[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 143 (Wednesday, July 27, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43395-43396]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4005]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-602, C-351-601, C-427-603]


Brass Sheet and Strip from Germany, Brazil, and France: Extension 
of Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews of the Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Orders

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is extending 
the time limit for its final results in the expedited sunset reviews of 
the antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders on brass 
sheet and strip from Germany (AD), Brazil (CVD), and France (CVD). As a 
result of this extension, the Department intends to issue final results 
of these sunset reviews on or about October 28, 2005.

DATES: EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Audrey Twyman at (202) 482-3534 
(Germany), or Tipten Troidl at (202) 482-1767 (Brazil and France), 
Import Administration, International Trade Administration, U.S. 
Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Extension of Final Results:

    On April 1, 2005, the Department initiated sunset reviews of the 
antidumping and countervailing duty orders on brass sheet and strip 
from Germany, Brazil, and France. See Initiation of Five-Year (Sunset) 
Reviews, 70 FR 16800 (April 1, 2005). Based on adequate responses from 
the domestic interested parties and inadequate responses from 
respondent interested parties, the Department is conducting expedited 
sunset reviews to determine whether revocation of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders on brass sheet and strip would lead to the 
continuation or recurrence of dumping or a countervailable subsidy. The 
Department's final results of these reviews were scheduled for August 
1, 2005; however, the Department needs additional time for its 
analysis.
    In accordance with section 751(c)(5)(B) of the Tariff Act of 1930, 
as amended (``the Act''), the Department

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may extend the period of time for making its final determination in a 
sunset review 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. The sunset reviews 
subject to this notice are reviews of transition orders. Therefore, the 
Department has determined, pursuant to section 751(c)(5)(C)(v) of the 
Act, that the sunset reviews of the antidumping and countervailing duty 
orders on brass sheet and strip from Germany, Brazil, and France are 
extraordinarily complicated and require additional time for the 
Department to complete its analysis. Therefore, the Department will 
extend the deadlines in these proceedings, and, as a result, intends to 
issue the final results of the sunset reviews of the antidumping and 
countervailing duty orders of brass sheet and strip from Germany, 
Brazil, and France, on or about October 28, 2005, 90 days from the 
original scheduled date of the final results of these reviews.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(c)(5)(B) and (C) of the Act.

    Dated: July 20, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4005 Filed 7-26-05; 8:45 am]
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