[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 36 (Thursday, February 24, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9045-9046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-762]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Certain Stainless Steel Butt-
Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan

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

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EFFECTIVE DATE: February 24, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Kristin Najdi at (202) 
482-0405 or (202) 482-8221, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, Office 7, 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2004, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings 
from Taiwan for the period June 1, 2003, through May 31, 2004. See 
Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative Review of Antidumping 
or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation, 69 
FR 30873 (June 1, 2004). On June 2, 2004, the respondent Ta Chen 
Stainless Steel Pipe Co., Ltd. (``Ta Chen'') requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of its sales to the United 
States during the period of review (``POR''). On June 22, 2004, 
Markovitz Enterprises, Inc. (Flowline Division), Gerlin, Inc., Shaw 
Alloy Piping Products, Inc., and Taylor Forge Stainless, Inc. 
(collectively ``petitioners'') requested an antidumping duty 
administrative review for Ta Chen, Liang Feng Stainless Steel Fitting 
Co., Ltd., Tru-Flow Industrial Co., Ltd., and PFP Taiwan Co., Ltd. On 
July 28, 2004, the Department published the notice initiating this 
antidumping duty administrative review for the period June 1, 2003, 
through May 31, 2004. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation 
In Part, 69 FR 45010 (July 28, 2004). The preliminary results are 
currently due not later than March 2, 2005.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order for which the 
administrative review was requested. The Department has determined it 
is not practicable to complete this review within the originally 
anticipated time limit, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), for the following reasons: (1) this 
review involves complex affiliation issues; and (2) this review 
involves complex constructed export price adjustments. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limits for the preliminary results by 
120 days, to not later than June 30, 2005.
    The deadline for the final results of this review will continue to 
be 120 days after publication of the preliminary results.

    Dated: February 16, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-762 Filed 2-23-05; 8:45 am]
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