[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 40 (Monday, March 1, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9587-9588]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-4494]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-824]


Silicomanganese From Brazil: Extension of Time Limit for 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 is extending the time limit for the 
final results of the administrative review of the antidumping duty 
order on silicomanganese from Brazil. The final results of this review 
are now due no later than March 16, 2004.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brian Ellman, (202) 482-4852, or Katja 
Kravetsky, (202) 482-0108, AD/CVD Enforcement 3, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On October 27, 2003, the Department of Commerce (the Deparment) 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on silicomanganese from Brazil. See 
Silicomanganese from Brazil: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 61185. We invited parties to comment on 
our preliminary results. We received comments from both the petitioner 
and the respondent. Currently, the final results of this administrative 
review are due no later than February 24, 2004.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), provides that the Department will issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were published. It provides further that, if it is 
not practicable to complete the review within the 120-day period, the 
Department may extend the period by 60 days.
    This review involves complex cost issues, such as high inflation, 
and the Department needs additional time to consider the arguments 
raised by the parties after the preliminary results of review. For 
these reasons, the Department has determined that it is not practicable 
to complete the final results within the time limits mandated by 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. Therefore, in accordance with that 
section, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the final results by 21 days. The final results of review are now due 
no later than March 16, 2004.

    Dated: February 23, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group I.
[FR Doc. 04-4494 Filed 2-27-02; 8:45 am]
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