[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 241 (Thursday, December 16, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 75305]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E4-3682]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings 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: December 16, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Irene Gorelik, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 9, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-6905.

Background

    On July 7, 2004, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless 
steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan. See Certain Stainless Steel 
Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings From Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review and Notice of Intent to Rescind in Part, 69 
FR 40859 (July 7, 2004). On October 20, 2004, the Department published 
an extension of 45 days for the final results of this proceeding. See 
Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Extension 
of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 69 FR 61649 (October 20, 2004). The final results of this 
administrative review are currently due no later than December 19, 
2004.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act states that if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within the time specified, the 
administering authority may extend the 120-day period, following the 
date of publication of the preliminary results, to issue its final 
results by an additional 60 days. Completion of the final results 
within the 120-day period is not practicable because this review 
involves a complex affiliation issue. The complexity of this issue 
requires the Department to fully extend the deadline for the completion 
of the final results by the remaining 15 days of the 60 days allowed by 
the statute.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time period for issuing the final results 
of review by 15 days until no later than January 3, 2005.

    Dated: December 10, 2004.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E4-3682 Filed 12-15-04; 8:45 am]
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