[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 157 (Tuesday, August 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 48102]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-4449]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-201-817)


Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico: Extension of Time Limit 
for the Final Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: August 16, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephen Bailey, AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-0193.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On May 10, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published the preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (``OCTG'') from 
Mexico covering the period August 1, 2003, through July 31, 2004. See 
Certain Oil Country Tubular Goods from Mexico; Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review and Partial Rescission, 70 FR 
24517 (May 10, 2005). The final results for the antidumping duty 
administrative review of OCTG from Mexico are currently due no later 
than September 7, 2005.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended by the 
Uruguay Round Agreements Act (``the Act''), requires the Department to 
issue the preliminary results of an administrative review within 245 
days after the last day of the anniversary month of an antidumping duty 
order for which a review is requested and issue the final results 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary results are 
published. However, 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.
    Due to the complexity of issues present in this administrative 
review, such as universe of sales issues and constructed value 
calculations, as well as the Department's current demands of other 
proceedings, the Department has determined that it is not practicable 
to complete this review within the original time period. Accordingly, 
the Department is extending the time for completion of the final 
results, until no later than October 7, 2005, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(1) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 10, 2005.
Barbara E. Tillman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-4449 Filed 8-15-05; 8:45 am]
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