[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 6, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18053-18054]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-7805]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rods From India: Extension of Time Limit for 
the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

ACTION: Notice of extension of time limit for the final results of 
antidumping duty administrative review.

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EFFECTIVE DATE: April 6, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for the final results of the review of stainless steel 
wire rods from India. This review covers the period December 1, 2001 
through November 30, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eugene Degnan, Jonathan Herzog, or Kit 
Rudd, AD/CVD Enforcement, Group III, Office 9, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone: 
(202) 482-0414, (202) 482-4271 and (202) 482-1385 respectively.

Background

    On January 22, 2003, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of an antidumping duty administrative review of stainless 
steel wire rods (``SSWR'') from India covering the period December 1, 
2001 through November 30, 2002. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
in Part, 68 FR 3009 (January 22, 2003). On August 5, 2003, the 
Department published a notice extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results by 60 days to December 1, 2003. See Stainless Steel 
Wire Rods from India: Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 68 FR 
46164 (August 5, 2003). On November 21, 2003, the Department published 
a notice extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 11 
days to

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December 12, 2003. See Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India: Notice of 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 65680 (November 21, 2003). On December 19, 
2003, the Department published the preliminary determination in this 
administrative review. See Stainless Steel Wire Rods from India: 
Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 68 FR 70765 (December 19, 2003).

Extension of Time Limit of Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the final results of an 
antidumping duty review within 120 days of the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, if the Department concludes 
that it is not practicable to issue the results by the original 
deadline, it may extend the 120-day period to 180 days. Completion of 
the final results of this review within the 120-day period is not 
practicable because information critical to the review has recently 
been brought to the attention of the Department. As a result, the 
official record of the review is being reopened so this information can 
be entered into the record. Additionally, allowance of sufficient time 
for parties to submit comments and rebuttals on the augmented official 
record makes issuance of the final results of the review within the 
120-day period impracticable.
    Therefore, we are extending the time period for issuing the final 
results of the review by 30 days until May 17, 2004. 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.

Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
[FR Doc. 04-7805 Filed 4-5-04; 8:45 am]
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