[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 26 (Wednesday, February 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 6449]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results in 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 8, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Helen Kramer or Judy Lao, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-0405 and 
(202) 482-7924, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On June 1, 2005, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of opportunity to request an administrative review 
of the antidumping order on stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings 
from Taiwan for the period of review (``POR'') of June 1, 2004, through 
May 31, 2005. See Notice of Opportunity to Request Administrative 
Review of Antidumping or Countervailing Duty Order, Finding, or 
Suspended Investigation, 70 FR 31422 (June 1, 2005). On June 27, 2005, 
Flowline Division of Markovitz Enterprises, Inc. (Flowline Division), 
Gerlin, Inc., Shaw Alloy Piping Products, Inc., and Taylor Forge 
Stainless, Inc. (collectively ``petitioners'') requested an antidumping 
duty administrative review for Ta Chen Stainless Pipe Co., Ltd. (Ta 
Chen), Liang Feng Stainless Steel Fitting Co., Ltd., Tru-Flow 
Industrial Co., Ltd., Censor International Corporation, and PFP Taiwan 
Co., Ltd. On June 30, 2005 Ta Chen requested an administrative review 
of its sales to the United States during the POR. On July 21, 2005, the 
Department published the notice initiating this administrative review. 
See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Request for Revocation In Part, 70 FR 42028 
(July 21, 2005). The preliminary results are currently due not later 
than March 2, 2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary results of a 
review if it determines that it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of the date of publication of the order for which the 
administrative review was requested. The Department has determined it 
is not practicable to complete this review within the originally 
anticipated time limit, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), because more time is needed to analyze Ta 
Chen's responses to supplemental questionnaires. Therefore, the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 
120 days, to not later than June 30, 2006. The deadline for the final 
results of this review will continue to be 120 days after publication 
of the preliminary results.

    Dated: February 2, 2006.
Stephen Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-1723 Filed 2-7-06; 8:45 am]
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