[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 221 (Wednesday, November 17, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 67312-67313]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3200]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Taiwan: Extension 
of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 17, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan or Melissa Blackledge, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office IV, Import Administration, International 
Trade Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4081 
or (202) 482-3518, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 19, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
initiated an administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan, covering the 
period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request 
for Revocation in Part, 68 FR 50750 (August 22, 2003); see also 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, Request for Revocation in Part and Deferral of Administrative 
Review, 68 FR 56262 (September 30, 2003) (which was issued to initiate 
a review of the instant antidumping duty order with respect to one 
manufacturer/exporter that was inadvertently omitted from the earlier 
notice of initiation).
    On August 9, 2004, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of review. See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 
in Coils From Taiwan: Preliminary Results and Partial Rescission of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 48212. The final results 
of review are currently due no later than December 7, 2004.

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested and a 
final determination within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary determination is 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 these deadlines 
to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days (or 300 days if the Department 
does not extend the time limit for the preliminary determination), 
respectively.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    We have determined that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limit. See the 
memorandum from Holly A. Kuga, Senior Director, Office IV, AD/CVD 
Operations to Jeffrey A. May, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import 
Administration, which is dated concurrently with this notice, and is on

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file in the Central Records Unit, room B-099 of the Department's main 
building. Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the final results by 60 days. We intend to issue the 
final results of review no later than February 5, 2005.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: November 8, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-3200 Filed 11-16-04; 8:45 am]
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