[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 153 (Tuesday, August 10, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 48454]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-18262]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: Notice 
of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final results of the 2002-2003 antidumping duty 
administrative review of the antidumping order on certain welded carbon 
steel pipes and tubes from Thailand until no later than October 5, 
2004. This review covers the period March 1, 2002, through February 28, 
2003. The extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round Agreements Act 
(hereinafter, ``the Act'').

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 10, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Javier Barrientos, Office of AD/CVD 
Enforcement 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20230, telephone (202) 482-
2243.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 11, 1986, the Department published in the Federal Register 
an antidumping duty order on circular welded carbon steel pipes and 
tubes from Thailand (51 FR 8341). On March 3, 2003, the Department 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of this order covering the period March 1, 2002, through February 28, 
2003 (68 FR 9974). A timely request for an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order, with respect to sales by Saha Thai Steel 
Company, Ltd. (``Saha Thai'') during the POR, was filed on behalf of 
two domestic producers, Allied Tube and Conduit Corporation and 
Wheatland Tube Company (collectively, ``the petitioners''). The 
Department published a notice of initiation of this antidumping duty 
administrative review on April 21, 2003 (68 FR 19498).
    Because the Department determined that it was not practicable to 
complete this review within the statutory time limits, we extended the 
time limit for the preliminary results of this review on November 7, 
2003. See Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from Thailand: 
Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review, 69 FR 4113 (January 28, 2004). From December 9 
through 17, 2003, the Department verified the sales and cost 
questionnaire responses of Saha Thai in Thailand. As a result, we 
extended the deadline for the preliminary results to March 30, 2004. 
The preliminary results of review were subsequently published in the 
Federal Register. See Certain Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Thailand: Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 69 FR 18539 (April 8, 2004) (``Preliminary 
Results'').

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Under section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department may extend 
the deadline for completion of an administrative review if it 
determines that it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
statutory time limit of 365 days. In the instant review, the Department 
has determined that it is not practicable to complete the review within 
the statutory time limit due to the need for analysis of certain 
complex issues, including the treatment of duty exemptions and foreign 
antidumping duties. Accordingly, in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the Department is extending the time limit for 
the final results to no later than October 5, 2004, which is 180 days 
from publication of the Preliminary Results.
    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.

    Dated: August 3, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration, Group I.
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