[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 45 (Wednesday, March 9, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11614-11615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-831]


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Extension 
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 9, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan or Melissa Blackledge, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import

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Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. Department of 
Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 
20230; telephone (202) 482-4081 or (202) 482-3518, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 30, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from 
Taiwan, covering the period July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2004. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 52857. The 
preliminary results of review are currently due no later than April 2, 
2005.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
or finding for which a review is requested and a final determination 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary determination 
is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the 245-day time limit for the preliminary 
determination to a maximum of 365 days and the time limit for the final 
determination to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not 
extend the time limit for the preliminary determination) from the date 
of publication of the preliminary determination.
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results of this review within the original time limit because the 
review involves examining complex affiliation and cost issues. 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results until no later than August 1, 2005, which is 
the next business day after 365 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order. The deadline 
for the final results of this administrative review continues to be 120 
days after the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: February 28, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-994 Filed 3-8-05; 8:45 am]
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