[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 232 (Monday, December 4, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70363-70364]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-20457]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

A-428-830


Stainless Steel Bar from Germany: Extension of Time Limit for the 
Preliminary Results of the New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE:  December 4, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Damian Felton 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) 482-0133 
or (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On April 26, 2006, the Department of Commerce (``the Department'') 
published a notice of initiation of a new shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from Germany covering the 
period March 1, 2005, through February 28, 2006 (71 FR 24642). On May 
10, 2006, Schmiedewerke Groditz GmbH (``SWG'') agreed to align the new 
shipper review with the ongoing fourth administrative review and waive 
the accelerated time limits for completion of the new shipper review. 
On July 28, 3006, the fourth administrative review was rescinded. (71 
FR 42804). However, the new shipper review remains on the 
administrative review time line. The preliminary results for this new 
shipper review are currently due no later than December 1, 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 the 
need to issue another supplemental questionnaire, it is not practicable 
to complete the preliminary results of this review within the original 
time limit (i.e., December 1, 2006). Therefore, the Department is 
partially extending the time limit for completion of the preliminary 
results to no later than March 15, 2007.
    We are issuing and publishing this notice in accordance with 
sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: November 27, 2006.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E6-20457 Filed 12-01-06; 8:45 am]
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