[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 229 (Wednesday, November 30, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 71804]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6712]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-830]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Germany

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  November 30, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Andrew Smith or Brandon Farlander, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1276 
and 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 7, 2002, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published an antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from 
Germany. See Notice of Amended Final Determination of Sales at Less 
Than Fair Value and Antidumping Duty Order: Stainless Steel Bar from 
Germany, 67 FR 10382 (March 7, 2002). On October 10, 2003, the 
Department published an amended antidumping duty order on stainless 
steel bar from Germany. See Notice of Amended Antidumping Duty Orders: 
Stainless Steel Bar from France, Germany, Italy, Korea, and the United 
Kingdom, 68 FR 58660 (October 10, 2003).
    On March 1, 2005, the Department published its Antidumping or 
Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; 
Opportunity to Request Administrative Review, 70 FR 9918 (March 1, 
2005). On March 31, in accordance with 19 CFR 351.213(b), the 
Department received a timely request for review from BGH Edelstahl 
Freital GmbH, BGH Edelstahl Lippendorf GmbH, BGH Edelstahl Lugau GmbH, 
and BGH Edelstahl Siegen GmbH (collectively ``BGH''), and Stahlwerke 
Ergste Westig GmbH/Ergste Westig South Carolina (``SEW''). On March 31, 
Carpenter Technology Corp., Crucible Specialty Metals Division of 
Crucible Materials Corp., and Electralloy Corp. requested that the 
Department conduct an administrative review of BGH.
    In accordance with 19 CFR 351.221(b)(1), we published a notice of 
initiation of this antidumping duty administrative review on April 22, 
2005. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews, 70 FR 20862 (April 22, 2005). The period of 
review (``POR'') is March 1, 2004, through February 28, 2005.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended, (``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 Department's recent determination to collapse the 
affiliated companies comprising the BGH Group of Companies, Inc., 
determining the accuracy of reported home market sales, and the 
complexity of sales and cost issues, it is not practicable to complete 
the preliminary results of this review within the original time limit 
(i.e., December 1, 2005). Therefore, the Department is extending the 
time limit for completion of the preliminary results to no later than 
January 30, 2006, 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: November 23, 2005.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E5-6712 Filed 11-29-05; 8:45 am]
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