[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 20, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 7764]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2835]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

(A-201-822)


Stainless Steel Sheet and Strip in Coils from Mexico; Extension 
of Time Limit for Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: February 20, 2007

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maryanne Burke, Deborah Scott 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) 482-5604, (202) 482-2657 or (202) 482-0649, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 3, 2006, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of opportunity to request administrative review of 
the antidumping duty order on, inter alia, stainless steel sheet and 
strip in coils from Mexico. See Antidumping or Countervailing Duty 
Order, Finding, or Suspended Investigation; Opportunity to Request 
Administrative Review, 71 FR 37890 (July 3, 2006). On July 31, 2006, 
the Department received a timely request from Allegheny Ludlum 
Corporation, United Auto Workers Local 3303, Zanesville Armco 
Independent Organization, Inc. and the United Steelworkers 
(collectively, petitioners) to conduct an administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel sheet and strip in coils from 
Mexico. Also on July 31, 2006, the Department received a timely request 
from the respondent in this review, ThyssenKrupp Mexinox S.A. de C.V. 
(Mexinox S.A.) and Mexinox USA, Inc. (Mexinox USA) (collectively, 
Mexinox) for revocation of the antidumping order on stainless steel 
sheet and strip in coils from Mexico. On August 30, 2006, the 
Department published a notice of initiation of this administrative 
review, covering the period July 1, 2005, to June 30, 2006. See 
Initiation of Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Administrative 
Reviews and Requests for Revocation in Part, 71 FR 51573 (August 30, 
2006). The preliminary results are currently due no later than April 2, 
2007.

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 complete the preliminary results of an 
administrative review within 245 days after the last day of the 
anniversary month of an order for which a review is requested. However, 
if it is not practicable to complete the review within this time 
period, section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2) allow 
the Department to extend the time limit for the preliminary results to 
a maximum of 365 days after the last day of the anniversary month of an 
order for which a review is requested.
    The Department has determined it is not practicable to complete 
this review within the statutory time limit because further analysis is 
needed with respect to Mexinox's affiliated party transactions and its 
cost of production data used in the margin calculation programs. We 
require additional information from Mexinox in order to complete our 
analysis and will not have time to analyze this information prior to 
the current deadline for the preliminary results. Accordingly, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this administrative review until no later than 
July 31, 2007, which is 365 days from the last day of the anniversary 
month. We intend to issue the final results no later than 120 days 
after publication of the preliminary results notice.
    This extension is issued and published in accordance with sections 
751(a)(3)(A) and 777(i) of the Act.

    Dated: February 13, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-2835 Filed 2-19-07; 8:45 am]
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