[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 68537]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20021]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-201-805]


Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube From Mexico: 
Extension of Time Limit for the Preliminary Results of the Antidumping 
Duty New Shipper Review

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

 Effective Date: November 27, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Drury or Patrick Edwards, 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) 482-0195 
or (202) 482-8029, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background

    The U.S. Department of Commerce (``the Department'') is conducting 
an antidumping new shipper review of circular welded non-alloy steel 
pipe and tube (``pipe and tube'') from Mexico in response to a request 
by Conduit S.A. de C.V. (``Conduit''). This review covers shipments to 
the United States for the period November 1, 2005, through April 30, 
2006, by Conduit. The Department received a timely request from Conduit 
in accordance with 19 CFR 351.214(c) for a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on pipe and tube from Mexico. On July 10, 2006, 
the Department found that Conduit's request for review met all 
regulatory requirements set forth in 19 CFR 351.214(b) and initiated 
this new shipper review covering the period November 1, 2005, through 
April 30, 2006. See Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel Pipe and Tube from 
Mexico: Initiation of New Shipper Antidumping Duty Review, 71 FR 38851 
(July 10, 2006) (``Initiation Notice''). The preliminary results for 
this new shipper review are currently due no later than December 27, 
2006.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 
(``the Act''), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) require the Department to issue 
the preliminary results of a new shipper review within 180 days after 
the date on which the new shipper review was initiated. The Department 
may, however, extend the deadline for completion of the preliminary 
results of a new shipper review from 180 days to 300 days if it 
determines that the case is extraordinarily complicated. See section 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2). The Department 
has determined that this new shipper review is extraordinarily 
complicated and that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary 
results within the current time limits.
    As stated at initiation, the Department had concerns as to 
``whether Conduit's subject sale in this new shipper review constituted 
its first shipment of subject merchandise made to an unaffiliated 
customer in the United States* * *'' See Memorandum to the File from 
The Team through Richard Weible, Office 7 Director, regarding 
Initiation of AD New Shipper Review: Circular Welded Non-Alloy Steel 
Pipe and Tube from Mexico, dated June 30, 2006, (``Initiation 
Checklist'') at 6. Accordingly, the Department requested entry 
documents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (``CBP'') to further 
analyze this issue. The Department only recently received the requested 
documents from CBP relating to the entries of subject merchandise in 
question and it was necessary for the Department to gather additional 
information from CBP officials. Additionally, there are supplemental 
questionnaires still pending in this new shipper review. Based on the 
timing of this case and the additional information that must be 
gathered and carefully analyzed, the preliminary results of this new 
shipper review cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 
180 days.
    Accordingly, the Department is extending the time limit for the 
completion of the preliminary results of the new shipper review of 
Conduit by 120 days until no later than April 26, 2007, which is 300 
days from the date on which this new shipper review was initiated. The 
deadline for the final results of this new shipper review continues to 
be 90 days after the publication of the preliminary results, unless 
extended.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 20, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
 [FR Doc. E6-20021 Filed 11-24-06; 8:45 am]
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