[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 203 (Friday, October 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 61958]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-17586]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-533-810


Stainless Steel Bar from India: Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of the Antidumping Duty Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: October 20, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Holland or Brandon Farlander, 
AD/CVD Operations, Office 1, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington DC 20230; telephone (202) 482-1279 
or (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On April 5, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from India covering the 
period February 1, 2005, through January 31, 2006 (71 FR 17077). The 
preliminary results for this administrative review are currently due no 
later than October 31, 2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (``the 
Act''), requires the Department to issue the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an antidumping duty order for which a review is 
requested and issue 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 the time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend these deadlines 
to a maximum of 365 days and 180 days, respectively.
    Due to the complexity of the issues in this case, including 
affiliation and cost of production, and outstanding supplemental 
responses, it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results of 
this review within the original time limit (i.e., October 31, 2006). 
Therefore, the Department is extending the time limit for completion of 
the preliminary results to no later than February 28, 2007, in 
accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 16, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-17586 Filed 10-19-06; 8:45 am]
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