[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 103 (Tuesday, May 30, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 30658]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-8263]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-580-829)


Stainless Steel Wire Rod from the Republic of Korea: 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: May 30, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karine Gziryan or Malcolm Burke, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 4, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
4081 and (202) 482-3584, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On October 25, 2005, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rod from the Republic of 
Korea, covering the period September 1, 2004, through August 31, 2005. 
See Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews, 70 FR 61601 (October 25, 2005). The preliminary results are 
currently due no later than June 2, 2006.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Review

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), requires the Department to make a preliminary determination 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an order 
or finding for which a review is requested and a final determination 
within 120 days after the date on which the preliminary determination 
is published. However, if it is not practicable to complete a review 
within these time periods, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the 
Department to extend the 245-day time limit for the preliminary 
determination to a maximum of 365 days and the time limit for the final 
determination to 180 days (or 300 days if the Department does not 
extend the time limit for the preliminary determination) from the date 
of publication of the preliminary determination.
    The Department has determined that it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results of this review within the original 
time limit because the review involves examining a number of complex 
issues regarding affiliation and post sales price adjustments. 
Therefore, the Department is fully extending the time limit for 
completion of the preliminary results of this review by 120 days. The 
preliminary results of review will now be due on October 2, 2006, which 
is the first business day after the 120-day extension (the 120th day 
falls on a weekend). The deadline for the final results of this 
administrative review continues to be 120 days after publication of the 
preliminary results of review.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: May 22, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-8263 Filed 5-26-06; 8:45 am]
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