[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 58 (Monday, March 28, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 15615-15616]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1368]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-553-809]


Forged Stainless Steel Flanges From India: Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 28, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-2924 
or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

Background

    On August 31, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a timely request from Hilton Forge to conduct a new shipper 
review of the antidumping duty order on certain forged stainless steel 
flanges from India, sold in, or exported to the United States. On 
October 6, 2004, the Department published a notice of initiation of 
this new shipper review, covering the period of February 1, 2004 
through July 31, 2004 (69 FR 59897). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than March 29, 2005.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary 
results of a new shipper review within 180 days after the date on which 
the new shipper review was initiated. However, if it is not practicable 
to complete the review within these time periods because the review is 
extraordinarily complicated, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act 
allows the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary 
results to a maximum of 300 days after the date of initiation of a new 
shipper review. We are extending the deadline for the preliminary 
results of this review an additional 120 days, as a result of the 
complicated issues in this review. In order to accurately complete our 
analysis, we need to gather additional information from Hilton 
concerning its U.S. and home market selling activities. Additionally, 
we need to gather information concerning the role, if any, that related 
parties may have played in Hilton's manufacture and sale of flanges. 
This makes it impracticable to complete the preliminary results of this 
review within the originally anticipated time limit. Accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this new shipper review until no later than July 
27, 2005, which is 300 days after the date of initiation. We intend to 
issue the final results no later than 90 days after publication of the 
preliminary results notice.


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    Dated: March 21, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-1368 Filed 3-25-05; 8:45 am]
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