[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 135 (Thursday, July 15, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42421-42422]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-15982]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rod From India: Extension of Time Limit for 
the Preliminary Results of the 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 
preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on stainless steel wire rod from India until December 10, 
2004. This extension applies to the administrative review of three 
producers, Chandan Steel, Ltd., Isibars Steel, Ltd., and The Viraj 
Group. The period of review is December 1, 2002, through November 30, 
2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 15, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kristin Case or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Enforcement 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230; telephone: (202) 
482-3174 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

Background

    On January 22, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of the antidumping duty administrative 
review covering two companies, Isibars Steel Ltd. and The Varij Group. 
See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 3117. 
On February 24, 2004, the Department published a notice of initiation 
of the antidumping duty administrative review covering another company, 
Chandan Steel Ltd. (Chandan). See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 69 FR 8379.\1\
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    \1\ The Department did not include Chandan in the initiation 
notice for December cases because the company requested evaluation 
as a new shipper. The Department denied this request after 
publication of the January 22, 2004, initiation notice for December 
cases. Because Chandan also made a timely request for an 
administrative review, the Department included Chandan in the 2002 - 
2003 administrative review. Accordingly, all deadlines applicable to 
the companies included in the December intiation notice are 
applicable to Chandan.
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Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), at section 
751(a)(3)(A), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary 
results of an administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 
245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of 
publication of the order. The Act provides further that if the 
Department determines that it is not practicable to complete the review 
within this time period, the Department may extend the 245-day period 
to 365 days.
    The Department has determined that it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results by the current deadline of September 
1, 2004. There are a number of complex factual questions pertaining to 
the sales practices and manufacturing costs which impact the 
calculation of the antidumping margins in the administrative review. We 
require additional time to analyze the questionnaire responses, issue 
supplemental questionnaires, and conduct verifications. Therefore, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2), the Department is extending the time limit for the 
preliminary results by 100 days to December 10, 2004.
    We are issuing this notice in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act.


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    Dated: July 8, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration, Group 1.
[FR Doc. 04-15982 Filed 7-14-04; 8:45 am]
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