[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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