[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 10 (Friday, January 14, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 2612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-147]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-475-829]


Stainless Steel Bar from Italy; Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: January 14, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Brown, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., 
Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-4987.

Background

    On May 27, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published in the Federal Register the notice of initiation of the 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
bar from Italy, covering the period March 1, 2003, through February 29, 
2004 (69 FR 30282). On November 17, 2004, the Department published a 
notice of extension of time limit for the preliminary results of this 
antidumping duty administrative review until February 1, 2005.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930 (``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 the Department 
finds 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.
    Due to the complex verification and affiliation issues in this 
case, the Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results in this administrative review of stainless steel 
bar from Italy by February 1, 2005. Therefore, the Department is 
extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary results 
until March 31, 2005, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: January 10, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-147 Filed 1-13-05; 8:45 am]
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