[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 227 (Friday, November 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68882-68883]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3340]


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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 30, 
2004. This extension applies to the administrative review of three 
producers, Chandan Steel, Ltd.,

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Isibars Steel, Ltd., and The Viraj Group. The period of review is 
December 1, 2002, through November 30, 2003.

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 26, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Edythe Artman or Minoo Hatten, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
3931 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 Viraj Group. 
See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 3117 
(Jan. 22, 2004). 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 (Feb. 24, 2004).\1\ On July 15, 2004, the 
Department published a notice that extended the time limit for the 
preliminary results of review until December 10, 2004. See Stainless 
Steel Wire Rod from India: Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary 
Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 42421 
(July 15, 2004).
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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 initiation 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 December 
10, 2004. As stated in our first notice of extension, 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. The analysis of the questionnaire 
responses has required more time than initially anticipated and we must 
still 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 20 days to 
December 30, 2004.
    We are issuing this notice in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) 
of the Act.

    Dated: November 19, 2004.
Jeffrey A. May,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E4-3340 Filed 11-24-04; 8:45 am]
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