[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 24 (Thursday, February 5, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 5497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-2524]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Extension 
of Time Limits for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Extension of time limits for the preliminary results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limits for the preliminary results of the antidumping duty 
administrative review of stainless steel sheet and strip (``SSSS'') 
from Taiwan.

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 5, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Bertrand, AD/CVD Enforcement 
Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-3207.

BACKGROUND:

    On July 2, 2003, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to request an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
SSSS from Taiwan. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, 
Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 39511 (July 2, 2003). On July 24, 2003, 
Chia Far Industrial Factory Co. Ltd.(``Chia Far''), a Taiwanese 
producer of subject merchandise, requested that the Department conduct 
an administrative review of its sales of subject merchandise during the 
period of review (``POR''). On July 30, 2003, petitioners\1\ requested 
that the Department conduct an administrative review of Chia Far, Yieh 
United Steel Corporation (``YUSCO''), Tung Mung Development Co., Ltd. 
(``Tung Mung''), Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (``Ta Chen''), China 
Steel Corporation, Tang Eng Iron Works, PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd., Yieh 
Loong Enterprise Co., Ltd., Yieh Trading Corp., Goang Jau Shing 
Enterprise Co., Ltd., Yieh Mau Corp., Chien Shing Stainless Co., Chain 
Chon Industrial Co., Ltd., and their various affiliates. On August 22, 
2003, the Department published a notice of initiation of a review of 
SSSS from Taiwan covering the period July 1, 2002 through June 30, 
2003. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 68 FR 50750 
(August 22, 2003). The preliminary results of review are currently due 
on April 1, 2004.
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    \1\ Petitioners are Allegheny Ludlum Corporation, AK Steel 
Corporation, Butler Armco Independent Union, J&L Specialty Steel, 
Inc., United States Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, and 
Zanesville Armco Independent Organization.
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EXTENSION OF TIME LIMITS FOR PRELIMINARY RESULTS

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, 
state that if it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
time specified, the administering authority may extend the 245-day 
period to issue its preliminary results by 120 days. Completion of the 
preliminary results of this review within the 245-day period is 
impracticable for the following reasons:
 The review involves a large number of transactions 
and complex adjustments;
 The responses from Chia Far and YUSCO include sales 
and cost information which require the Department to gather and analyze 
a significant amount of information pertaining to each company's sales 
practices, manufacturing costs and corporate relationships; and
 The review involves examining complex relationships 
between the producers and a large number of customers and suppliers.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, we are extending 
the time period for issuing the preliminary results of review by 60 
days from April 1, 2004 until May 31, 2004. The final results continue 
to be due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results. 
This notice is issued and published in accordance with Section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's 
regulations.

    Dated: January 30, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 04-2524 Filed 2-4-04; 8:45 am]
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