[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 212 (Friday, November 2, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 62209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-21625]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-427-820]


Notice of Extension of Time Limit for Preliminary Results in 
Antidumping Duty Administrative Review: Stainless Steel Bar From France

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

EFFECTIVE DATE: November 2, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: David Goldberger at (202) 482-4136, 
Import Administration, AD/CVD Operations, Office 2, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14\th\ Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, DC, 20230.

Extension Of Time Limit For Preliminary Results

    On April 27, 2007, the Department of Commerce (the Department) 
published a notice of initiation of administrative reviews of 
antidumping duty orders that included the antidumping duty order on 
stainless steel bar from France, covering the period March 1, 2006, 
through February 28, 2007. See Initiation of Antidumping and 
Countervailing Duty Administrative Reviews, 72 FR 20986 (April 27, 
2007). Pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Tariff Act of 1930, as 
amended (the Act), the Department shall make a preliminary 
determination in an administrative review of an antidumping duty order 
within 245 days after the last day of the anniversary month of the date 
of publication of the order. The Act further provides, however, that 
the Department may extend that 245-day period to up to 365 days if it 
determines it is not practicable to complete the review within the 
foregoing time period.
    The preliminary results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on stainless steel bar from France are currently 
scheduled to be completed on December 1, 2007. However, the Department 
finds that it is not practicable to complete the preliminary results in 
this administrative review within this time limit because additional 
time is needed to fully analyze the sales and cost-of-production 
questionnaire responses and supplemental questionnaire responses 
submitted by the respondent, and to conduct verifications of these 
responses.
    Therefore, in accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, the 
Department is extending the time limit for completion of the 
preliminary results of this review by 120 days to March 30, 2008. 
Because March 30, 2008, falls on a non-business day, the Department 
will complete the preliminary results of this review no later than 
March 31, 2008, which is the next business day after the 120-day 
extension period. The final results continue to be due 120 days after 
the publication of the preliminary results.
    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(3)(A) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 CFR 351.213(h)(2).

    Dated: October 29, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretaryfor Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-21625 Filed 11-1-07; 8:45 am]
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