[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 176 (Wednesday, September 12, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 52079]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-17992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-533-810]


Stainless Steel Bar from India: Notice of Extension of Time Limit 
for the Final Results of the 2006 New Shipper Review

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 12, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Devta Ohri 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-
3853 and (202) 482-0182, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Statutory Time Limits

    Section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the 
Act), and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(1) of the Department of Commerce's 
(Department) regulations 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, and the final 
results of review within 90 days after the date on which the 
preliminary results were issued. However, if the Department determines 
that the issues are extraordinarily complicated, 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of 
the Act and 19 CFR 351.214(i)(2) allow the Department to extend the 
deadline for the final results to up to 150 days after the date on 
which the preliminary results were issued.

Background

    On September 26, 2006, the Department published a notice of 
initiation of a new shipper review of the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel bar from India for Ambica Steels Limited (Ambica), 
covering the period February 1, 2006, through July 31, 2006. See 
Stainless Steel Bar from India: Notice of Initiation of Antidumping 
Duty New Shipper Review, 71 FR 56105 (September 26, 2006). On July 17, 
2007, the Department issued the preliminary results of review. The 
preliminary results were published on July 23, 2007. See Stainless 
Steel Bar from India: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty New 
Shipper Review, 72 FR 40113 (July 23, 2007). The final results for this 
review are currently due no later than October 15, 2007.

Extension of Time Limits for Preliminary Results

    Pursuant to section 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) of the Act, the Department may 
extend the deadline for completion of the final results of a new 
shipper review if it determines that the case is extraordinarily 
complicated. The Department issued a supplemental questionnaire 
(dealing with sales and cost issues) to Ambica following the 
preliminary results, and the Department needs additional time to 
analyze Ambica's response. In addition, the Department is planning to 
conduct a sales and cost verification of Ambica in September. As a 
result, the Department has determined that this review is 
extraordinarily complicated, and the final results of this new shipper 
review cannot be completed within the statutory time limit of 90 days. 
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 completion of the final results by 60 days, until no later than 
December 14, 2007.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(2)(B)(iv) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: September 5, 2007.
Gary Taverman,
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
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