[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5487-5488]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2521]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-832, A-489-812]


Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico and Turkey: 
Notice of Postponement of Preliminary Antidumping Duty Determinations

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

ACTION: Notice of postponement of preliminary antidumping duty 
determinations in antidumping investigations.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2004.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maisha Cryor and Mark Manning at (202) 
482-5831, (202) 482-5253, respectively; Office 4, Group 2, Import 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is postponing the 
preliminary determinations in the antidumping investigations on light-
walled rectangular pipe and tube from Mexico and Turkey from February 
16, 2004, until April 6, 2004. This postponement is made pursuant to 
section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 29, 2003, the Department initiated the above-
referenced investigations. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty 
Investigations: Light-Walled Rectangular Pipe and Tube from Mexico and 
Turkey, 68 FR 57667 (October 6, 2003).

Postponement of Preliminary Determination

    Currently, the preliminary determinations are due no later than 
February 16, 2004. Under section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, the 
Department can extend the period for reaching a preliminary 
determination until not later than the 190th day after the date on 
which the administering authority initiates an investigation if:
(B) The administering authority concludes that the parties concerned 
are cooperating and determines that
    (i) the case is extraordinarily complicated by reason of
     (I) the number and complexity of the transactions to be 
investigated or adjustments to be considered;
     (II) the novelty of the issues presented; or
     (III) the number of firms whose activities must be investigated; 
and
    (ii) additional time is necessary to make the preliminary 
determination.
    The parties concerned are cooperating in these investigations. 
Additional time is necessary, however, to complete the preliminary 
determinations for Mexico and Turkey due to (1) the number and 
complexity of the transactions to be investigated and adjustments to be 
considered, (2) certain affiliation issues in both cases involving 
multiple respondents, and (3) the novelty of issues presented. 
Moreover, with respect to each Mexican respondent, the Department 
received, on January 9, 2004, allegations that sales were made below 
the cost of production during the period of investigation. We are 
currently reviewing these allegations. Therefore, for both 
investigations, additional time is required to review the issues and 
the cost information for purposes of the preliminary determinations.
    Pursuant to section 733(c)(1)(B) of the Act, we have determined 
that these investigations are ``extraordinarily complicated.'' We are, 
therefore, postponing the preliminary determinations by 50 days to 
April 6, 2004.
    This notice is issued and published pursuant to section 733(c)(2) 
of the Act and 19 CFR 351.205(f)(2).

    Dated: January 28, 2004.
James J. Jochum,
Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-2521 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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