[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 81 (Tuesday, April 27, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 22763]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-9478]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Taiwan: Extension of 
Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

DATES: Effective Date: April 27, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joe Welton, 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-
0165.

Background

    On June 2, 2003, the Department of Commerce (``Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Taiwan for the period June 1, 2002, through May 31, 2003. 
See Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of 
Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended 
Investigation, 68 FR 32727 (June 2, 2003). On June 30, 2003, Markovitz 
Enterprises, Inc. (Flowline Division), Shaw Alloy Piping Products Inc., 
Gerlin, Inc., and Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc. (``petitioners'') 
requested an antidumping duty administrative review for the following 
companies: Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (``Ta Chen''), Liang Feng 
Stainless Steel Fitting Co., Ltd. (``Liang Feng''), and Tru-Flow 
Industrial Co., Ltd. (``Tru-Flow''), and PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd., 
(``PFP'') for the period June 1, 2002, through May 31, 2003. On June 
30, 2003, Ta Chen requested an administrative review of its sales to 
the United States during the period of review (``POR''). On July 29, 
2003, the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of 
initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review for the 
period June 1, 2002, through May 31, 2003. See Notice of Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation In Part, 68 FR 44524 (July 29, 2003). On March 3, 2004, 
the Department extended the deadline for the preliminary results in 
this administrative review by 90 days until May 30, 2004. See Stainless 
Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Extension of Time Limit for 
the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review 
69 FR 9997, (March 3, 2004).

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), states that the administering authority shall make a 
preliminary determination within 245 days after the last day of the 
month in which occurs the anniversary of the date of publication of the 
order, finding, or suspension agreement for which the review under 
paragraph (1) is requested. If it is not practicable to complete the 
review within the foregoing time, the administering authority may 
extend that 245 day period to 365 days. On March 3, 2004, we extended 
the due date of the preliminary results in this administrative review 
by 90 days until 335 days after the last day of the month in which 
occurs the anniversary of the date of publication of the order. See 
Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Extension of Time 
Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review 69 FR 9997, dated March 3, 2004. Completion of 
the preliminary results within the 335 day period is impracticable 
because this review involves complex affiliation issues which have 
continued to emerge as the review progressed, requiring additional time 
for analysis.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this review within the 
time specified in our previous extension notice, we are extending the 
due date for the preliminary results for an additional 30 days until 
June 29, 2004. Thus, the preliminary results are now being fully 
extended until 365 days after the last day of the month in which occurs 
the anniversary of the date of publication of the order, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. The final results continue to be 
due 120 days after the publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: April 16, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group III.
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