[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 180 (Friday, September 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56038-56039]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-2230]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-423-808]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of 
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Plate in Coils From Belgium

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 in the antidumping duty administrative 
review of stainless steel plate in coils from Belgium until no later 
than December 7, 2004. The period of review is May 1, 2002 through 
April 30, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 17, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elfi Blum or Toni Page at (202) 482-
0197 or (202) 482-1398, respectively; Office of Antidumping/
Countervailing Duty Enforcement VI, Import Administration, 
International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th 
Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230.
    Statutory Time Limits: Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 
1930, as amended (the Act) requires the Department to issue the final 
results in

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an administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were 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 from the date of publication of the preliminary 
results.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    On June 10, 2004, the Department published the preliminary results 
of this administrative review. See Stainless Steel Plate in Coils from 
Belgium: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 
(69 FR 32501). The current deadline for the final results in this 
review is October 8, 2004. In accordance with 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 
because verification of respondent's submitted information took place 
after the preliminary results were published. Verification of 
respondent's sales and costs submissions took place from June 21, 2004 
through June 30, 2004, in Genk, Belgium, and verification of 
constructed export price took place from July 21, 2004 through July 30, 
2004, in New York, NY. We find that in order to afford the parties to 
this proceeding sufficient time to submit their case and rebuttal 
briefs and for the Department to analyze fully the parties' arguments, 
completion of this review is not practicable within the original time 
limit.
    Consequently, in accordance with sections 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act 
and section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the completion of the final 
results of the review to 180 days from the publication of the 
preliminary results. The final results will now be due no later than 
December 7, 2004.

    Dated: September 13, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E4-2230 Filed 9-16-04; 8:45 am]
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