[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 12342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-3465]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-428-825]


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

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 10, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Deborah Scott, Tyler Weinhold, or 
Robert James, 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) 482-2657, (202) 482-1121, or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 29, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received timely requests to conduct an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from 
Germany. On August 29, 2005, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of this administrative review, covering the period of July 
1, 2004, through June 30, 2005. See Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 
and Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Requests for 
Revocation in Part, 70 FR 51009. The preliminary results are currently 
due no later than April 2, 2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Tariff Act), requires the Department to complete the preliminary 
results of an administrative review within 245 days after the last day 
of the anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. 
However, if it is not practicable to complete the review within these 
time periods, section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act allows the Department 
to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a maximum of 
365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order for 
which a review is requested.
    The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the statutory time limit because we require 
additional information concerning home market downstream non-prime 
sales and home market early payment discounts and rebates in order to 
complete our analysis. The time needed to analyze this additional 
information makes it impracticable to complete the preliminary results 
of this review within the originally anticipated time limit. 
Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for completion 
of the preliminary results of this administrative review until no later 
than July 31, 2006, which is the 365 days from the last day of the 
anniversary month of the order on stainless steel sheet and strip in 
coils from Germany. We intend to issue the final results no later than 
120 days after publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751 (a) (3)(A) of the 
Tariff Act.

    Dated: March 6, 2006.
Stephen Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-3465 Filed 3-9-06; 8:45 am]
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