[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 101 (Thursday, May 26, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30416-30417]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-2681]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-702, A-580-813, A-583-816]


Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Japan, Korea, and 
Taiwan; Extension of Time Limits for Final Results of Sunset Reviews of 
Antidumping Duty Orders

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 26, 2005.

INFORMATION CONTACT: Martha Douthit at 202-482-5050, Hilary Sadler at 
202-482-4340, Zev Primor at 202-482-4114, or Dana Mermelstein at 202-
482-1391. Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Reviews

    The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending the 
time limits for the final results in the sunset reviews of the 
antidumping duty orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from 
Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (``the Act''), the Department may 
extend the period of time for making its determination by not more than 
90 days, if it determines that the review is extraordinarily 
complicated. As set forth in 751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, the Department 
may treat a sunset review as extraordinarily complicated, if it is a 
review of a transition order. A transition order is defined as any 
antidumping or

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countervailing duty order which was in effect on January 1, 1995, the 
date on which the WTO Agreement entered into force with respect to the 
United States. See section 751(c)(6)(C) of the Act. All of the orders 
subject to these sunset reviews were issued prior to January 1, 1995, 
and as such, are transition orders. Specifically, the antidumping duty 
orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Japan, Korea, 
and Taiwan were issued on March 15, 1988, February 23, 1993, and June 
16, 1993, respectively. Therefore, the Department has determined, 
pursuant to section 751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the Act, that the sunset reviews 
of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan are extraordinarily complicated 
and require additional time for the Department to complete its 
analyses. The Department's final results of these sunset reviews were 
scheduled for June 2, 2005. The Department will extend the deadlines in 
these proceedings and, as a result, intends to issue the final results 
of the antidumping duty orders on stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Japan, Korea, and Taiwan on August 31, 2005, which is 90 
days from the original deadline.
    This notice is issued in accordance with sections 751(c)(5)(B) and 
(C)(v) of the Act.

    Dated: May 19, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-2681 Filed 5-25-05; 8:45 am]
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