[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 238 (Monday, December 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 72165-72166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-27301]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-825]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils From Germany Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review; Extension of Time Limit

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 administrative review 
of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in 
coils from Germany from December 6, 2004, until December 13, 2004. This 
review covers one manufacturer/exporter of the subject merchandise to 
the United States and the period July 1, 2002, through June 30, 2003.

DATES: Effective Date: December 13, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Heaney at (202) 482-4475 or 
Robert James at (202) 482-0649, AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, 
Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 6, 2004, the Department published 
in the Federal Register the preliminary results of the 2002-2003 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
sheet and strip from Germany. See Stainless Steel Sheet and strip in 
Coils From Germany; Notice of Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review, 69 FR 47900 (August 6, 2004). The final results 
of this review are currently due no later than December 6, 2004.\1\
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    \1\ The present statutory due date of December 4, 2004 falls on 
a Saturday; the Final Results would, therefore, be due the next 
business day, i.e., Monday, December 6, 2004.
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    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to issue the final results of an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results are published. However, if it is not practicable to 
complete an administrative review within the time specified, the 
administering authority (i.e., the Department) may extend the final 
results to no later than 180 days following the publication of the 
preliminary results. See 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and section 
351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations. In this case,

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the Department has determined it is not practicable to complete this 
review within the statutory time limit because of significant issues 
which require additional time to evaluate. These include: the proper 
treatment of certain equity transactions involving the respondent's 
parent firm, and various issues relating to the calculation of the 
respondent's cost of production.
    Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results until December 13, 2004, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    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: December 3, 2004.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. 04-27301 Filed 12-10-04; 8:45 am]
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