[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 79 (Tuesday, April 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21395-21396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-1981]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Interntational Trade Administration

(A-201 830)


Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel Wire Rod: Extension of Time Limits 
for the Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lyman Armstrong or Jolanta Lawska at 
(202) 482-3601 or (202) 482-5075 respectively, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 3, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Ave, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On November 19, 2004, the U.S. Department of Commerce 
(``Department'') published a notice of initiation of the administrative 
review of the antidumping duty order on Carbon and Certain Alloy Steel 
Wire Rod from Mexico, covering the period from October 1, 2003 to 
September 30, 2004. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews, 69 FR 67701, (November 19, 2004.). The 
preliminary results of this review are currently due no later than July 
3, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit of Preliminary Results

    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. Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act further states that if it is not practicable to complete the review 
within the time period specified, the administering authority may 
extend the 245-day period to issue its preliminary results by up to 365 
days.
    We determine that completion of the preliminary results of this 
review within the 245-day period is not practicable for the following 
reasons. This review covers six companies, and to conduct the sales and 
cost analyses for each

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requires the Department to gather and analyze a significant amount of 
information pertaining to each company's sales practices, manufacturing 
costs and corporate relationships. In addition, the Department is 
analyzing issues related to scope exclusions of certain products. Given 
the number and complexity of issues in this case, and in accordance 
with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, we are extending the time period 
for issuing the preliminary results of review to 365 days. Therefore, 
the preliminary results are now due no later than October 31, 2005. The 
final results continued to be due 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with Section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.

    Dated: April 19, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-1981 Filed 4-25-05; 8:45 am]
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