[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 86 (Thursday, May 5, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 23844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2195]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-835]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Oil Country Tubular Goods from 
Japan

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 5, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kimberley Hunt or Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1272 or (202) 482-3148, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The Department of Commerce (the Department) published an 
antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Japan 
on August 11, 1995 (see Antidumping Duty Order: Oil Country Tubular 
Goods from Japan, 60 FR 155 (August 11, 1995)). On August 31, 2004, 
United States Steel Corporation, a petitioner in the original 
investigation, requested that the Department conduct an administrative 
review of four companies. On September 22, 2004, the Department 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review for JFE 
Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation, NKK Tubes, and Sumitomo 
Metal Industries, Ltd., for the period August 1, 2003, through July 31, 
2004 (see Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 56745 
(September 22, 2004)). The preliminary results of this administrative 
review are currently due no later than May 3, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended, (the Act), the Department shall issue preliminary results in 
an administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication 
of the order. The Act further provides, however, that the Department 
may extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review from 245 to 365 days if it determines that it is not practicable 
to complete the preliminary results within the 245-day period. See also 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations.
    In this administrative review, the Department finds that additional 
time is required to collect the necessary information to corroborate 
the statements of two respondents who reported that they did not have 
any shipments of the subject merchandise during the period of review. 
Following our normal practice, the Department has requested entry 
information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). We have also 
asked both respondents to answer questions concerning their shipments 
during the period of review. Recently, we have also requested 
additional, more detailed information from CBP, which is not 
immediately available. After we receive the information from the 
respondents and CBP, the Department will need time to analyze it and 
reach a decision.
    For these reasons, the Department has determined that is it is not 
practicable to complete the preliminary results of this review within 
the original time period. Consequently, we are extending the time for 
the completion of the preliminary results of this review until no later 
than August 31, 2005, which is 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: April 28, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-2195 Filed 5-4-05; 8:45 am]
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