[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 72 (Friday, April 15, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19925-19926]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1787]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-485-803)


Certain Cut-to-Length Carbon Steel Plate from Romania: Notice of 
Extension of Preliminary Results for 2003-2004 Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 15, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patrick Edwards, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230, at (202) 482-8029.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department of Commerce (``Department'') to issue 
the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for which a 
review is requested and the final results of review within 120 days 
after the date on which the preliminary results are published. If 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.

Background

    On September 22, 2004, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of administrative review of the antidumping duty order on 
certain cut-to-length carbon steel plate from Romania, covering the 
period August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004. See Initiation of 
Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests 
for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 56745 (September 22, 2004). The 
preliminary results for this review are currently due no later than May 
3, 2005.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    On April 4, 2005, the Department initiated a sales-below-cost 
investigation in this review. See Memorandum to Richard Weible, Office 
Director, through Abdelali Elouaradia, Program Manager, from Patrick 
Edwards

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and John Drury and Ernest Gziryan regarding IPSCO Steel Inc.'s 
Allegation of Sales Below the Cost of Production for Ispat Sidex, S.A. 
On April 4, 2005, the Department also issued Section D of the 
Antidumping Questionnaire to Sidex. The current deadline for the 
preliminary results in this review is May 3, 2005. The Department 
requires additional time to review and analyze the Section D response 
when submitted, issue supplemental cost questionnaires, if necessary, 
and possibly verify the sales and cost information submitted by Ispat 
Sidex S.A. Hence, it is not practicable to complete this review within 
the originally anticipated time limit.
    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and Section 351.213(h)(2) of the 
Department's regulations allow the Department to extend the deadline 
for the preliminary results to a maximum of 365 days from the last day 
of the anniversary month of the order. For the reasons noted above, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results to no later than August 31, 2005, in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act. We intend to issue the final 
results no later than 120 days after publication of the notice of the 
preliminary results.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 11, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-1787 Filed 4-15-05; 8:45 am]
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