[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69357-69358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3356]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-814]


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

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 stainless steel sheet 
and strip in coils (SSSS) from France from December 4, 2004, until no 
later than February 2, 2005. The period of review (POR) is July 1, 
2002, through June 30, 2003. This extension is made pursuant to section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the Uruguay Round 
Agreements Act (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 29, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joshua Reitze or Sean Carey, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office VI, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
0666 and (202) 482-3964, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 27, 1999, the Department published the amended final 
determination and antidumping duty order on SSSS from France in the 
Federal Register. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at 
Less Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order; Stainless Steel Sheet 
and Strip in Coils from France, 64 FR 40562 (July 27, 1999) 
(Antidumping Duty Order). On July 30, 2003, Allegheny Ludlum 
Corporation, AK Steel, Inc., North American Stainless, United 
Steelworkers of America, AFL-CIO/CLC, Butler Armco Independent Union, 
and Zanesville Armco Independent Organization (collectively, the 
Petitioners) requested that the Department conduct a review of Ugine 
and ALZ France S.A.'s sales or entries of merchandise subject to the 
Department's antidumping duty order on SSSS from France. On July 31, 
2003, Ugine and ALZ France S.A. (U&A France) (the Respondent), a 
producer and exporter of subject merchandise, also requested that the 
Department conduct a review of U&A France's sales or entries of subject 
merchandise for the POR.
    On August 22, 2003, in accordance with section 751(a) of the Act, 
the Department published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation 
of this antidumping duty administrative review for the period July 1, 
2002, through June 30, 2003. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation 
in Part, 68 FR 50750 (August 22, 2003). On February 26, 2004, the 
Department published in the Federal Register an extension of time 
limits for the preliminary results. See Extension of Time Limit of the 
Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 69 FR 
8936 (February 26, 2004). On August 6, 2004, the Department published 
the preliminary results of the administrative review. See Preliminary 
Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel 
Sheet and Strip in Coils from France, 69 FR 47892 (August 6, 2004).

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an antidumping duty 
order for which a review is requested and issue the final results 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend these deadlines to a maximum of 365 days and 180 
days, respectively.
    The Department recently received case briefs and rebuttal briefs 
from the interested parties involved in this administrative review. 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 constructed export price offsets, the treatment of 
downstream sales and of various expenses claimed by U&A France. 
Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the

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Department is extending the time limit for the final results to no 
later than February 2, 2005, which is 180 days from the date of 
publication of the Preliminary Results. This notice is issued and 
published in accordance with section 751(a)(1) of the Act and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations.

    Dated: November 22, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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