[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 119 (Tuesday, June 22, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 34652]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-14124]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar From India; Notice of Extension of Time 
Limits for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce is extending the time limit for the 
final results in the antidumping duty administrative review of 
stainless steel bar from India. The review covers five producers/
exporters of the subject merchandise to the United States. The period 
of review is February 1, 2002, through January 31, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE: June 22, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irina Itkin or Elizabeth Eastwood, 
Office of AD/CVD Enforcement, Office 2, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone 
(202) 482-0656 and (202) 482-3874, respectively.

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 make a 
final determination in an administrative review within 120 days after 
the date on which the preliminary determination is published. However, 
if it is not practicable to complete the review within this time 
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend 
the time limit 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.

Extension of the Time Limit for Final Results of Administrative Review

    The Department issued the preliminary results of this 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
bar from India on March 8, 2004 (69 FR 10666). The current deadline for 
the final results in this review is July 6, 2004. In accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the 
Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the original time frame due to the complexity of certain issues 
raised in the case briefs, including several issues involving the 
application of adverse facts available and revocation of the 
antidumping duty order.
    Because it is not practicable to complete this administrative 
review within the time limit mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department is extending the time 
limit for completion of the final results of this administrative review 
until September 7, 2004.

    Dated: June 16, 2004.
Jeffrey May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group I.
[FR Doc. 04-14124 Filed 6-21-04; 8:45 am]
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