[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 243 (Wednesday, December 19, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71876-71877]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-24621]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

International Trade Administration

[A-583-816]


Certain Stainless Steel Butt-Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: 
Notice of Extension of Time Limit for the Final Results of Antidumping 
Duty Administrative Review

AGENCY: Import Administration, International Trade Administration, 
Department of Commerce.
SUMMARY: The Department of Commerce (the Department) is extending the 
time limit for the final results of the administrative review of the 
antidumping duty order on certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe 
fittings from Taiwan. The period of review is June 1, 2005, through May 
31, 2006. This extension is made pursuant to section 751(a)(3)(A) of 
the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended (the Act).

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 19, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy Lao or John Drury, Office 7, AD/
CVD Operations, Import Administration, International Trade 
Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 14th Street and 
Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20230, telephone: (202) 482-
7924 and (202) 482-0195, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On July 2, 2007, the Department published the preliminary results 
of the administrative review of the antidumping duty order on certain 
stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan covering the period 
June 1, 2005, through May 31, 2006. See Certain Stainless Steel Butt-
Weld Pipe Fittings from Taiwan: Preliminary Results of Antidumping Duty 
Administrative Review and Intent to Rescind in Part, 72 FR 35970 (July 
2, 2007). The final results for the antidumping duty administrative 
review of certain stainless steel butt-weld pipe fittings from Taiwan 
are currently due no later than December 14, 2007.

Extension of Time Limits for Final Results

    Section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act requires the Department to issue 
the results in an administrative review within 120 days of the 
publication of the preliminary results. However, if it is not 
practicable to complete the review within this time period, section 
751(a)(3)(A) of the Act allows the Department to extend the time limit 
for the final results to 180 days (or 300 days

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if the Department does not extend the time limit for the preliminary 
results) from the date of publication of the preliminary results.
    In accordance with section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act, and 19 CFR 
351.213(h)(2), the Department finds that it is not practicable to 
complete the review within the original time frame (i.e., by December 
14, 2007). Specifically, the Department requires additional time to 
complete the fact-intensive analysis of the record required by certain 
issues, such as questions of affiliation, raised in the case briefs. 
Because it is not practicable to complete this administrative review 
within the time limit mandated by section 751(a)(3)(A) of the Act and 
19 CFR 351.213(h)(2), the Department is extending the time limit for 
completion of the final results of this administrative review by 15 
days, to no later than December 31, 2007.\1\
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    \1\ The extension of time by 180 days would result in the 
completion of the final results of review on December 29, 2007. As 
December 29, 2007, is a Saturday, the completion date falls to the 
next workday, which is Monday, December 31, 2007.
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    This notice is published pursuant to sections 751(a)(1) and 
777(i)(1) of the Act.

    Dated: December 12, 2007.
Stephen J. Claeys,
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Import Administration.
[FR Doc. E7-24621 Filed 12-18-07; 8:45 am]
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