[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 91 (Thursday, May 11, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 27465]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7225]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-428-830)


Notice of Extension of Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar from Germany

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 11, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brandon Farlander or Natalie Kempkey, 
at (202) 482-0182 or (202) 482-1698, respectively; AD/CVD Operations, 
Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street & Constitution Avenue, NW, 
Washington, DC 20230.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 3, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the 
Department'') published the preliminary results of the administrative 
review of the antidumping order on stainless steel bar from Germany for 
the period March 1, 2004, through February 28, 2005 (See Stainless 
Steel Bar from Germany: Preliminary Results of Antidumping 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 5811 (February 3, 2006) (``Preliminary 
Results'')). The current deadline for the final results of this review 
is June 5, 2006.

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 issue (1) the preliminary results of 
a review within 245 days after the last day of the month in which 
occurs the anniversary of the date of publication of an order or 
finding for which a review is requested, and (2) 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 that time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to a 
maximum of 365 days and the final results to a maximum of 180 days (or 
300 days if the Department does not extend the time limit for the 
preliminary results) from the date of the publication of the 
preliminary results. See 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).
    We determine that it is not practicable to complete the final 
results of this review within the original time limits. Due to the 
complexity of issues present in this administrative review, such as 
BGH's claim of a downward adjustment to normal value for home market 
commissions and the Department's upward adjustment to BGH's cost of 
manufacture, the Department needs more time to address these items and 
evaluate the issues more thoroughly. Therefore, we are extending the 
deadline for the final results of this review by 30 days. Accordingly, 
the final results will be issued no later than July 3, 2006.
    This extension is in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: May 5, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-7225 Filed 5-10-06; 8:45 am]
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