[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 48 (Thursday, March 11, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11593-11594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-5543]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-485-803]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel 
Plate From Romania

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

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limits for the preliminary results of the 2002-2003 administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on cut-to-length carbon steel 
plate from Romania. This

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review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise to 
the United States and the period August 1, 2002 through July 31, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 11, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Killiam at (202) 482-5222, 
Michael Heaney at (202) 482-4475, or Robert James at (202) 482-0649, 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Enforcement Group III, Office 
Eight, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW., 
Washington, DC 20230.
    Statutory Time Limits: Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act), requires the Department of Commerce (the 
Department) to complete the preliminary results of an administrative 
review within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of 
an order/finding for which a review is requested and the final results 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a 
maximum of 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order/finding for which a review is requested, and for the final 
results to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not extend the 
time limit for the preliminary results) from the date of publication of 
the preliminary results.
    Background: On September 30, 2003, in response to a request from 
the petitioners, International Steel Group, we published a notice of 
initiation of this administrative review in the Federal Register. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part and Deferral of 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 56262 (September 30, 2003). Pursuant to 
the time limits for administrative reviews set forth in section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Tariff Act), 
the current deadlines are May 2, 2004 for the preliminary results and 
August 30, 2004, for the final results.
    Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review: It is 
not practicable to complete this review within the normal statutory 
time limit due to a number of significant case issues, such as, the 
collection of surrogate market values, the reporting and analysis of 
both non-market economy and market economy data for different parts of 
the twelve-month review period, and complex cost data. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limits for completion of the 
preliminary results by 120 days, until August 30, 2004, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act. The deadline for the final 
results of this review will continue to be 120 days after publication 
of the preliminary results.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act.

    Dated: March 3, 2004.
Joseph A. Spetrini,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 04-5543 Filed 3-10-04; 8:45 am]
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