[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 149 (Thursday, August 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 44016]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-12552]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-549-502]


Extension of Time Limit for Final Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review: Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes 
From Thailand

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
    Effective Date: August 3, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jacqueline Arrowsmith or Myrna Lobo, 
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-
5255 or (202) 482-2371, respectively.

Background

    On April 7, 2006, the Department published in the Federal Register 
the preliminary results of the administrative review of the antidumping 
duty order on circular carbon steel welded pipes and tubes from 
Thailand. See Circular Welded Carbon Steel Pipes and Tubes from 
Thailand: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty Administrative 
Review, 71 FR 17810 (April 7, 2006). The current deadline for the final 
results of this review is August 7, 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 the final results in an 
administrative review within 120 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were published. However, if it is not practicable 
to complete the review within this time period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit for the final 
results to 180 days from the date of publication of the preliminary 
results.
    The Department finds that it is not practicable to complete the 
review within the original time frame due to the complex nature of the 
case. As this case involves complex issues related to Saha Thai's claim 
that its sales are made at more than one level of trade, and the 
Department must consider information requested and received after the 
issuance of the preliminary results, completion of this review is not 
practicable within the original time limit of August 7, 2006. 
Consequently, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 
section 351.213(h)(2) of the Department's regulations, the Department 
is extending the time limit for the completion of the final results of 
the review until no later than September 7, 2006, which is within 180 
days from the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: July 28, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-12552 Filed 8-2-06; 8:45 am]
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