[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 80 (Wednesday, April 26, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24640-24641]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6287]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-588-835]


Oil Country Tubular Goods From Japan: Notice of Extension of Time 
Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 26, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jun Jack Zhao or Mark Hoadley, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 6, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1396 or (202) 482-3148, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On August 31, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
received a timely request for an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on oil country tubular goods (OCTG) from Japan, 
with respect to JFE Steel Corporation, Nippon Steel Corporation, NKK 
Tubes, and Sumitomo Metal Industries, Ltd. On September 28, 2005, the 
Department published a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review for the period of August 1, 2004, through July 31, 2005. See 
Notice of Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 
Administrative Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 70 FR 56631 
(September 28, 2005). The preliminary results of this administrative 
review are currently due no later than May 3, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the Department shall issue preliminary results in an 
administrative review of an antidumping duty order within 245 days 
after the last day of the anniversary month of the date of publication 
of the order. The Act further provides, however, that the Department 
may extend that 245-day period to 365 days if it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the foregoing time period.
    In this administrative review, the Department finds that additional 
time is required to collect the necessary information to corroborate 
the statements of two respondents who reported that they did not have 
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shipments of the subject merchandise during the period of review. 
Following our normal practice, the Department has requested detailed 
entry information from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). We 
have also asked both respondents to answer questions concerning their 
shipments during the period of review. After we receive all of the 
necessary information from the respondents and CBP, the Department will 
need time to analyze it and reach a decision. For these reasons, the 
Department has determined that is it is not practicable to complete the 
preliminary results of this review within the original time period. 
Consequently, we are extending the time for the completion of the 
preliminary results of this review until no later than June 19, 2006, 
which is 290 days from the last day of the anniversary month of the 
date of publication of the order.
    This notice is published in accordance to sections 751 and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: April 21, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-6287 Filed 4-25-06; 8:45 am]
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