[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 64245]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-18407]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-809]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Flanges From 
India

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

DATES: Effective Dates:
    November 1, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Fred Baker or Robert James, AD/CVD 
Operations, Office 7, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
2924 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On February 9, 1994, the Department published the antidumping duty 
order on stainless steel flanges from India. See Amended Final 
Determination and Antidumping Duty Order; Certain Forged Stainless 
Steel Flanges from India, 59 FR 5994 (February 9, 1994). On February 
28, 2006, we received requests for an administrative review for the 
period February 1, 2005, through January 31, 2006, from Echjay Forgings 
Pvt. Ltd. (Echjay) and Shree Ganesh Forgings, Ltd. (Shree Ganesh). We 
also received requests for a new shipper review and, failing that, an 
administrative review, from Kunj Forgings Pvt. Ltd. (Kunj), Micro Forge 
(India) Ltd. (Micro), Pradeep Metals Limited (Pradeep), and Rollwell 
Forge, Ltd. (Rollwell). On April 5, 2006, we initiated administrative 
reviews of the six companies. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews and Deferral of 
Administrative Reviews, 71 FR 17077 (April 5, 2006).\1\ The preliminary 
results of the administrative review are currently due no later than 
October 31, 2006.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

    \1\ On April 6, 2006, the Department published a notice 
initiating new shipper reviews of Kunj, Micro, Pradeep, and 
Rollwell. See Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Notice of 
Initiation of Antidumping Duty New Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 17439 
(April 6, 2006). On September 29, 2006, we rescinded the new shipper 
reviews with respect to Micro, Pradeep, and Rollwell. See Certain 
Forged Stainless Steel Flanges from India: Notice of Partial 
Rescission of New Shipper Reviews, 71 FR 57468 (September 29, 2006).
---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    The Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act), at section 
351(a)(3)(A), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary 
results of 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 provides further that if the 
Department determines that it is not practicable to complete the review 
within this time period, the Department may extend the 245-day period 
to 365 days.
    The Department has determined that it is not practicable to 
complete the preliminary results by the current 245-day deadline of 
October 31, 2006. Rollwell has reported several new model types of 
flanges that the Department has not analyzed in previous segments of 
this proceeding. We require additional time to make a thorough analysis 
of these model types and to determine appropriate model match weighting 
criteria. Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the 
Act, and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department is extending the time 
limit for the preliminary results by 120 days to February 28, 2007.
    This notice is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: October 25, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-18407 Filed 10-31-06; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-DS-P