[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 152 (Wednesday, August 8, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44496-44497]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-15481]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-808]


Stainless Steel Wire Rods From India: 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:  August 8, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Catherine Cartsos or Minoo Hatten, AD/
CVD Operations, Office 5, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482-
1757 and (202) 482-1690, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On March 20, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of a new-shipper review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel wire rods from India for 
Sunflag Iron and Steel Co., Ltd. (Sunflag). See Stainless Steel Wire 
Rod From India: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping Duty New-Shipper 
Review, 72 FR 13088 (March 20, 2007). The period of review is December 
1, 2005, through November 30, 2006. The preliminary results of this 
new-shipper review are currently due no later than September 9, 2007.

Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), provides that the Department will issue the preliminary results 
of a new-shipper review of an antidumping duty order within 180 days 
after the date on which the review is initiated. The Act provides 
further that, if the case is extraordinarily complicated, the 
Department may extend the 180-day period to 300 days.
    The Department has determined that this new-shipper review is 
extraordinarily complicated and it is not possible to complete the 
preliminary results by the current deadline of September 9, 2007. 
Specifically, there are a number of complex factual issues pertaining 
to the sales practices, manufacturing costs, and the determination of 
potential comparison-market matches which affect the calculation of the 
antidumping margin in this new-shipper review. We require additional 
time to analyze the questionnaire responses, issue supplemental 
questionnaires, and conduct verification. Therefore, in accordance with 
section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2), the 
Department is extending the time limit for the preliminary results by 
40 days to October 19, 2007. The final results of the new-shipper 
review continue to be due 90 days after the date of issuance of the 
preliminary results of new-shipper review.

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    We are issuing this notice in accordance with sections 
751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: August 2, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-15481 Filed 8-7-07; 8:45 am]
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