[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 2, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 31091]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-12427]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-351-832]


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod From Brazil: Notice of 
Extension of the Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

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

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: June 2, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carol Henninger or Constance Handley 
at (202) 482-3003 or (202) 482-0631, respectively; Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement 5, 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

    Companhia Sider[uacute]rgica Belgo Mineira, Belgo Mineira 
Participa[ccedil][atilde]o Ind[uacute]stria e Com[eacute]rcio S.A. and 
BMP Sider[uacute]rgica S.A. (collectively, Belgo), a Brazilian producer 
of subject merchandise, requested an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on carbon and certain alloy steel wire rod from 
Brazil on October 31, 2003. On November 28, 2003, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of the administrative review, covering 
the period April 15, 2002, through September 30, 2003, (Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 68 FR 
66799). The preliminary results are currently due no later than July 2, 
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 issues that have been raised. Specifically, the Department is 
conducting a scope inquiry in conjunction with this review concerning 
exclusion language applicable to grade 1080 tire cord and tire bead 
quality wire rod. Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit 
for completion of the preliminary results until no later than November 
1, 2004. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days 
after publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: May 26, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-12427 Filed 6-1-04; 8:45 am]
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