period for issuing the final results 
of review by 35 days until no later than December 10, 2003.

    Dated: October 17, 2003.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 03-26936 Filed 10-23-03; 8:45 am]
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