[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 220 (Wednesday, November 16, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 69514]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6328]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-583-831)


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Taiwan: Extension 
of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 16, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan or Melissa Blackledge, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-
4081 or (202) 482-3518, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 30, 2004, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published in the Federal Register a notice of initiation of an 
administrative review of the antidumping duty order on stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils from Taiwan, covering the period July 1, 2003, 
through June 30, 2004. See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing 
Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 69 FR 
52857 (August 30, 2004).
    On August 9, 2005, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of review. See Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip 
in Coils from Taiwan: Notice of Preliminary Results and Partial 
Rescission of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review, 70 FR 46137 
(August 9, 2005). The final results of review are currently due no 
later than December 7, 2005.

Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination in an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order or finding for which a review is 
requested and a final determination within 120 days after the date on 
which the preliminary determination is published. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within these time periods, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the 245-day 
time limit for the preliminary determination to a maximum of 365 days 
and the time limit for the final determination to 180 days (or 300 days 
if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
determination) from the date of publication of the preliminary 
determination. We have determined that it is not practicable to 
complete the final results of this review within the original time 
limit because the Department has required additional time to consider a 
number of complex affiliation and cost issues. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the final 
results of review by 60 days. We intend to issue the final results of 
review no later than February 5, 2006.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act.

    Dated: November 8, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6328 Filed 11-15-05; 8:45 am]
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