[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 62 (Wednesday, March 31, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16893-16894]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7220]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-485-805]


Certain Small Diameter Carbon and Alloy Seamless Standard, Line, 
and Pressure Pipe From Romania: Extension of the Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 31, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Riggle at (202) 482-0650 or 
Martin Claessens at (202) 482-5451, Office of AD/CVD Enforcement 5, 
Group II, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

Time Limits:

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 August 1, 2003, the Department published a notice of opportunity 
to request an administrative review of this order. See Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 68 FR 45218 (August 1, 
2003). On August 29, 2003, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b)(2), 
S.C. Silcotub S.A. (Silcotub), a Romanian producer/exporter of subject 
merchandise, requested a review. In addition, in accordance with 19 CFR 
351.222(e), Silcotub requested that the Department revoke the order 
with regard to Silcotub, pursuant to 19 CFR 351.222(b). On September 2, 
2003, United States Steel Corporation, a domestic interested party, 
requested reviews of Silcotub and S.C. Petrotub S.A., producers/
exporters of certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless, standard 
line and pressure pipe from Romania.
    On September 30, 2003, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain small diameter carbon and alloy seamless standard, line and 
pressure pipe from Romania, covering the period August 1, 2002 through 
July 31, 2003 (68 FR 56262). The preliminary results are currently due 
no later than May 3, 2004.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit due to the 
complex nature of this review. Specifically, on March 10, 2003, the 
Department reclassified Romania as a market economy effective January 
1, 2003, for the purposes of antidumping and countervailing duty 
proceedings. Because this review covers the period August 1, 2002 
through July 31, 2003, the Department has determined to conduct a 
simultaneous split review, applying its non-market economy methodology 
to the period August 1 through December 31, 2003, and its market 
economy methodology from January 1 through July 31, 2003. Accordingly, 
the Department is analyzing two separate sets of questionnaire 
responses and calculating dumping margins for two separate periods and 
expects to calculate a

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single, weighted-average margin for the full 12-month review period.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results by 90 days, until August 2, 2004. 
We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days after 
publication of the preliminary results notice.

    Dated: March 25, 2004.
Holly A. Kuga,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for AD/CVD Enforcement Group II.
[FR Doc. 04-7220 Filed 3-30-04; 8:45 am]
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